
It was pitch black, blowing a gale and the rain was howling down, a night worthy of that scene in Rocky Horror, and I’m at the end of a long drive from “oop north to darn sahth” for a B… Continue reading
I have discovered several benefits to this retirement lark. This is by far my favourite. Through my teens and twenties I used to bemoan the fact that I still only had a chest measurement whilst everyone else, including my younger… Continue reading
Thanks to a glorious day I managed to get these shots at KKBO6 Continue reading
Living close to the Yorkshire Wildlife Park gives me many opportunity to take photos of it’s residents . Continue reading
Yaaaaaay! I’ve done it! I have RETIRED!!! This is my first blog in ages and the first of, I hope, many, charting the ups and downs of this new period in my life. It was a huge decision which was… Continue reading
Welcome to my new home. Following the trials and tribulations with my old blog-site I have decided to cut my losses and start over. New hosting provider, new site. I will endeavour to keep adding my thoughts, stories and photos… Continue reading
Our next trip was to Salisbury. Well we eventually set off about two hours later than I wanted as usual! Paul couldn’t find the National Trust parking sticker……we turned the house upside down to no avail. We had a good… Continue reading
The Night Before It was raining heavily when I arrived home from work all ready to set off on our holidays. Paul had spent the day getting Matty ready and all we needed to do now was get the Harley… Continue reading
Amazingly we managed to set off nearly on time! To say we were travelling through the daytime we had quite a good trip down, the traffic wasn’t too bad, even round Birmingham. A couple of stops for Fudgie and coffee… Continue reading
On our final morning at the Pierrefitte campsite we had our usual chaotic pack and left the site at lunchtime. I had been stressing somewhat as we were supposed to be meeting up with Bozzie, Jim and Thomas, who were… Continue reading