Author Archives: John Sanders

3rd – 5th January, 2010 The snow has been totally incapacitating here this week. To make matters worse, we had to leave our car with the repairers for two days. There are only a few days a year when a … Continue reading →

27th December, 2009 Pauline’s Mum went back to her flat today. At lunchtime we drove her over the snow-covered wastes of the Pennine Moors to the wastes that we call Oldham. She was happy and Pauline had made her a … Continue reading →

20th December, 2009  Snowed incessantly around Yorkshire today. Just managed to get the Sunday papers before it set in. Elsewhere in Britain the Eurostar service has been cancelled stranding 75000 travellers and 2000 were trapped in the tunnel all night while thousands of … Continue reading →

13 December, 2009  This is the final week of the Blog’s first year. Let’s hope for thirty more! I suffer from Atrial Fibrillation. It is no big deal but it does increase my risk of strike and heart attack. For … Continue reading →

6th December, 2009 We want to downsize, to take a chunk of equity out of our house, to move South for better transport links, to find somewhere which is new-build and more manageable when we are out of the Country … Continue reading →

29th November, 2009 Pauline’s Mum was just preparing to be discharged from hospital when she had an angina attack. The clinical team decided that they would have to do more tests and keep her in over night again. 30th November, … Continue reading →

22nd November, 2009 Do you remember the chimney sweep coming to the fireplace in the Dining Room of 81 High Street? I can’t work out how many of you are old enough for that. It was the first time I … Continue reading →

15th & 16th November, 2009 Spent the whole two days researching our trip to Kent. We are determined to have new-build and to have excellent facilities close at hand – Health Club, shops, restaurants, theatre/opera, etc. Pauline is quite keen … Continue reading →

8th November, 2009 Man. U. were robbed this afternoon. Did you see it? They were definitely the better team. 9th November, 2009 Still the requests for references roll in from ex-staff. We spent part of the day planning our trip … Continue reading →

 1st November, 2009   We have used 4 cubic metres of water in one week! Yorkshire Water say that one cubic meter is equivalent to eleven baths. We each have a shower in the morning and we have always shared … Continue reading →