Today’s guest picture comes from my Somerset correspondent Venetia. She was visiting Wells Cathedral with my sister Mary, when she noticed a swan keen to keep up with what was going on. Question 7 in Test Paper 2: Up to the End of Henry III in that fine history book ‘1066 and All That’ setsContinue reading “A King John day”
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January header pictures
This is not one of my usual diary posts as it simply contains all the header pictures for January to give some sort of summary of the month.
December header pictures
This is not a regular diary post but a collection of the header pictures for December to give a little feel of the month.
November Header Pictures
This is not one of my regular diary posts. It is a compilation of the header pictures for November which perhaps will convey a flavour of the month. Nov 1st is at the bottom and Nov 30th is at the top.
October header pictures
This is another of the occasional non diary posts which sum up in a way how the past month has struck me.
A delayed farewell to a musical friend
Today’s guest picture comes from my Manitoba correspondent Mary Jo’s trip to the Rockies. She took this fine view from the road as they drove along. Today’s post is the wrong way round as I want to start with the most important part of the day and that was the evening. I caught the 5.20Continue reading “A delayed farewell to a musical friend”
September header pictures
This is another of my monthly round ups of the header pictures which have appeared on posts in the previous month. This is not my regular diary post. Numerate people will work out that I am three pictures short of a full month. This is because we were away from home at the end ofContinue reading “September header pictures”
A riverside walk
After a quiet morning in, I went for a walk on a grey and breezy afternoon with Mrs Tootlepedal and her brother and sister in law who have kindly been putting us up for our stay in the south. Mike drove us a few miles to Hambleden lock on the Thames and we walked acrossContinue reading “A riverside walk”
A very satisfactory day.
It was the day of the funeral service for Mrs Tootlepedal’s mother. We were blessed with sunny weather, a moving ceremony, and an excellent family gathering at Mrs Tootlepedal’s brother’s house afterwards. I put in another picture of the Thames, taken from Marlow Bridge in the morning, which reflects the fact that it wasn’t aContinue reading “A very satisfactory day.”
Safe arrival.
We have arrived safely in the south and are staying on Marlow which is on the River Thames.
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