My Somerset Life
Brian Snellgrove
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Images of London – Day Four – Kings Cross and Brick Lane
Kings Cross area To destination via Victoria then the subway. There are a lot of high tech HQ's plus trendy shops in what was previously rail sidings and gas storage area and we wandered around. We were already getting...
Images of London – Day Three – Brixton – The Design Museum
This was our first real exploratory day so we decided to start our journey from East Croydon, and apologies to those who are unfamiliar with London but it is about 10 miles south of Trafalgar Square which is in the...
Images of London – Day Two
Various images seen from the street. Images in and around the South Bank Centre Andrew's 84th Birthday Celebration The main purpose of our London visit was to celebrate the 84th birthday of my friend Andrew Taylor whom...
Images of London – Day One – Departure to ‘The Smoke’
You can pay any amount of money getting to London. The most expensive is the train directly from Bath to Paddington. A return train ticket London to Bath comes in at around £70 return, more during peak times. We prefer...
Frome Open Gardens – a feast to inspire everyone
No less than 44 gardens to visit over a period of three days. For some reason we did not prioritize the visiting due mainly to the weather but we made up for it today Sunday. I can only give you a fraction of the...
Rain, rain and wind, more rain, some sun
So we have a so called summer weekend, the Harbourside Festival in Bristol which is a three-day event and lots going on locally including three types of event in Frome. We awoke this morning to a largely clear...
What happens when you put business cards in a washing machine
I thought I had checked all the pockets but... obviously not. Do not try this will bank notes (though the modern plastic ones would probably survive 🙂 So, a rainy day. I think of my farmer friend Rob, desperately...
Scammed? (well, they nearly got me)
A Great Scam It all started this last Monday when I wrote to my friend who was going to send me some computer kit. Apparently went to the post office to post this and sent me a bill accordingly. On the Tuesday morning,...
Day 28,889 of my life + time for searching (for) our souls
I woke up fairly early, 06:15 actually, to the sound of rain. I made a coffee plus a toasted baguette with cheese and turned on GB news. I alternate with Talk TV. I enjoy the directness of David Bull and his no...
Our Shadow self – aspects discussed + words of encouragement
Eating/Stomach problems (contd) I had another difficult evening yesterday with the problem of eating late which seems to correlate with an inability to digest, vomiting, and bloating. I find it so difficult to sever...
What is a friend ? – Zoom bad habits
How many friends do we have? I was watching Chris Eubank on TV this morning. He is a very outgoing personality. He says he has a million friends or should we say contacts but actually no friends. I wonder what this is...
What is ‘being shy’? +The prize for the prettiest village in Somerset?
About 20 of us gathered in the Methodist Church in Radstock for the last Vineyard service of its type before the summer break. One of the leaders is going to Hong Kong for two and a half weeks and others will be on...
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