Author Archives: John Sanders

20th September, 2015 Gorgeous day. We were up early and emptying our garage to take everything to the storage for the next few months. We drove through warm sunshine loaded up with boxes. We now only have immediate necessities for … Continue reading →

13th September, 2015 Things are moving quite quickly at the moment – for us as well as Jeremy Corbin. We have to ‘Exchange Contracts’ in the next couple of days and ‘Complete’ in the first week of October. From that … Continue reading →

6th September, 2015 The Blog will catch up with itself in a few days when we are in a position to update. Currently, we are travelling. 7th September, 2015 Early start. Up at 3.00 am and in the car by … Continue reading →

30th August, 2015 The penultimate day of Summer 2015 has been pleasant but quiet. We had quite a lot to do so we didn’t go out to exercise. We will go tomorrow – Bank Holiday Monday or so we are … Continue reading →

23rd August, 2015 Another humid day which featured half an hour of light rain that helped me avoid plant watering and temporarily held the inevitable Test match result up for an hour or so. We had intended to go the gym but … Continue reading →

16th August, 2015 Quiet Sunday – quite delightful – worshipping at the altar of newspapers and Premier League football. The exciting Labour Leadership election is hotting up while Manchester City, a team I’ve never favoured in my life, got my … Continue reading →

9th August, 2015 Gorgeous, gorgeous morning of High Summer. Sitting in the sun, drinking freshly made cappuccino and reading The Sunday Times on my iPad. What more can you ask for? Read a couple of lovely jokes in the papers … Continue reading →

2nd August, 2015 All the roads are closed for miles around us for the Prudential Ride London-Surrey Cycle Event. It is an absolutely beautiful day for it – warm and sunny – but it is still annoying if you suffer … Continue reading →

26th July, 2015 Another day of rain. The arid, yellowing lawns are already greening up and gardeners’ watering duties suspended. We were just preparing to go out to exercise when Amazon texted me to say they were about to deliver … Continue reading →

19th July, 2015 This day last year we were  shopping in Reims and preparing for the last leg of our European journey from Greece to Surrey. So much has happened in that year – not least in the decline of … Continue reading →