My Somerset Life

I have got to hand it to the Romans. They infiltrated in so many countries and so many places. Through some amazing bush telegraph they came to Somerset and mined for tin and lead. I wonder how it worked speaking to...

Off to Glastonbury for the Spring Equinox. Due to the continuing Covid restrictions, Chalice Well was closed for group events but still open for pilgrims. They had just dressed the well-head and beautiful did it look....

Oh dear when will this madness stop. We went to Wells on a whim, the weather being fairly good. A walk down the High Street confirmed our fears, that many shops that we had taken for granted would likely not open...

We went off yesterday Friday to have fish and chips at Hartley's tearooms  (a slight misnomer as they serve breakfast and lunch). We consumed them in our car as you cant sit down in a cafe until .......date ? when...

I woke shortly after 8 am worried that my full care service and MOT due on Tuesday would run over to Wednesday when i had booked a precious slot at the local re-cycle. We have a new system which I quote like where you...

What a relief to see fewer people wearing the dreaded mask. We parked out of town and went for a country and woodland walk. Today I sold my foldable bike for fear I would have an accident. I am wobbly sometimes and do...

As a discipline we must get out and about. This is a simple walk up a lane, through some fields and back home with a good appetite for lunch. About a couple of miles, a windless day alas with no sun but soothing to the...

We never tire of walking in these ancient places. Due to the lockdown we had not been for some months so on this lovely day, off we went. We set our GPS to the Sweet's Tearooms beloved of cyclists. Evidently, sitting...

I am hoping to give a talk on Covid to a group of Christian men. This morning I was perplexed, feeling that if I came on 'full blast' I would alienate people so by strange coincidence I rang the organizer to discuss at...

The Avon and Kennet canal (from Bath going east) is our refuge from 'civilization' with the one exception of cycles that are ridden far too fast and do constitute a danger. Here follows a pictorial series of...