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 »
The Bear in Street has a nice beer garden and does food so it’s a comfortable place to hang out if you can be bothered to walk down into town. Adrian, Nick, Rob, Russell and I spent a nice couple of hours sitting, chatting and drinking there on Saturday night. It’s my round so I go… Read More »
I wasn’t on duty on Wednesday but had decided to hop on the coaches with the students and go to Bournemouth to have a look around. One of the reasons for going was to have fish and chips on the front. Last Wednesday I went to Weston-Super-Mare for the same purpose and had fantastic fish… Read More »
After the debacle with booking the bicycle places on the train I went to the station to get my tickets and left there with 7 credit card sized pieces of carboard all looking the same. It’s little wonder people get confused. When the ticket collector came around I just naded him the whole lot and… Read More »
I want to take my bicycle on the train to Somerset and I know it’s not very straightforward so I check on the Arriva Trains Wales website and the Great Western Trains website. Arriva trains tell me that I only have to mention it when I buy the ticket so that’s easy. I download the… Read More »
Polly and Mum and I are installed in Mellowstone holiday cottage in Broadway. It’s a lovely place and the cottage is great, no expense spared. Polly and I went to the tourist information desk yesterday and asked the woman there where would be good to go for a walk the next day. “Everywhere” she said… Read More »
Apparently this time of year the farmers burn their land ready for the new season. Word has it that between here and Shanghai crops are burning. Today the air was thick with dust. In fact it was so thick that you could barely see the next building. I took this photo from the examination centre… Read More »
Since I have had such a lot of positive comments about my photos I decided that I would try to make some posters and see if there was any interest in buying them. I created 5 composite posters and printed a handful of each. I took them to the girls at the book club and… Read More »
The GAOKAO is here. These three days in June torture 9 million High School students across China. The Gaokao tests the students in all areas of the curriculum. During these three days the whole country slows, building work ceases, air traffic is diverted and traffic quietens down. Well, that’s the idea but the signs outside… Read More »