To Hop-on or Hop-off is the question?

  • Post 245: Sandwich spread and disappointment.

    Post 245: Sandwich spread and disappointment. Before you start thinking that the wonderfully bad jar of loveliness was the disappointment — it wasn’t. That honour went to the BBC iPlayer rewatch of Cancer, Courage and Me. Sir Chris Hoy ...
  • Post 244: An unexpected guest.

    Post 244: An unexpected guest. We went to bed early after the unexpected visitor left, but as we were tired — and I had to get up early for my old Volvo’s MoT — it was the sensible thing to do. The car’s being picked up at 7a...
  • Post 243: Hospice advice makes sense.

    Post 243: Hospice advice makes sense. Getting up for an early appointment at the hospice is a nice thing to do. There’s a natural, peaceful way about appointments there — somehow less testing and fraught than the GP surgery in town. And ...
  • Post 242: In bed mostly while presents were wrapped.

    Post 242: In bed mostly while presents were wrapped. If there’s no good reason for getting up, don’t get up. Stay in bed. Rest and recover. After three great days there ought to be a slowdown — let the muscles recoup and the body ...
  • Post 241: Queer correspondence and a sleepy wife.

    Post 241: Queer correspondence and a sleepy wife. ———— It’s safe to say in my last two days I have been well and healthily happy. Not only has my heart beaten soundly — except for a bout of atrial fibrillation t...