Category Archives: Sanders Blog – Hellas

8th August, 2010 We have exactly eight weeks left on the island this year. The heatwave continues. A day without tilers, which is a relief, and we can go out shopping. Swimming was fantastic. Sorry to go on about this … Continue reading →

1st August, 2010 No workmen here today so we could relax a bit. It is very hot and there is no breeze. We have to do the shopping today because the lorry strike is over for the moment and the … Continue reading →

25th July, 2010 A really hot one today and humid too. Even in the early morning it was 31°C. By swimming time at around 2.30 pm it had reached 39°C. Too hot to do anything so did nothing after a … Continue reading →

18th July, 2010 Interesting day. In the morning, Pauline repainted (touched up) the pergola before the tiles are laid. She is going to hang a considerable number of floor to ceiling curtains in a tent effect which will cut down … Continue reading →

11th July, 2010 I’m not well. I wouldn’t normally broadcast that but it is remarkable in being my first illness since finishing work 16 months ago. It may be related to the stress of the past few weeks moving house … Continue reading →

5th July, 2010 I have always been prone to introspection, self analysis, list making, daily, weekly, monthly, annual, five-year and ten-year planning. I have never known why or where it came from. I would be interested to know if anyone … Continue reading →

Week 80 – When’s retirement age? 27th June, 2010 If the LibDems managed a football team, this is what they would play like: I blame the Manager and if it wasn’t the LibDems (and we’ve got plenty on them already) … Continue reading →

20th June, 2010 Seemed to spend the whole day driving – about eight hours in total – and in a rented, manual Vaxhaul Meriva. I was certainly tired at the end of it. We left home just before 5.00 am … Continue reading →

13th June, 2010 Had two emails from Lizzie Dripping today: John R u ok ,no e mail this weekend ? I am off to Istanbul in the am for a week Hope all is ok with you and Pauline and … Continue reading →

 6th June, 2010 Received an email from Jane (1) today: Hope you’re enjoying being “home” and that house sale goes smoothly. We’ve been v busy since the election and my strategy seems to have worked – no cuts in this … Continue reading →