My Somerset Life

On 10th October 2024 I mentioned this lady (now deceased) I have to add something else. I came across this most remarkable interview with Nadia Boulanger who was a great music teacher in France in the early 20th...

I wrote to my friend before going off on holiday to Cardiff as follows: I shall carry the following text in the middle of my head "Love and peace is the centre of everything' To which he responded, text below, It is...

I love going away to places because it is a big change from the normal four walls plus sitting in front of my computer. I think everyone needs all the colors of the rainbow and sometimes the work situation does not...

We were staying five nights in a budget hotel, one of three Travelodges in Cardiff and this one was in Cardiff Bay. Some major changes are going to take place in the next two to five years and as you can see below...

Wednesday was the day that I allocated to go to Swansea by train and enable Francoise to have a swim in the Olympic size national swimming pool which is part of a very ambitious Sports Complex in Swansea. We caught the...

After a late start we took the 92 bus from the centre to Penarth which is a Suburb of Cardiff right by the sea. It has an old-fashioned wooden pier and Assembly Hall that looks nothing from the outside but when you get...

Monday is not supposed to be the ideal day for visiting cultural and social activities but the fact is that Cardiff is buoyant enough and popular enough for most exhibitions and facilities to run seven days a week....

Off we go on a much anticipated journey or should I say holiday break to Cardiff. This may not be the romantic break that everyone would see as a holiday but trust me the destination is a cosmopolitan and upbeat city...

It's not often I am left with an open mouth but this is one such occasion. I subscribe to the Christian Institute, a very professional oganization that attempts to influence the government of the UK about various...

The last time I rode a bicycle was about 62 years ago. That shows to some people that I'm probably beyond dead and not worthy even of consideration because that is a not particularly cool thing to say. I remember going...