• Bananas, Bed Slats, and Buckingham Palace

    22nd January 2012 It’s been a full three weeks since I last put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard). A dangerous delay, the longer I leave it, the more my memory becomes like Swiss cheese: full of holes. Still, here’s what has managed to cling on. Sue managed to work a day at Church… Continue Reading

  • From Bowling to Boxed Wine: A Christmas Chronicle

    2nd January 2012 On 14th December, while Nan was at her hair appointment. I travelled to Sheffield to collect Sarah.  After a pleasant lunch in Whiston, we returned to Thurcroft to load Nan’s belongings into the car, before hitting the M1 south to Leicestershire. The following week was bitterly cold. Even with the central heating on… Continue Reading