It is very nice to be able to arrange one's - as our Queen would say - own day. We always plan by feel, mostly not deciding until the last moment but it was clear that this was <fanfare of trumpets> Wells day. What finally tipped the balance was the weather, and the fact that there is a model railway exhibition going on in the Town Hall. Model railways, and anything relating to nostalgia...
Thursday 11 August 1664 ....I show him a good countenance, but love him not for his base ingratitude to me.... No one can accuse Samuel Pepys of being unproductive. He has a lot of political situations to deal with and has to consort with people whom he admires and with whom he does not and if you read the diary today by clicking the link you will see the sentence that I have highlighted. I...
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Inspired by Samuel Pepys’ Diary 1633-1703
