Saying “Goodbye” to Archie.

Archie, having reached his 15th birthday started to go downhill a bit.  His bowel movements became a bit uncontrolled and he couldn’t always manage overnight.  His joints became worse and he found himself sitting down unexpectedly, more often.  His owner eventually made the decision, with the vet, that it would be better to put him…

Go on holiday to Shropshire

Another walking holiday; same company (hf holidays) as usual but different location.  I decided to go by train as that only involved one change and was probably about the same cost as petrol for the journey and the road route seemed quite complicated when I looked it up.  Perhaps I should invest in a sat…

“Celebrate” the Magna Carta

As “we” have the best preserved copy of the Magna Carta and on June 15th it was 800 years since it was signed, there have been celebrations in the city.  I can’t really imagine why.  King John appealed to the pope and tore it up within 3 months and most of it is now totally…