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Autumn Haiku
Daylight disappears Cold nights and warm embraces Hide us until spring
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Retreads
“How long was I dead for ?”, I asked Jason the male nurse as he checked the chart hanging at the end of my metal framed bed. A minute, two minutes, I...
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A Pen y ffrwd love story
Sometimes I run up the hill, and sometimes I ride Khyber up there. Now I am sitting on the Pen y ffrwd hillside looking out over the long grass of...
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Season of Mists
We walk through the park, holding hands, out of habit. Together. Apart. The November air has that kind of stillness you only get in autumn. Not just...
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Oh it's my fault. I hijacked
Posted on Fri, 31 Oct 2025
Oh it's my fault. I hijacked it. I get carried away. Sorry
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Do you have veterinary
Posted on Fri, 31 Oct 2025
Jack - Do you have veterinary insurance in America ?
I remember you saying your animals are all geriatrics. In the UK insurance premiums (which are bad enough anyway) go up ridiculously once your pet gets to middle age.
Well done...
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I have English friends who
Posted on Fri, 31 Oct 2025
I have English friends who live in France and their vet bills - donkeys/horses/pigs/goats/cats/dogs/you name it - are massively lower than in the UK. She thinks it's because they don't really have pet insurance in France. I certainly know from...
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Van Morrison, Dire Straits,
Posted on Sun, 02 Nov 2025
Van Morrison, Dire Straits, Queen, Steppenwolf, John Lee Hooker, Stone Roses, Billie Holliday and Santana (I pretend to sing in Spanish but god knows what I'm actually singing) in the car at the mo. Guess it sounds like we are all the same...
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The Irish are such lovely,
Posted on Thu, 30 Oct 2025
The Irish are such lovely, easy going people. Back in the 90's a friend and I went on a walking /cycling holiday. I am a bit vague about where we went, but I do remember we did all the 'W's - Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow.
We hired some...
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Is your vet an independent
Posted on Fri, 31 Oct 2025
Is your vet an independent one, or part of a group ? Over 60% of all vets are now part of a big group, whose only purpose is to make money. The vet I go to in Cirencester was started by three ladies, two vets and a nurse who had all been...
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Having spent 7 hours in A&E
Posted on Tue, 28 Oct 2025
Having spent 7 hours in A&E in Swindon two years ago you definitely have my sympathy !
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Minch Common is certainly a
Posted on Mon, 27 Oct 2025
Minch Common is certainly a spooky place. Highest piece of (English) land south of the Lake District reputedly. It certainly has a micro climate. I remember once leaving Nailsworth down in the valley with nary a flake of snow, and driving up...
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