One of my recent courses (Future Learn) was “An introduction to forensic science”. This was quite interesting and there were some things that were totally new to me about DNA and what is stored on the police databases. Not sure I totally understood it and fairly sure that I won’t remember it in detail, but interesting,…
Lichfield Reunion
This year our reunion was held in Lichfield and we stayed at The George Hotel – an old coaching inn. After we arrived we mostly converged on the bar area for pots of tea or drinks. Dinner was then a walk away at the 1709 the Brasserie, where we had 3 tables to ourselves in an…
Go to a concert
Having seen him before, when he performed with his sons, I was keen to see Jonathan Veira again. He used to be an opera singer but does various things now. When I heard he was coming again I bought a ticket. I guess it isn’t the traditional “concert” but lots of songs and stories –…
Go to a “felting” workshop
The church community worker had arranged a “felting workshop” on two consecutive Thursday afternoons during the summer when most church activities seem to stop. I decided to go, because there were spaces and because the most recent on-line course I had done – “Strategies for successful ageing” – seemed to think that it was good…
Help start a book group
A friend decided she wanted to start a book group so that she would read a greater variety of books. As she is dyslexic and sometimes has problems concentrating on reading, I was not sure how this would work out, but said I would support her and come along. The other friends who said yes…
“Walking and Sightseeing” on the Isle of Wight – Part 2
Day 4, Wednesday, was a day off so I had a slow start and then followed a walk I had picked up at the “Discovery Point” in the hotel. It was an easy one and about three and a half miles. From the hotel it went along the road for a short way and then…
Go “Walking and Sightseeing” on the Isle of Wight – Part 1
Yet another holiday with hf holidays, this one on the Isle of Wight, staying at…… The walk on the Sunday was to….. …….which were not at their best as it was too early for the roses and for the herbaceous borders, although the bluebells were out. The walk there was great, though. First over the…
Be questioned by the police!
I denied it! It wasn’t me! Well, actually that wasn’t what they asked. It was about the nerve agent poisoning of the Skripals who live up the road and round the corner. This was nearly 4 weeks after the attack so there was little hope of me remembering anything in detail. I could remember a…
Live with a little “local” problem
You might have noticed that our city has experienced a ‘little’ problem with a nerve agent attack on two of our citizens. Their house is up the road and round the corner from me and I have seen the gentleman in question around and probably said “Good morning” when we passed each other. As well…
Hibernate…..
OK, so I can’t actually hibernate but I have been feeling like doing so! This is because like many others I have been indoors, trying to keep warm and finding things to do. It snowed a bit on Tuesday but it all disappeared again on Wednesday then on Thursday it snowed again, gently at first,…