Category Archives: Sanders Blog – Hellas

It is Jubilee Street, Brighton – about 10 miles from where I now live. I could find out little more about those early days but went on a Brighton research site and asked if anyone could help. My memories in … Continue reading →

Sunday, 17th July, 2022 Our village is quickly expanding to become a small town with all the new house building going on. The long term villagers are up in arms. Comers-in like us have no case to argue. The village … Continue reading →

We use tons of Dill each year so I’ve been growing it from seed. Today I’ve planted out lots of plants I’ve grown in the past couple of months. They should get us through the Summer. We have become so … Continue reading →

Bright and sunny, warm morning. The garden is looking lovely at Breakfast but preparation is everything. We are going to be away in a week and then again in a month. All the plants will need watering regularly in the … Continue reading →

This is constantly one of my favourite views on my walk in the Summer. I’m sure you will be heartily sick of seeing it but I can’t resist capturing the season’s advance. Back home, I’m preparing for two events The … Continue reading →

A different day after the humidity of the past week. Still warm but overcast with a small amount of rain forecast for this evening. It really has been fantastic growing weather recently. These two photos are just 2 weeks apart: … Continue reading →

Sunday, 12th June, 2022 Lovely warm day of sunshine and cloud. Felt strong on my walk after a couple of days when I had a mental struggle to complete. Kevin has sourced the CDs of our greatest ‘triumph’ – a … Continue reading →

and then this came from Kevin in Scotland : There is absolutely nothing that could bring me to support monarchy. Certainly, it will be good to see the back of the Tories and bring about a rapprochement with Europe. Fascinating … Continue reading →

Just 12 years ago this week, we had been retired for a year and were in our Greek house when we concluded the sale of our Yorkshire house. We had been in Greece for 2 of the 6 month stay … Continue reading →

In the 1970s and 80s, I was good friends with David, Head of English in my school. He was an extremely intelligent but highly strung man who took his life very seriously. He lived with his wife, ‘Tricia, a lecturer … Continue reading →