18 November 2010
To top off a fairly medically orientated week we went off today for my quarterly MND assessment at Addenbrooke’s Hospital. We drove there and I tottered, across the car park and up to the third floor, neurological clinic using my gutter frame. To be frank that was about as far as I could manage before […]
17 November 2010
In contrast to yesterday the weather today was wet and blustery, certainly in the South West where they had horrendous floods. Here it was just a miserable day weatherwise but hectic for my part. First thing this morning two men came to remove the generators are servicing but had considerable trouble getting it out, from […]
16 November 2010
Today  we woke up to a white out. There was a very heavy frost and the garden, lawns and trees were crystalline. I had planned to go to the golf club but fortunately not until mid-morning by which time the weather had transformed the day into one of the most beautiful of autumn. The bluest […]
15 November 2010
A first for a couple of things today. This was my first day working in my ‘ new office’, my study. It feels a little strange and I certainly miss my real office but looking out of the window, this morning, and seeing the frost on the ground and knowing the temperature to be just […]
14 November 2010
This being the nearest Sunday to Armistice Day it is the time chosen to hold services throughout the country in remembrance of all those who have lost their lives in defence of this country since the First World War. The first such service was held in 1920. Last night there was a moving Festival of […]
13 November 2010
Today, very sadly, represents the last day I shall work in my beautiful office until the spring and the warmer weather. It is already getting cold and blustery and the journey from the house along the paving and across the lawn is really quite an effort, particularly as it’s getting muddy. Ironically it’s not so […]
12 November 2010
I had the two Chrises  here today, Rix the electrician and   Camp the builder. Between them they are going to set up the generator so that we need not worry about power cuts this coming winter. It was fortunate that I bought this Honda generator many years ago and it was a very good model. […]
11 November 2010 -Armistice Day
This was the day in 1918 that saw the end of the first Great World War -the Armistice was signed at 11 o’clock of the 11th Day of the 11th month. For this reason, every year, on 11 November, services are held throughout the country to commemorate the dead (for both Great World Wars and […]
10 November 2010
A busy day. Late morning bthe domiciliary dentist, Sian, arrived with her assistant Pauline to carry out a further hygienist session. Delightful ladies who certainly seem to know what they’re doing. Then, mid-afternoon, the good Dr Michael arrived en route to Australia tomorrow evening. Then late afternoon, Christian Hanscomb dropped off my video camera and […]
9 November 2010
My regular readers may well be wondering what has happened to all those allegedly wonderful inventions I mentioned some months ago. You may recall that the first of five was being developed by HDTI, Coventry University. It was a health care product which they refined and for which they produced a presentational DVD. Up to […]