A lovely bright morning but cutting winds from the east. Unfortunately this month of April, the growing season in allotments, has been unusually dry. Anyway, Françoise and I needed to escape from our confinements and so w set off to Cheddar car boot sale. I have written about this many times before (do a search). The car park was as full as I had ever seen it. I always say I will buy nothing...
Although I am fairly well off compared with some, I still enjoy a bargain. Lidl has this great community idea to offer a good deal of miscellaneous items of food. They prepare a number of boxes of fresh vegetables etc and leave them around the till area. People can them help themselves. All the boxes have different contents. You can see 3.5 kg of oranges and satsumas, 2 large onions, 3 large...
It is my day to have my eye injection, now once every two months which is a good sign. As last Monday was the date set for business to return to normal, except inside drinking in pubs (we have to outwit the wily virus). We decided to make a day of it and visit Bath. We sat in the front seat of the Park and Ride bus from Odd Down to the city centre. We committed the crime of sitting site by...
I have got to hand it to the Romans. They infiltrated in so many countries and so many places. Through some amazing bush telegraph they came to Somerset and mined for tin and lead. I wonder how it worked speaking to people in Latin. We went to a wood, camera at the ready, to record whatever we came across. Today Good Friday was cold but very bright which gave us a chance for some great...
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