My Somerset Life

OK that is a giveaway in that I admit I am a biological male. I can tell that because of my external appendages. If in doubt, look south. Did anyone try this on the 'male' who presented herself at the Paris Olympics? ...

Brian: About the method of reading books especially serious stuff I will tell you what happens.  I read a couple of pages and I can get so excited by an idea that I have to stop reading and pace around for half an hour...

As some of you know I have until recently been a member of an evangelical congregation I've been name of the Vineyard Church. Internal politics shattered the framework of the local group structure and as a result...

This is going to be one of those days where without any previous intention this is going to be a full diary. Today is the celebration of Samhein otherwise known as Halloween and we set off early to go to Glastonbury to...

Today I returned my very heavy 31 kilogram workhorse electric bike to the very knowledgeable lady who runs the scheme in Radstock. I had not ridden it as much as I would have liked but I have discovered the following:...

On 10th October 2024 I mentioned this lady (now deceased) I have to add something else. I came across this most remarkable interview with Nadia Boulanger who was a great music teacher in France in the early 20th...

I wrote to my friend before going off on holiday to Cardiff as follows: I shall carry the following text in the middle of my head "Love and peace is the centre of everything' To which he responded, text below, It is...

I love going away to places because it is a big change from the normal four walls plus sitting in front of my computer. I think everyone needs all the colors of the rainbow and sometimes the work situation does not...

We were staying five nights in a budget hotel, one of three Travelodges in Cardiff and this one was in Cardiff Bay. Some major changes are going to take place in the next two to five years and as you can see below...

Wednesday was the day that I allocated to go to Swansea by train and enable Françoise to have a swim in the Olympic size national swimming pool which is part of a very ambitious Sports Complex in Swansea. We caught the...