Month: December 2023

On Christmas morning the local vicar, Debbie, picked up myself and my sister to go and visit my brother-in-law, who has Alzheimer's disease and is in a residential home maintained by Croydon Council. It is a very difficult place to get to and takes my sister three buses and almost two hours so normally she gets taken by very kind neighbours. This was Christmas day and I wondered what we would...

    We took a train at 10:45 from East Croydon directly to Brighton. I remember the old days when the Brighton Belle was a prestigious train that served a three course meal on the way down. I don't know how long the original journey took but my guess is that the present journey would not give enough time on less orders were taken before the train started. Brighton station is uniquely...

I would now like to give some general advice about traveling in London. I have lived in London for over 50 years and I know it's ways. It is a cosmopolitan city where members of different races get on very well here it don't believe what you read in the mainstream Media. There are occasional disagreements but people learn that in order to survive they need to be polite and respectful of others....

Ok so this is a complicated day, a bit untidy, so I left it till the last and here we are two weeks away from the actual event. Fortunately, Françoise has made a diary so I don't think I'll forget too much. I love getting a discount on things and we presented our two for one discount card for British rail and got two five zone passes for £21. We have more than paid for the £30 card though we...

I don't know how the record of my recent visit to london will work out but I will try and give you the essence of what I have learned as well as useful prompts for my own memory to assist in recalling the details. My policy is to leave in very good time allowing for contingencies so we left home at 9:45 a.m. in preparation for the Megabus that left Bristol at 12:30. A local bus that we have come...

A clever use of words from an old friend of mine. This is instead of a normal Christmas card (I guess). To All Saints Church Paulton for a special coffee morning. most of the congregation turned out. It was if anything a little too crowded for my liking as I could not circulate. Thus follows a selection of decorations in the main body of the church. Well done those who put a lot of effort into...