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Just some random doodles. In addition to castigating the plonkers of this world I hope to be mildly amusing some of the time ...and to give praise where praise is due.

Friday, 6 June 2025

Fin and Sioned, Mike and C

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One of the most compelling of TV shows, which we've watched together since the first series, is the BBC's Race Across the World. N...

Friday, 23 May 2025

Spain Invaders

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It was probably about 10 years ago that I planted a group of bluebells beside the pyracantha bush in the garden. Everyone likes to see blu...

Wednesday, 7 May 2025

Marital conversations (90)

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Friday 2 May 2025, the day after local government elections (...and just a few weeks after we cashed in a Virgin Experience gift voucher f...

Tuesday, 29 April 2025

Easter fun?

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The commercialisation of Easter moves apace, with Holy Week now being called Easter Week and Good Friday beginning to morph into Easter Fr...

Wednesday, 9 April 2025

Marital conversations (89)

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It's teatime on Wednesday 2 April. The previous Sunday I volunteered to cook Mothers Day Sunday dinner for C and our younger son's f...

Saturday, 5 April 2025

That's it for WH Smith

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...on the high street anyway. In the mid- to late-1960s WH Smith on Coney St in York was our go-to record store. On the ground floor was th...

Monday, 31 March 2025

Marital conversations (88)

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We are out for a walk, taking M (11 months) to see the swans and geese on the river. I am playing my usual part as the family jester - run...

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Mike Rivett: Nottingham, United Kingdom; Lucky - found someone special in 1971, persuaded her to marry me and she's still my best friend, soulmate, lover. Our two sons are grown up now, and I got early retirement 9 years ago; very fortunate that I can enjoy life fully. In May 2012 became a grandfather to brilliant twin boys. Was a volunteer adviser at Citizens Advice for 6 years. Now involved with badger conservation as well as Friends of Sharphill Wood

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