Predictably, with Trump in charge, things in the USA are grim. It's not much better here with Labour making cuts to PIP which helps disabled people survive.
Went for a lovely and healing walk by the river with my friend
Mike. Great day out and a well deserved pint in Moulton.
Well, I'm supposed to be keeping this up to date, and I'm not doing a very good job so far. Today, Sunday, I went to visit my friend Peter who had a serious accident. He fell off a cliff. He was very lucky. No really serious injuries. Good to see him
recovering.
Great day out in Chester with Mike. We visited our favourite pub, The Albion, for lunch.
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| The Albion |
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| Inside the Albion |
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| River Dee |
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| The Ship Inn |
A quiet Sunday today. I did a bit of shopping and spent some time thinking about the state of the world. Not a good idea? Probably not, so I buried myself in the excellent new book by one of my favourite authors, Jonathan Coe.
In case anyone is wondering, I'm still alive, and planning to revive this blog. I'll start with a coupe of recent photos. Sadly, our lovely cat Rio died in September. We had, had him for 18 years 😢.
We adopted a rescue cat called Kiri, the first female cat we've ever had. She is a real menace.
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| Kiri cat. |
After a few quiet days, went for a late afternoon walk along the river. Some great views with rising mist. It's still raining and storm Henk has caused flooding in much of the UK - #ClimateCrisis. No flooding locally, thankfully.
So here we are in 2024. Endless devastating war in Ukraine and the massacre in Gaza continues. We had a quiet New Year by the telly, and today we visited our friends Anthea and Pete for a walk in Biddulph followed by an excellent tagine and wine. Sadly two of their llamas dies over Xmas 😪
Met up with my friend Nigel on the local flashes. We had a great catch up and a crafty pint in the Salt Barge.
It's been wild recently. Lots of rain and wind. The ground is saturated. We've had a few storms, including Storm Gerrit which trapped people on the A9 in a snowstorm, and a small tornado in Stalybridge which ripped the roofs off some houses. We were pretty lucky here. Susie and I went for a rain free walk.
Xmas Day. We had a visit from the MIL and brother David. We had lamb rather than Turkey. A good nosh was had by all!
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| Where's my turkey! |
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| Strange creature seen in the village. |
Today its Yule. A day I celebrate. It's the shortest day of the year, which means it will be getting lighter and brighter soon! Today we have Storm Pia. 80 mph gusts in some places, thankfully not here. Funny how this always seems to strike when you have to put the bins out!
