by admin | Nov 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
It has been a month in the making, but it got me in the end. It started in earnest on Tuesday with a rough throat and a general feeling of unwellness, but it soon morphed into a streaming cold for a couple of days before heading to my chest. During the daytime I was...
by admin | Nov 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
Well Storm Claudia (named by the Spanish Met Office, so pronounced cloudier, which I found amusing) has departed after depositing the best part of a couple of inches of rain on us, though one regular at the market yesterday was bragging about measuring 65mm in her...
by admin | Nov 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
As I turned off the Long Melford bypass heading down into the village on Friday, I passed a hearse loaded with a coffin. My hand instinctively reached for my collar – well where my collar would be had I been wearing one. I had to hold the neckline of my top...
by admin | Nov 2, 2025 | Uncategorized
For the past two or three weeks I have thought that I have been getting a cold. I would have the early symptoms, but after a couple of days they would go away until returning a few days later. This has now happened at least three times, but as I write this I am...
by admin | Oct 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
I’m an old fashioned type of bloke who likes distinct seasons, so I should be as happy as a pig in you know what. And I am really, it’s just come as a bit of a shock to the system to suddenly be plunged into proper autumn. Wind, rain, a carpet of fallen...
by admin | Oct 19, 2025 | Uncategorized
What a miserable week it was. Not wet, not cold, just drab, dreary. If it’s not going to rain, a little bit of brightness would be nice, just to lift the spirits. Actually, this morning has been pleasantly bright, so the Nellie walk was very nice. This afternoon...
