Wow it's been a long time since I posted on here. Where do the days/months/years go ( Read more... )

Just to say that this morning I started up a brand new Dreamwidth account. I was told you could just transfer across from here but couldn't quite work out how to do that so ......
I am listed as Dragonmamma just as on here so please come and find me. It has been lonely on here now that everyone has gone away

Just looked up an article on google about the International Development of the U3A. The date of the article is 1995 so much may have changed since that time. But in it the author writes that there are 2 distinct models for the U3A. a) the French (and first) model which is linked to Universities and places of higher learning, uses professionally ( Read more... )

So Sunday was the day I joined the new Social Group for a visit to Grasmere in the Lake District and a walk arranged by "Gorgeous ( Read more... )

So yesterday I set out on the much delayed visit to m'friend across the "border" in Yorkshire.I have been trying to get to see her ever since she moved, but every time life intervened in some way or another.
Anyway, this time there were no put offs, so I set out in glorious sunshine for her new house. I roughly knew where it was since I have been ( Read more... )

Extra Spanish lesson this morning in one of the group's house. So sitting in the summer house in the sunshine practising. Followed by an afternoon catch up session on Parks stuff ( Read more... )

Signed up for new Spanish Course starting on Monday, so it's all systems go next week ( Read more... )

So it was a big rush to get ready to go out after only just arriving home again ( Read more... )

Blizzards this morning , freezing roads, bitterly cold all round and worse further north.
"Winter is Coming"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!No Spanish today after all as the ladies all wimped out of driving through a blizzard to thelesson (and who can blame them ( Read more... )

Jst been to the Doc and been given the "once over". He says I have a particular kind of cold virus which is attacking my inner ear, hence the Vertigo symptoms. He says it is fairly mild and so has given me some pills to stop the dizziness and nausea. The bug, according to him , will go of its own accord in a week or so ( Read more... )