Miscellaneous Musings

As I write this we have just under one hour to go of this year. In some parts of the world it is already the new year. For me, it has been ...

Newmarket , the worldwide home of horse racing, is just 4 miles away. We do most of our food shopping there - mostly in Waitrose and som...

Today, the last of our grandchildren went home to Kent with their mum and dad. The house now seems very quiet. At least it is tidy, although...

At least 3 people were cutting their grass today, even though it was Dec 29th!  We've had the mildest December I can ever recall.  O...

At the moment the evenings are lighter for 5 mins more at dusk than a week ago. The light follows a sine wave curve and the rate of change s...

At long last, it is getting just a little lighter here in the evenings. For a week or so the mornings still get darker, but already the eve...

I think it is partly a result of my stroke, but I find Christmas very stressful these days. Every Christmas things are expected to be calm...