Category Archives: Sanders Blog – Hellas

Sunday, 19th February, 2017 My little brother is 65 today. Happy Birthday to Bob. Actually, he’s not that little and he is only 10 months younger than me but there have to be bragging rights for the elder brother occasionally. I … Continue reading →

Sunday, 12th February, 2017 Last of the chilly days. I think we struggled up to 5C/41F and the sun broke through for a while. We are told that warm days will be back tomorrow which should reach double today at 10C/50F. I’m … Continue reading →

Sunday, 5th February, 2017 For those of us indoctrinated in to the Roman Catholic religion, rejection is never enough. It forms us and informs the rest of our lives no matter how we struggle to break free. Nominally, I rejected its … Continue reading →

Sunday, 29th January, 2017 Can’t believe that the first month of 2017 is almost gone. Soon I will be 66! That is quantitatively different to 65. I will soon be on the downward slopes to 70. I don’t know where the brakes are. … Continue reading →

Sunday, 22nd January, 2017 Another bright, sunny but coldish day. The temperature reached a dizzy 6C/43F. I was completely  sedentary today. I valeted the car yesterday. Today, I watched 3 politics programmes, 3 football matches and read the Sunday Times.  I ate a … Continue reading →

Sunday, 15th January, 2017 Half way through January already. I still haven’t found the key to slowing time down. It’s becoming quite scary! Today is wet and cold. The temperature was 3C/37F and didn’t get much above 7C/45F all day. … Continue reading →

Sunday,8th January, 2017 A mild day but rather grey here. In Greece, the story is different. KTG have this headline: Snow chaos: Two dead, hundreds trapped in highway, islands in state of emergency. Our route, along the new, Athens – Corinth … Continue reading →

Sunday,1st January, 2017         It is approaching 11.00 am and the first residents on our street are venturing out. We have been up for 4 hours and feeling our way in to the new year. We have … Continue reading →

Sunday,25th December, 2016 Have a lovely day. We are off to Surrey for a few hours of Family entertainment. Pauline has done all the cooking apart from the turkey which will have 3 hrs of warm weather followed by an hour … Continue reading →

              Sunday,18th December, 2016 This is the first day of Year 9. After 2922 entries, the Blog still endures. Even today it has proved its worth. Just a small thing but, as I was … Continue reading →