My Somerset Life

Brian Snellgrove

Click below to select a topic or search by keyword

Latest Entries

The Bath and West Show – my sixth visit?

To sunny skies did we venture, arriving at about 11.45 to this one of the four largest shows of this type in the UK. It felt a bit like deja vu with many familiar stands so instead I decided to seek out individuals and...

read more

A pictorial visit to Bath for my eye injection

To my great relief the uncomfortable chair which we had to sit on whilst receiving the injection has been replaced by a very comfortable mattress. Relaxing was far easier. Sometimes when I am injected I get a large red...

read more

The last day of our guest

In the morning- we hung around then I decided to take Andrew to my very knowledgeable friend Terry. He knows a lot about American indeed world politics and all that is going on behind the scenes. He can speak for two...

read more

An Arty Day in Bath

The Bear Flat area of Bath in Somerset is one of the most sort after areas in the 'arty' field. Every year they have a festival where 20 or so artists and designers open their homes to the public and display their...

read more

Return from Cornwall

My goodness how easy it is to get out of the habit of my daily routine. I needed a holiday to realize that I needed a 'proper' holiday. I gave myself permission to do nothing and take the day over it. I have just read...

read more

A successful visit to an acupuncturist

Anyone worth their salt will know about associated subjects apart from energy meridians. Stacey was the mother of two with whom I immediately clicked. I strongly felt I wanted to talk about my stomach which had been...

read more

He is 95 years of age, she is 91

Watch this FB video. Complaints about being OLD anyone???? Went to Wetherspoons this morning for my usual Freedom Breakfast plus a coffee.  Each time I go, the prices increase. This time I paid £6.40. I recall paying...

read more

Interesting articles

I spend most of my day reading articles mostly pertaining to COVID and the after effects. These I load on to my site, covid-unmasked.net. From time to time I come across articles that do not quite fall under that...

read more

A day of telephone calls

If I recall this is my first diary entry about phone calls but they all seemed to happen at once. Last evening I inquired about private medical insurance. This morning I spoke for about half an hour to a very keen and...

read more

Welcome to My Somerset Life
A dairy by Brian Snellgrove

1,927,316 words across 1,959 articles
Inspired by Samuel Pepys’ Diary 1633-1703

Text Available In 48 Languages – Scroll to select.

Search all 1,959 articles

Subscribe

Sign up to my FREE newsletter!

I don’t spam! Read my privacy policy for more info.

Archives

May 2026
SMTWTFS
 12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31 
Categories