Winds of Change

I would like to wish all my faithful followers, if there are any of you left,  all my very best wishes for 2015.   I hope next year brings you all that you wish for and every happiness. I...

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Oh dear!   Its so long since I last blogged!   Just haven't been around lately, for various reasons, I will be very surprised if I still have any followers!    But we did go round Scotland,...

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At last I can get down to a new blog - if I still have any faithful followers!   I don't deserve you, really I don't! We have just come back from a cruise round the British Isles - in the comp...

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Despite the above there has been quite a lot of colour in the garden and the Park.   Also on roundabouts in town, and in odd little corners.   The Council does try to make the town look beautif...

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Well, actually, it was February winds, and not so much winds, as hurricane force blows!   If you are in the UK reading this, then you will know all about the gales and the torrential rain, and...

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February fill dike Be it black or be it white; But if it be white, It's the better to like. The above is a very old weather proverb, of which we abound here in England.   Our weather ...

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I fully intended to post this soon after January 1st, and wish all my readers (if I have any left by now) a Happy New Year! However, we are well into January now, so I suppose it is a bit lat...

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Well, its Christmas Eve now, and I hope you are all ready for the occasion, and I wish you all a very happy Christmas and a peaceful 2014. We will be on our own this Christmas, just the two o...

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November days here have been rather dreary.   Two spells in hospital, one involving an operation have meant I am unable to get out much.    I can't even take the dog for a walk, so everything ...

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I feel very guilty at not having posted here for so long - I am surprised if anyone still reads my blog!     I have no real excuse, except that life, in all its rather tricky ways, has go...

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My deepest apologies for any readers I have got left.   I don't seem to have had the time to sit down to write a new blog lately, but as I am suffering from a bad cold now and want something si...

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At last! I have got round to posting about the end of our holiday.   I am surprised there are any of you who still read me, but if you do, you are most welcome. After Palma we set sail to Gibr...

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Our next port of call was Palma.   We had visited it years ago, and I was astonished at the building and change that had gone on since we were there.    We moored quite a way from the town, an...

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Our next port of call was a small town called Sete, on the western end of the bit of France that borders the Mediterranean.   We were pleased we were calling there, as one of the excursions we...

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After Alicante we went to Barcelona.   Now, I have to say that mostly I didn't enjoy Barcelona.   it was extremely crowded, very hot, and very busy.   The traffic was horrendous!   Added to w...

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I'm really ashamed that I last posted so long ago!   Why I still have followers I don't know, but I love you all! We have just come back from what, I am sure, will be our last cruise.   Mr.G ...

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Its lovely to see the leaves on the trees and flowers blooming at long last, after the long, long winter we've had! Just outside our gate into the park this tree is looking gorgeous against th...

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A sunny Saturday morning tempted us out at last after all the dreadful cold weather!    Leek is a small market town in Staffordshire, and has a good Flea Market on Saturdays.   It's about a h...

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Winter has still got a grip on us here in the North West of the UK.   And in other parts too - out of the town there are snowdrifts and blocked roads.   The pictures on TV look horrendous....

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I always think Spring is just around the corner when the crocuses come out. At the end of our garden, under an apple tree, we have a little group that come out, usually first - before the ones ne...

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If I don't get a new post up, you will all think (those of you that are left) that I have given up! But I am still here, though not doing very much. We had some lovely sunny days last week, or ...

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We've had a fair old mixture! We've had snow, ice, and rain, rain, rain! But life goes on,and apart from an emergency hospital admission (which is why this post is very much overdue, I'm fine! ...

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For once the grey cloud lifted, the sun came out - albeit a bit hazy - and the Park sprang to life. Ducks were being fed - and the gulls were screeching trying to get some of the s...

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I thought I had better get on with wishing everyone a Happy new Year, or before we know it I will be saying "Happy Easter"! There's nothing like this blossom yet, but I'm posting it so that...

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A very Happy Christmas to you all - that is if I have any readers left! We went to the "Treacle Market" this morning, which took on a good Christmassy air, even if there was a very brisk and ch...

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