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  • More tea vicar?

    Back from our works party. Very civilised tea party at Bea’s of Bloomsbury in St Paul’s. Cakes good. Tea excellent. Speed of serving (very ordinary) fizz absolutely rubbish. But they had teapot lamps so I can forgive quite a lot. Did I ever talk about how Parkinson’s affects your facial muscles? Some lucky folk experience…

  • Brrrrrr

    What special kind of madness did I suffer from all those years I wonder? I’m on the first train out of Stitch City on my way to Big London with only a cuppa and a Danish between me and coma-like exhaustion. I used to do this at least twice a week! It’s frightening how quickly…

  • Survival in the City

    To First Great Western’s 06.30 to London – blurgh! School term started yesterday for Elder (all OK) and mine starts today. Wow, getting up was ‘interesting’. So, to speed along the journey I thought I’d publish my train survival guide. Any suggestions to enhance the commute experience will be road(track?) tested and reported back on……