Polly persauded me that I should take my plaster of paris sculptures that I did a couple of years ago to the art gallery in Caersws to see whether they would like to exhibit them. I was very reluctant because I had not shown them to anyone other than my family and they are always… Read More »
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 »
Someone stole my bike! I only had it for 11 days.
I decided on the spur of the moment to go somewhere and picked Hingcun and Xidi villages and the Yellow Mountain as Huangshan, the main city there, is only 5 hours by bus from Nanjing. So I got my ticket and off I went. By the time I got to Hongcun village it was topping… Read More »
I have decided to go on a health kick and start to eat more sensibly and to get some more exercise. So I went with Lynn to the back streets and alleys around Mochou Lu to where the second hand bike men hang out. There we found a small number of men with a couple… Read More »
Part of the office is sub-let to Intavision, a company owned Mr Jiang. He sits opposite me and for some time has been promising me a starring role in a commercial his company was making. So when the time came for a screen test I was quite excited. The customer seemed happy with my look… Read More »
Annamarie and I were in Shanghai on a course at the British Council and having a nice quiet meal in the evening near the hotel where we were staying. I felt sorry for a guy eating on his own so invited him over. He was nice, very funny and chatty. As I was leaving for… Read More »