Since I got back to the UK it has been non-stop visiting and eating and drinking to excess. In order of appearance Polly, Mum, Ross (my brother) and Mairi in Scotland Renee & Jim Charlton, and Tudor Morgan in Harpenden Jeremy and Eileen Taylor, Shrewsbury The whole of the Rotary Club of Shrewsbury at the… Read More »
I got on the Virgin train from Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury and as soon as we were all installed I could hear what I assumed to be a drunk man on the table behnid me speaking to various people about nothing in particular. As soon as we started moving he declared “I am going to speak… Read More »
I went to the Post Office in Edinburgh to change some Chinese back to Sterling and this is what they gave me. And now down in England some shops are reluctant to take my Scottish notes even though I pointed out that it is legal tender. Oxfam were particularly difficult. They wouldn’t believe me. It… Read More »
It is not unusual to see this scene on the roads of Nanjing daily. Drivers (taxi drivers especially) wanting to drive in the opposite direction just turn round in the middle of the road without a thought for the other road users whose passage is blocked. The car horns start and noise is terrible. They… Read More »