It’s been, as they say, a ‘funny old year’ (so far). It started off miserable, cold and wet, became hot and dry for weeks and weeks, and now has turned back to more typically British summer weather (i.e. cool and damp). Once more, the threat of imposing a hosepipe ban… Continue reading
New year, new crisis – or, at least, a continuation (and escalation) of an old crisis. Big Don and Kim Jong-Un now engaged in a pissing contest about the size of their deterrants… Has no-one told them? It’s not size that’s important: it’s whether you’re psycho enough to use it!… Continue reading
So they’ve finally gone and done it: triggered article 50, that is. We’re on our way: where, nobody knows, least of all those people who voted ‘leave’. The comments that have been flying around from various people we know who voted out include ‘I didn’t realise it would take so… Continue reading
I blinked again… and another eight months had passed. It’s been an interesting time…! Unexpectedly, the UK threw its toys out of the pram and decided to leave the EU, citing ‘immigration’ as one of the principal (and principle?) gripes. All I can say is that, since we’re ALL immigrants… Continue reading
Or maybe just incompetence… This morning I popped up my Google Calendar to be presented with a dialogue box about Google’s latest wonderful addition to my browsing pleasure: the Notification calendar “Never forget anything again…” or something along those lines. The options were, effectively ‘Yes please’ or ‘No thanks’. I… Continue reading
Well, here we are again. Another half-year older and deeper in shit… We had the pleasure of visiting La Belle France again this spring: some friends have recently escaped to Brittany, and we went to visit them to commiserate with (sorry, congratulate) them. They sold a house in Somerset and,… Continue reading
Actually, a few days more than a year. So, what’s happened during this time? The Middle East: The Arab Spring seems to have degenerated into winter. Most of the countries that threw off their old dictators seem to be squabbling about which new dictator is going to replace them. It… Continue reading
Water Well, now, it’s been nearly six months since my last post: probably the wettest six months I can remember (although I don’t claim to have an eidetic memory – especially for the weather). The drought declaration well-and-truly worked: slap on a hosepipe ban and wait for the rain. A… Continue reading
Another news item – more local, this time. A couple in Wrington, Somerset, recently bought Priory House, opposite the Church. Wrington Church has – or had – a chiming clock that boinged away every 15 minutes, morning, noon and night, and had done for the last 100 years. The couple… Continue reading
A little item on the news this morning: Businesses in western France are starting a campaign to get the English to holiday there. Pourquoi? They don’t actually like us very much, but I suppose the money’s nice. Any day now I’m expecting the French equivalent of those Welsh signs to… Continue reading