Author Archives: John Sanders

Sunday, 1st November, 2026 Happy new month, Dear Reader. October 2026 is gone forever. Although, you can revisit it here. It has been a lovely, warm month and yesterday we hit 20C/68F which for the end of October is wonderful. … Continue reading →

Sunday, 25th October, 2026 As the Blog moves towards the end of its 18th year, we wake up early to a gorgeously warm and sunny morning. Able to go out for a walk at last. Down to the beach. Newspapers … Continue reading →

Sunday, 18th October, 2026 Gorgeous morning but, unfortunately, Pauline has been booked for an Endoscopy first thing tomorrow morning. We should be in Oldham marking the anniversary of her Mum’s death 16 years ago now which signalled our move away … Continue reading →

Sunday, 11th October, 2026 Happy Sunday …. not. I hate Sundays for lots of reasons but today I am stressed as hell. I have spent another 4 hours in discussions with BT Broadband and I have narrowed the problem down … Continue reading →

Sunday, 4th October, 2026 Blue sky, strong sunshine, lovely, optimistic day. Going down to the beach after the political debates of the morning round. My wife is 75 tomorrow. Cards have been arriving during the past week. I am going … Continue reading →

Sunday, 27th September, 2026 September is almost gone and October won’t be long. All I’m asking is more time. Help me make it through my life. I don’t care who’s right or wrong. I don’t try to understand. Let the … Continue reading →

Sunday, 20th September, 2026 Another lovely day which started rather grey but soon blossomed. The sky is now bright and the sun is out. I am going to be spending a good proportion of it outside in shorts and tee … Continue reading →

Sunday, 13th September, 2026 A grey but warm day. It’s 9.00 am and 21C/70F in mid-September. Nice. While the weather is so pleasant, I am walking by the sea to kick start my renewed exercise regime. I’ve still got a … Continue reading →

Sunday, 6th September, 2026 Another lovely, warm and sunny morning which is 19C/66F outside at 7.00 am rising rapidly to 24C/75F. Breakfast in the garden before the day’s tasks start with political discussion programmes – John Sopel from BBC and … Continue reading →

Sunday, 30th August, 2026 A lovely warm and sunny morning. The amount of rain we have had has been quite disappointing. We are just that bit too South. There is a downpour at Lords in central London as I write … Continue reading →