Last weekend Battleaxe and Philosopher went to Buckinghamshire, primarily to attend the funeral of my cousin Nigel (John) Heywood. We stayed the night in High Wycombe, at a Premier Inn, and went to the funeral,…
View PostWent to Glyndebourne with old friends Sean and Janet Sayers, and saw La Boheme. Not one of my favourite operas, but it was engaging – and of course it is short! Had an excellent picnic…
View PostNo, really I do. Have had enough of this summer now. So much dry weather… The garden needs weeks and weeks of rain. Not torrential downpours, the prolonged, soft, wetting sort of rain. Fed up…
View PostYes but, Philosopher has kept on telling me to get out of gear and rest. Battleaxe has been somewhat manic about this book business and I think I have almost burned myself out. So have…
View PostThe weather is certainly strange. The heat seems to have deserted us for the moment, and we now have a very changeable situation, with sultry humidity and torrential downpours, with hot sunny intervals. Yesterday, Philosopher…
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