I have been doing a short Future Learn course produced by the University of Reading called “Archaeology: from dig to lab”. The first week of this described their work in the Pewsey Vale, between Stonehenge and Avebury, where there have been digs for the last two years and again this year. On further investigation I…
Category: Things to do
Visit Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
Having failed to book a holiday this year, as I wasn’t up to thinking about it, and then realising I wouldn’t have the energy anyway for my usual walking holiday, I decided to have a series of days out, instead. There was the trip to the Hawk Conservancy, of course, but that was giving a…
Prepare things for “Samara’s Appeal”
Samara’s appeal has been running for several years now and some people from our church are registered collectors and have been taking clothing, blankets etc to Brighton to send to Iraq and Syria. Last year or the year before, I spent a long time sewing up squares that (mostly) other people had knitted, to make…
Visit the Hawk Conservancy
A friend, T, had a birthday in January, but I didn’t know what to give her. From some discussion we had I thought she would like a day’s experience as a falconer, at the Hawk Conservancy but that was too expensive, so instead I gave her a voucher – looking something like this: This voucher…
Make Lime Marmalade
I really like Roses Lime Marmalade, so I have been thinking of trying to make some, but there hasn’t been much time (the Future Learn course “Gravity” was quite challenging and took a while to work through) and limes are quite expensive. Then I saw some limes going quite cheap on one of the market…
New glasses and tiny piece jigsaw
Having had my eyes tested I ordered and then collected my new glasses. The close sight in my left eye has got so bad that the NHS contributed to the cost of them – all of £37-40! When I got them they didn’t seem quite right, but the girl persuaded me that it was because…
Keep up with Sudoku!
I was given a Sudoku book for my birthday with one to do each day – so I have to keep up! There was about a month to catch up with first, so I did the right day and then managed to do extra, so within a week or two I was up to date….
A quick family visit
My oldest nephew, being in England from Spain for 2 weeks and on the way from Bristol to Chichester, asked if he and his family could come to lunch as I am sort of on the way and a good stopping point. I naturally said yes, as I haven’t seen them for a year and…
A different Christmas
As I still have shingles and my 17 year old nephew has not had chicken-pox, it was thought better not to spend Christmas with my brother’s family. Chicken-pox when you are older and working hard for A-levels is no fun! So I stayed at home. This has several advantages, notably that I get to go…
Another University Get-together
This year we stayed at the Greetham Valley Golf Club which, as well as 2 and a half golf courses, is a hotel and conference centre in Rutland. I decided it was too far for me to drive, so went by train and was very kindly picked up at Peterborough by a couple who were…