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Living the dream - 2025
I did it! Seventy new things before my 70th birthday. Last time I posted, at the end of 2024 with three weeks to go before my birthday,...
Jan 312 min read


Make your own Christmas!
A TREE Since we retired and downsized seven years ago there has never been a Christmas tree in our house, except the beautiful white...
Dec 22, 20242 min read


It's time to go on holiday when the new school term begins
One thing I love about retirement is being able to go on holiday when I want to and not when my job dictates, nor my children's school...
Nov 1, 20242 min read


Being woken from a deep sleep by police officers knocking on the front door...
You may have noticed it's been a while since I last posted anything. It's no good, there's no getting away from this post - it certainly...
Jun 3, 20242 min read


Bathing in Bath, and other waters
There is a vanishingly small number of mediaeval bridges in Europe with shops built on them which still survive as functioning shopping...
Mar 7, 20241 min read


Six new things for February (in March) - living the challenge twice!
I hadn't factored in time to live this challenge twice - once to do seventy new things, and again to write about all seventy of them in...
Mar 7, 20241 min read
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