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My father celebrated his 94th birthday this month which made me think of the number of changes he must have seen in his lifetime. Not...

Wednesday 1 September I had my swim, blood taken and back home by 9am. Paul had a call first thing about his Honda, and it was sold and...

One way or another, we have all been affected by Covid. Lives have been turned upside down, the workplace has become a distant land for...

Sunday 1 August I love this photo that Helen sent of the cat in the wheelbarrow of the evergreen gardener in Filey. The Fox was out on...

Thursday 1 July Colin H arrived early to fix the boiler; it was a simple job fortunately. Phil dropped me off at the station for my...

I have just completed the mammoth task of sorting through our family photographs and putting them, in some order into albums. It was a...

Man invented the wheel an awfully long time ago, so why did it take him so long to invent the Bicycle? The word Bicycle comes from a...

Tuesday 1 June Ah, June and sunshine at last. The Indian variant is still taunting us, but for the first time in eight months there were...

Spain is famous for its festivals, even though they don’t advertise them. You just have to be there and enjoy the moment. We were in...

Saturday 1 May Happy Easter to Hayam and all Coptic Christians, for this is their time to celebrate the religious feast. A bit better...

I was born with music in my DNA, of that I am certain. It fills my head, my heart and my life and brings me so much pleasure. A bird...

Thursday 1 April Happy Birthday Brennan, 18, where did the years go? Wishing you a happy and successful life sweetheart. All Fool’s day...

There is a lot of noise in the world today about various peoples’ rights, but it is rare to hear anyone talk about children. They are at...

Monday 1 March 2021 St David’s day. There were four deer grazing gently on the field in the cold misty morning. The birds are in and...

The human brain is a wonderful and complex machine. Not only does it direct our mechanical beings, but it stores enough data to...

Monday 1 February A beautiful morning with a frosty start and loads of sunshine. Captain Sir Tom Moore is in hospital with Covid. I...

When I look at children of today I realise that growing up in the fifties we had a much more carefree childhood. We didn’t have the peer...

Friday 1 January 2021 When I first started this daily diary of the flu outbreak in March of last year, I expected it to be over by the...

Park Lodge was originally established in 1882 by a group of ‘do-gooders,’ local towns-women and was known as the Home For Friendless...

Tuesday 1 December Oh what a beautiful morning. Cold, with a touch of frost first thing, but the sun was out and the sky was blue. I...