August hasn’t been the best of months for me, medically speaking. I started coughing quite a lot early in the month which turned out to be a chest infection. My emergency antibiotics seemed to help initially, but then I had a bit of a relapse. The decision was taken to admit me to hospital, in […]
July, and what a month! We had a heat-wave that saw record temperatures in parts of the UK. Covid regulations were significantly relaxed. And for entertainment, we had the final of the Euro football tournament (hard luck England), Wimbledon tennis, The Open golf championship, the British & Irish Lions rugby tour of South Africa, and […]
Early June, at long last, provided us with some proper summer weather. We were very lucky to choose the best Sunday in the month to host an extended-family barbecue in our garden. Our daughter, Fiona, and son-in-law, Tudor, took on the organisational duties, including procurement of the food and drink. My brother-in-law, Dave, was easily […]
May has been unseasonably cold and wet but, fortuitously, relaxation of Covid restrictions earlier this month allowed us to accept visitors inside the house. Our good friends from Stamford and Wirksworth have been here for lunch, as have my sister and husband, while our daughter Fiona and family visit regularly. The biggest bonus, though, was […]
In my last blog, I was pessimistic about being able to take advantage of the new relaxations in Covid regulations, with April being renowned for frequent showers. How wrong I was! We have had some really lovely Spring weather, allowing us to take full advantage of the ability to entertain in our garden. Our daughter, […]
March brings with it a number of anniversaries. It is three years, this month, since my MND diagnosis was confirmed and two years since we left Sussex to live permanently in Nottingham. It is a full year since Covid19 lockdown started, a year in which I’ve only been outside the house (other than into the […]
Although February is a short month, it seems to have been a very busy one. On the sporting front, we have had England’s cricketers playing three test matches in India, and the first World Golf Championship event of the season. This year’s Six Nations Rugby Tournament got off to a flying start (from my point […]
January has always been my least favourite month of the year. Christmas and New Year festivities are over, winter weather is usually at its worst, and Spring seems a long way into the future. We have had several days with snow this month, which I can happily live without, but was great fun for the […]
With local Tier 3 Covid restrictions still in place, December started quietly for us, and continued in the same vein, so that 3 weeks into the month I was beginning to wonder what on Earth I could write about in this blog. But then fate stepped in unexpectedly and changed all that. On Christmas Eve, […]
Another month confined at home by Covid restrictions. We do miss seeing friends and family but the US Presidential Election, and all the post-election shenanigans, have been enormously amusing and entertaining. The return of international Rugby Union to our TV screens also helped, as did US Masters golf and, as the month comes to an […]