Yesterday was a Bank Holiday and I actually did a day trip ... complete with picnic lunch (chased by wasps while we ate ( Read more... )

Yes the last couple of weeks has been a similar patteren ... work, sleep, looking after my Little Man.  He is doing "OK" ... slowing up, but still managing to eat a few bites of food, and potter fro a short walk, so I continue to look after him ( Read more... )

This last week has been half-term, which means that my friend Christine has been off work. Pre-Christmas we had arranged to meet and do something (especially as it's her birthday today), however as I really am not coping well at present (yes, I have just been signed off for another 2 weeks), she came up on the bus yesterday. We had lunch here (she ( Read more... )

.... I have slowly started to take down the decs ( Read more... )

Last Monday, I had the day off work and Christine and I went to Warwick Castle. We did a coach trip, as it was a long drive ... but an absolutely fascinating place, with some of the earthworks dating back to 1068, and was probably the first castle that William the Conqueror ordered built ( Read more... )

As you know I am a great fan of photography, and always wish I could devote more time to it ... so it was wonderful to go to the home of William Fox Talbot, the inventor of the negative/positive photograph. He is said to have done his first negative in 1834, with the first daguerreotypes being published a couple of years later. Although negatives ( Read more... )

On Monday I had the day off work to go on a coach trip with Christine. We went to Lacock Abbey and the village. Haven't sorted the Abbey photos yet but here are a few from the village. It is an amazing unspoilt village - used for filming of loads of period dramas.

( Looking for Mr Darcy )

Yesterday Christine and I went on a day trip ... Berry Pomeroy Castle, a Tudor mansion within the walls of an earlier castle, is near the village of Berry Pomeroy, in South Devon, England. It was built in the late 15th century by the Pomeroy family which had held the land since the 11th century. By 1547 the family was in financial difficulties and ( Read more... )

As I said, the city is lovely.  So hard to capture in just a few photos ... but have tried to with these I am sharing now

( Enjoy Worcester )

Well, I should be at the gym, or at work ... but have the day off instead. As I said in my icon post I have been doing extra shifts at work, which is good for the bank balance, but I have been struggling with the exhaustion. Marvelously I have been able to keep going at work, so haven't had to leave early, but then ended up falling asleep in my ( Read more... )