Author Archives: John Sanders

10th March, 2013 Happy Mothers’ Day!   11th March, 2013 The temperature is 0C/32F in Surrey with light snow falling. Skiathos reached 23.5C/ 74F yesterday. It really isn’t fair. I’m going swimming in spite of the weather. I am a … Continue reading →

3rd March, 2013 Strangely quiet and overcast day. Not cold but not inviting outside. The Sunday Times is the focus of the morning. I can’t get Mum’s voice out of my head today. For so many years we argued about Catholicism … Continue reading →

24th February, 2013 I haven’t been ill since April 2009 until today. I seem to have caught a stomach bug which has totally incapacitated me. I am a typical man about all illness. I ignore all signs until I can … Continue reading →

18th February, 2013 An absolutely wonderful day with clear, blue skies and birds singing all around. It makes one glad to be alive. I must admit, I didn’t use it well. I read the newspaper and watched Huddersfield lose. I … Continue reading →

10th February, 2013 As regular readers will have noticed, I’ve been dabbling in a bit of family tree research along with my much older cousin, David. I get very easily distracted and often follow quite aimless connections. For example, I … Continue reading →

3rd February, 2013 Poor old Skiathan Man. His parcel of tea is so near and yet so far. We have tracked the parcel all the way to Greece but a 48 hr ferry strike was followed by another and now…. … Continue reading →

27th January, 2013 This time four years ago, we were preparing for our latest and last Ofsted inspection. Pauline & I were checking that all our policy documents were current and available and staff were asked to hand in Lesson … Continue reading →

20th January, 2013 Snowed all day from 8.00 in the morning until 6.00 at night. Everywhere was silent as people hunkered down in the warm. Pauline made delicious casseroled rabbit with banana shallots and girolle mushrooms. Celery and turkey stock … Continue reading →

13th January, 2013 Quite a nice coincidence – Week 213 starts on 13th January, 2013. The omens are all good. And so it is proving. Today, I received information from cousin David about my Great, Great Grandfather, Richard Sanders (1821 … Continue reading →