My Somerset Life

Before i start, here is the River Avon in full flood in Bath. Today I went to my normal Sunday service and gathering at the Vineyard Church in Radstock. Normally we go round and do things in the community but today it...

The Methodist Bacon butty morning We went along to the bacon butty morning which is held every other Saturday at the Methodist Church in Westfield about which I have written a few times. This was my fourth visit and I...

Our good friend from Ireland had sent us some Christmas money for chocolates and wine. We decided to modify the term of reference slightly and go and have a meal which we did today at Paul's kitchen. This is presided...

I arose from my bed at 2:00 p.m. having decided to take half day off. I know that in the Natural World, wounded animals and those who need to take time to recover from something, exhaustion for example, retreat away...

Tomorrow we have the start of a six-day strike by junior doctors in the UK. This issue is at the heart of our care system and I was motivated to search the internet to find how UK salaries compare with salaries in...

Last night we watched TV end of year stuff; the usual 'best of 2023', nostalgic compilation videos of this personality or that, this time Ronnie Corbett, but far too much Freddie Mercury and Queen. I'm glad to say the...

Renegade church attender I believe there was a Vineyard Church service this morning in my Radstock Methodist Church but I had no impulse to go. The Christmas and New Year I regard as private time, reflection time such...

I have not yet caught up with my week of activity in London and with so many other things pressing I made do a summary instead of my normal daily type diary. In connection with my research work, I subscribe to a lot of...

We are not creatures in a treadmill and we should not treat ourselves as such. Yesterday I returned from a one week's holiday in London mainly to be together with my sister and give her some support on the physical...