Personal Blog

In the main, these days in a rather small and peaceful ward, with no remaining Cabinet responsibility, are a lot less active than I was...

My work life is increasingly quiet, because this is a small ward with less problems than many, and of course we have summer coming on and...

Feels like a previous life, but I'll pick up the trail from 4th July. A day off on 4th July. I can assure you I was not focused on the...

I nearly gave up here, but I'm a determined type. The ruddy computer deleted all the purple prose I had written and then went odd. It...

Eventually. I had to go around what I suspect was the Warsaw M25 in the rush hour. Then about 5 more hours, nearly all motorway. Mostly 2...

I was a bit late starting and this was a relatively long drive. Trundled South through Lithuania but got a bit spooked by the signposts...

I had breakfast at my 5* hotel. What makes it 5* I don't know, though the room and the appearance of the place was good. But that aside...

My hotel did not offer any breakfast, or even a cup of coffee. There was a sachet of a special Nescafe which I decide to give a try. I...

When I woke this morning I wondered what to do today. My eccentric approach to being a tourist left me thinking I had 'done' Helsinki,...

Of course we all are. I listened to something about Ulaanbaatar which is apparently the coldest capital city in the world. Last winter it...

Well I know it's not called that and it is just a ferry ride across the Baltic Sea/Gulf of Bothnia. But I started life in Liverpool area...

This has day been I suppose the least exciting. No ferries, no Jersey cows, no borders. I decided to have brecker at the hotel. The meal...

Yes, another one. Got up early, but not as early as I planned. Most unusually I had been bright enough to book a flexible ticket and when...

Another Blog. I don't think Brenda from Bristol is a fan. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1381536228570146 Sorry, there is another one....

So got up at about 5am assuming I might forget something. Didn't ang got to Dover for 7.30 for a 10am ferry. Only place open was Costa...

I am off early next morning to Dover. I am aiming to visit 10 countries within the EU over the next couple of weeks, 6 of which I have...

On Friday I took the air around the place, which I think is owned by the council and is called Dukes Meadows. I am frustrated by it,...

On Friday I was along to the Spire cafe to meet a resident with a housing problem. He and his wife have 2 children including a baby and...

Regarding the Charlton House demolition, one of the three I polled have now received a notice (this is The Melvinator who lives 100M...

Moseyed down to the Steam Museum as planned for the history lecture from Rob Casey. Always a pleasure to visit our local museums and...