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With the help of cheap rail tickets! Chilly damp day, but a nice group of us…saw a few things, drank a couple of beers, ate well…and discovered a ‘new’ game called Toad in the Hole…

from yesterday…the end of the barn looks like a squirrel to me……the view through the trees is a photo I take there every time I walk along that path, and the view is looking over our village…

Collected the Mog from Mad Hatters Motors….a superb local garage that LOVES classic cars…Mog passed its test with flying colours, but guess how many miles since the last test?

well, not quite a Car Show, but every Monday, a group of classics turn up to Chesterfield Market Square, I have been meaning to go there for yonks…and today I did! Nice crowd there, lots of banter…

A nice sociable group, walking from Holymoorside to Old Tupton, on paths I had not been on before, with a couple of compulsory stops… First stop at the Barley Mow, the second at the Tupton Tap. We caught a bus … Continue reading →

All my own work!! These were done when we were in China, and had an art lesson from an accomplished artist..

I get about 4 junk/spam emails every day asking me if I want my site redesigned…Please, save your fingertips bashing away on your keyboards…and leave me alone! I am not interested…

but it seems quite sporty…..

Thought it was about time I posted some pics from this superb trip to China, an area called Suzhoe, where son James, Rach and granddaughter Florence live at the mo…Lots of sightseeing, some great classes: cookery, painting, tea ceremony, language…Great … Continue reading →

A week with family at Happisburgh, Norfolk….including visits to the local church, Thursford, Blickling Hall and the beach, then back to the Coal Aston Gala, then the Clun Run. * I cannot take credit for the last pic here, which … Continue reading →