Life's about experiences. These are mine.
There is a standing joke at home that major sites of interest only receive an update requiring a coving of scaffolding when we are to holiday there. So it was today at the Trevi Fountain and it was a considerable undertaking there too. It almost looked like a rebuild. Of course the thing about the …
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I’d forgotten just how long it can take to reach a destination with so many forms of transport involved. Today was no exception leaving home just after 8am and not arriving at our hotel in Rome until 4pm local time. A journey that included trains, planes, automobiles, Shank’s Pony and pods! The pods are the …
There is plenty of great free music from well known and up and coming artists if you know where to look for it and this month most of it was in that category. This months additions are: Man May’d – Living at the Speed of Love Paul Carrack – The Best of Paul Carrack U2 – Songs of Innocence Joe Bonamassa – Amazon …
Over the last few days the skies have been filled with the sounds of military helicopters flying overhead – a very unusual sound for Reading. I just happened to be outside today when I spotted not one but seven coming across all together. In fact, as you can see, they were flying in formation. I have …
I was clearing out the bedroom getting it ready to decorate when I unearthed my old train set. This was given to me as a christening present so, like me, it is getting on a bit but, unlike me, it is beautifully preserved! There are a few references to the set, a Triang Railways RS 29, …
Once a year places of historic interest that wouldn’t normaly be open to the public throw open their doors for Heritage Open Days. I read somewhere that these places are obliged to do so annually as part of the conditions of government/lottery funding, although I can’t find any evidence to back that statement up. Either …
Over the years I have spent many hours watching my kids take part in various extra curricular activities. This has included standing on the side of a football pitch on a cold Sunday morning watching a herd of eight year olds chase a ball, seated in an airless theatre as the local amateur dramatic society …