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There is nothing quite so exciting as waking up to a fresh snowfall.  The beauty of the spider’s web is out of this world.  This week our landscape has been transformed by the heaviest snowfall…

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Frosty End to 2025

I spent my teenage years in Stratford on Avon and seeing this wonderful photo of today’s frosty morning made me desperate to visit again. I’ve written many blogs about Stratford which you can find by…

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Stories Through Stitches

I’ve just come back from a week in Cumbria and the Lake District. I’m exhausted from all the walking so I thought I’d sit down and put some of my thoughts into my blog. I…

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A Gloucestershire Rhapsody

I have the deepest respect for anyone with mental health issues who manages to keep going in ‘normal’ life.  But for those who do their duty in extremely stressful situations, I have nothing but the greatest admiration.…

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Remembering Gerry everyday

There are some dates that stand out for me ~ 23 November will always be Gerry’s birthday; Christmas Eve will always be our wedding day; Good Friday will always be the day I lost him…

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A visit to Krakow in Poland

Today, 27th January 2025 is Holocaust Memorial Day so I am republishing some of the occasions when the true horror of what happened to the Jewish people was brought forcibly home to me. The city…

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