My Somerset Life

So off we go on the coach after our four night stay in the Britannia Hotel, Leeds Bradford.  Our trip from Yorkshire to Bath was quite long; we left at 9:25 AM in the morning and arrived at four o'clock in the...

Existentially, it is not possible to do nothing because you exist and that is a full-time job in itself.  I slumped in front of the TV whilst Françoise went and had a long swim in the pool.  We went for a walk at...

Skipton market must be wonderful in the summer but this was off-season and there were a few bedraggled stalls selling stones and miscellaneous knickknacks. We had about three hours here so again decided on a grand walk...

Though some years, in fact for most of my life, I was skeptical or perhaps cynical about coach trips never mind tours. I suppose years of traveling by National Express, bus instead of the train, partly broke down my...

So, an early rise in order to pack and do all the little things you have to do to close down a house before you leave. We found our feeder coach near to Bath bus station without much difficulty and left on time,...

Storm Dennis has abated and the winds are light and the sky is blue. I like the recent comment on Facebook by 'Annie Dieu Le Vent' (must be a made-up name) who said Lots of fuss about Storm Dennis. Seems pretty small...

I would like to quote from a conversation recorded in Cambridge between Sir Roger Scrutton and Jordan Peterson in 2018, you can see the video yourself but I quote from the last few minutes - Jordan's thoughts about...

NB 'TA' stands for Trip Advisor. You will see my review here when it arrives. We arrived today, Valentine's Day, at the Old Station Inn, Hallatrow, at lunchtime, 1pm to be precise,  to find an empty restaurant. There...

I wrote briefly about the people we saw who wanted us to do their garden.  Today, in spite of sunny periods and showers, we did it.  I think it was worth it just because the husband had had an operation three weeks...

And here was I, peacefully minding my own business.  No, holding my head in my hands hearing that HS2 is going to get the go-ahead ..... then along comes a solution to my problems, financial ones anyway. I am Mr...

We are getting the tail end of the amazing storm that has covered the whole of the United Kingdom with equal degrees of ferocity.  No, that's not quite true - it is Ireland, the North of Scotland and the south coast of...