Monthly Archives: August 2012

I decided that instead of getting a lift from Lydbury North to Netley Barns, I would walk. When I saw that it was about 17 miles I decided to walk some of the way. Duncan and Rita fed me up with a huge cooked breakfast in readiness and I popped to the Lydbury North Community… Read More »

I wonder whether there are any hippies anywhere else in the country today. The whole of Shrewsbury is awash with jangling morris dancers, earthy tie-dyed, bearded teepee dwellers and police. I thought at first that the police were here to supervise the club-wielding morris dancers but then I saw a small group of visiting football… Read More »

It was the last night at the school and we were all feeling a little worn out. Mike, Rob and I decided to have a few drinks down at The Bear and then meet the rest of them at The Elms, (not a pub I would want to spend a lot of time in).  After… Read More »

It’s only a week to go at the school in Street, Somerset. It’s been a long summer with the usual ups and downs. The worse thing is the unexpected expense and calamitous crash of my laptop and loss of data. I am now sitting in a pub in Street reinstalling all my software, getting my… Read More »

My laptop has died! Now I have no email addresses, no bookmarks, no passwords and no way of contacting most of my friends. I also lost my phone just before leaving China so have no phone numbes either. I have some of my documents because I backed them up a few months ago but nothing recent… Read More »

What is it about me that makes strange things happen when I’m around? Today, as it was my day off, I decided to go to Wells on the bus to have some lunch. I cycled to the bus stop in Street where I found a handful of people waiting for the bus, most of them… Read More »