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My wife and I do not spend money on anything unless we have to so our resources go on the normal basics, the occasional meal out, entertainment if we feel like it and the dreaded council tax which gets bigger every year. We do not however pay huge amounts for mortgages or rents. Today, the renovation that we had been talking about for a year or so has come about. We have replaced the dreadful...

Off to Bristol on our occasional / once a year trip to sample IKEA city where everything is on a vast scale. They must make a ton of money each day if you look at the 100 deep queues (lines in USA) of the customers. At 10am sharp today Sunday the people streamed in for cheap breakfasts (£2.65 for full breakfast but extra for toast, and £1 for coffee). Thank goodness we arrived early - at 9.50 am...

Today a cold and rainy start, a depression from the Atlantic (how depressing). Off to the men's group for a breakfast which we have in the Somer Centre, which is right slap bang in the middle of the town. There were about 10 of us and we had a very nice meal to start the meeting with very good local sausages and bacon. It is lovely to have a meal without food additives. A local Methodist...

Priston is a deceptively sleepy looking small village somewhat south of Bath.  Once a year they have a festival which consists of live folk  Music and other entertainments mainly for children.  This last weekend was 'that time of year'.   The demography of this area is completely different from typical Somerset. It is an enclave of the well-to-do, successful professionals who are drawn by the...

Sometimes I question what randomness means. I took my son out for a walk on a 'boys day' with a view to taking a walk along my favorite canal which links Bristol, Bath and goes on to Swindon. In my efforts to find a new starting point I got lost, so called, and we found ourselves driving amongst villages of three or 400 years old with street names like wool street'.  I did not know where I was...

This brings the general topic of 'celebrating' birthdays and other important occasions. Today my wife Françoise achieved her xxxth birthday. We celebrated in the morning by picking raspberries in our allotment and then buying a particularly generous portion of salmon which we had with scrambled egg for breakfast. Normally I get inspiration as to 'where to go' but neither myself or Françoise had...