The global lockdown has brought some benefits and one of them is the increase in video calls and conferencing. I did very little in that area but now people are stuck at home and still having to work, it turned out that it is pretty easier to do this given software like Zoom or Skype.… Read More »
“Want do you mean, he’s not there?” “The Aga Khan hospital says it only has two bodies, a Chinese and a Swahili.” So, I’d been entrusted to organise the end of life arrangements for my friend William and by the second day I’d already lost him. My initial horror at having been forced by the… Read More »
Wow – back after three weeks in the UK and I have managed to get to Harpenden, St Albans, Inverness, Sheildaig, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Stow-on-the-Wold and other Cotswold gems, Ledbury, Leominster, Shrewsbury and London. I have eaten ad drunk and laughed with Jim, Renee, Alex, Tom, Tudor, Teal, Roger, Eleanor, Graham, Pauline, David, Sue, Mairi, Jon,… Read More »
After getting over the loss of my beloved Fitbit and settling for a couple of free apps on my iPhone I was introduced to the Wechat app tonight by my Chinese friends. Wechat is a tools without which you can’t function socially in China. We have work groups, groups of friends, video calls, calls with… Read More »
They say you only see a place properly when you go and return. This was the case with Nanjing. I had not been there for about 6 months and had lived there for over 4 years and when I returned it felt like putting on an old pair of slippers. Of course 6 months is… Read More »
In today’s world of immediate communication, friends are never more than a couple of clicks away. Even my old friend, Woche, who lives a mud hut in Marsabit, a small town in the great Rift Valley of Kenya is reachable by text message and email. It’s so easy to keep in touch but we… 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 »