Monthly Archives: August 2019

R-L Muhammad Nazmul Hoque – the Bangladesh Assistant High Commissioner – Happy Guptan – the Indian Consul – and two young conservatives whose permission I forgot to get before this post, then me. There was a Desh meeting in the … Continue reading →

it has taken fifty years, but at last I have reached 100 “armfuls” and joined all my friends who did the same aeons ago! Good to join you ladies and lads! Tthicker than water seems to be the old brain … Continue reading →

​​Brilliant staff of the West Midlands Air Ambulance Service came to Hockley for an emergency. I have an action video of the take off which I will append when the utube system allows. Luckily in this case there was no … Continue reading →

 Service held at the Woodlands this afternoon. As I suspected the staff reminisced about her wicked sense of humour. But there was also a great sense of responsibility which meant that she protected the Council’s assets. She caught me a … Continue reading →

Hard day’s morning spent looking at the problems associated with a project nearing completion. I put a new drain pump in the well to try and reduce the damp and water ingress. Unfortunately it does not appear to have solved … Continue reading →