5 stages of my life; and looking forward to the 6th
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I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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I’ve just celebrated my 75th birthday and it’s given me time to reflect. It’s a nice multiple of 15 so it might be regarded as the end of some fifth stage. If so what are the five stages and as…
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Photo of the Month: August 2022
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in photosSome photos are just pure serendipity as is this one. We’d just come out from dinner in Brighton and were walking back to the hotel down the narrow alley ways, this one connects Middle Street to Ship Street. I like…
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North Norfolk: 5 highlights
We’ve just had a week in Thornham, a little to the east of Hunstanton, in North Norfolk. We’d rented a house so that we could spend time with the Bradburies and Charles without the space constraints of our respective homes.…
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Stent plus three. Or how the world has changed.
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in life29 Aug 2019 was the day I was wheeled into Royal Papworth to undergo an angioplasty which, according to Dr Kilani who performed the procedure, probably pre-empted a heart attack and who knows what the consequences of that would have…
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Brighton: 5 takeaways
I’ve just spent a couple of nights in Brighton. I must say I’m underwhelmed but then maybe what it offers is not what I look for. Anyway these are my five takeaways (four positive and one negative to make up…
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30 years ago
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in reminiscenceThe Guardian tells me that 30 years ago history was made at the Barcelona Olympics by the presence of the US ‘Dream Team’ competing in the basketball and setting standards which had never been seen before. I remember those Olympics…
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Photo of the Month: July 2022
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in photosWe had such good pasta when we were in Italy in May I thought I should do my best to replicate it back home so this has become one of my signature dishes: linguine al salmone. The key to success…
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I’ve done my bit for women’s football
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I’ve got to confess that I’ve not been a whole hearted participant in the ‘the Lionesses won the European Cup so all’s well with the world’ orgy of celebration following last Sunday’s victory. I don’t want to play down the…
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Talking about @Railcards … and systems glitches
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in lifeI’ve got what’s described these days as a Senior Railcard. I’ve had one for some time now, must be coming up to 10 years, it gets me one third off most rail fares and although I don’t use it that…
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The story of my life, one year at a time: 2012
I started this last year with 2011 so I’d better continue. It was not a great year for photography and, despite my travels, the record is a little thin at times.
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