Avoir du pain sur la planche

Althou we are across the water, am happy Mr Macron is France’s new President and hope he will get good guidance and support to run his beautiful country. Vive la France! A little worried about new speeding fines for British drivers in France – no more speeding to catch the ferry. Clueless what the speed […]

Yorkshire Wolds Way

The Yorkshire Wolds Trail passes through chalk landscapes with dry valleys and stunning wildlife alongside market towns and ancient villages. May 13th – BBC One at 19.30 pm – walking the Yorkshire Wolds Way. Information on walking the Yorkshire Wolds Trail

Why mental health first aid should be taught in every school – to the pupils and the teachers

“Of £250m a year originally budgeted for ‘children and young people’s mental health’, there has been a £77m underspend this year. These figures highlight the gulf between what Conservative Ministers promise on mental health, and what they actually do” more Neha Shah from the Independant Would also like an ‘Open Dialogue‘ approach to be part […]

Aunty Ocloo’s family and friends

“Esther Afua Ocloos was known as “Auntie Ocloo” in her homeland of Ghana. She was born there in 1919 and by the 1930s she had started to build her food empire. It was the difficulties Ocloo had in acquiring start up cash that saw her become a trailblazer in the world of microlending. A practice […]

Not sure who said this

“Just because life isn’t going the way you planned, doesn’t mean it isn’t going exactly the way its meant to be”

Cyclamens

Red Primroses

the last few days, no cloud in the sky and the light changes everything

Fluf

Fluffy made his own bed and climbed in

Beneath the trees

World moving on

Just busy outside because the skys are blue, transplanting small plants and taking cuttings and making small dogs for an event involved in later on. Made a small Staffy carrying a stick, a Schnauzer and an Arctic Fox – howling. Constant tapping on a window where a long tailed tit going crazy looking at himself […]

Archimedes

Nymans

Nymans Gardens – very beautiful in late March with spring blossom This National Trust Garden can get very busy when it looks its most beautiful, about now. Visit early – there is only a small car park. It does have wheelchairs to borrow and rugs and paths are reasonably good. Look out for […]

BBC2 IPlayer – Wild Ireland: the Edge of the World

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08kg3cg/wild-ireland-the-edge-of-the-world-series-1-episode-2 “the greatest places you happen upon – just by chance”

London

What happened yesterday in London was a terrible thing and the police and emergency services have done and are doing an incredible job to care for and protect innocent victims caught up in yesterdays events. cant imagine what the surviving people and family and friends of all of them are feeling today but in my […]

1707 – Acts of Union – more than 300 years

Merging of the Parliaments of England, Scotland and Wales Please – Theresa May – the Union is more important. Many battles and people died to make this happen

Please think again and keep us in Europe

There isnt much more to say – that hasnt been said. Loosing our right to live and work within Europe where we choose – is a huge loss and is not a solution to whatever is happening elsewhere in the World Please give the next Generations – freedom – to work, travel, explore and connect […]

Mr Mole

thinking about the summer

There is nothing you can do to change the past

“What’s in the past is in the past. There’s nothing you can do to change it. You can coulda, shoulda, woulda all day long, but it still doesn’t alter the outcome or change where you are now. Learn what you need to from past events and then let them go. And, tomorrow isn’t here yet, […]

Small Woolly Elephant Prototype

Small Woolly Elephant