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This is the person I referred to a few days ago in my diary, the person who drinks an estimated 40 pints per week. The time is 10 o'clock and the place is Wetherspoon's. This time they don't have anyone with them. This evening I went to my men's group, this time held in a traditional cottage in Coleford which is somewhat South of Radstock. There was no particular subject for the evening except...

Storm Dennis has abated and the winds are light and the sky is blue. I like the recent comment on Facebook by 'Annie Dieu Le Vent' (must be a made-up name) who said Lots of fuss about Storm Dennis. Seems pretty small beer, really, for someone who lived in Sevenoaks during the Great Storm of 1987, with the house shaking all night, and then emerging bleary-eyed in the morning to find that half the...

One of the wettest places in Europe is Bergen in Norway with an annual rainfall of 2250 mm. By contrast our nearest big city Bristol has about 819 mm of precipitation per year.  It comes in fits and starts.  Today we have both fits and starts. The wind itself is only about 35 miles an hour but when you combine that with driving rain, it's not a pleasant environment to be out in.  I went to the...

Today is the first International Day of Protest against 5G. There was a planned demonstration in Bristol on College Green so after some procrastination, we decided to go. Bristol is hopeless for parking so we did our usual thing and caught the 376 bus from Farrington Gurney to Bristol bus station. On the way, we popped into an art shop, almost evangelical in its approach. As you will see from...

A lovely quote from brainyquote.com. "Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love". Washington Irving. I can't seem to focus on anything at the moment. There are so many things I would like to do and attempts to discipline myself have so far failed. The fact of the matter is that I'm easily distracted, and I also rather like doing nothing. At the age of 75 think I'm entitled...

So, it is Bath Christmas market time during which locals try to avoid the city centre as much as possible. Those of you that know Bath in Somerset, England will know that it is a compact city and liable to overcrowding no more so than before the Christmas celebration on Christmas Day. I heard that on Saturday, 30 November, 22 extra trains had been hired to bring people to the market not to...