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Brian Snellgrove

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Our voyage to South Wales – Day four

We awoke to beautiful blue skys as can often happen on the final day of a trip. We heard that last night, Tuesday, there were only two people on duty. One was the receptionist and one was a cook. Between them they had...

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Our voyage to South Wales – day one

Let it never be said that my trips are boring. The two photos below will give you some idea of what happened between my departure on the morning of Sunday the 6th of August and my return on Wednesday the 9th of August....

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The death of a spouse, a Zoom meeting on Joy

A day of death and joy After a morning attending to domestic things I decided to go and perform gardening work for one of my clients who I knew had lost her husband a couple of weeks ago. I see plenty of videos and TV...

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What does it mean to care?

Ominous Sky To me this is a reflection of our times. The sun is shining but there are dark clouds on the horizon.  Possible lock downs to come. Not good. Caring Today I had a philosophical chat with my friend John. We...

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