To our cost we found toilet rolls to be expensive, 6 euros for a four pack and it aint Andrex but the bread at the village bakers was good and cheap. Back down to the Villa and wave the beach bathers off and we head off up the mountain to […]
Modern Life
Corfu Part 1
I am sorry for not publishing in the last three weeks but I have been resting up in Corfu, which of course is in Greece and believe me whatever they say about Greece and its economic woes it is certainly obvious in Corfu. With petrol at 1.90 euros per litre […]
Bad Teeth Or Cancer, Bone Disease And Brain Damage. That Is The Question?
I have just bade farewell to the majority of my grandchildren, five kids under seven years old born to one daughter and her terrier of a husband. The kids have exhausted and delighted me, the husband or should I say son-in-law, has angered, annoyed and embarrassed me at every turn. […]
Spare A Thought For Survivors Of Abuse
With all the palaver being spoken and written about regarding clerical abuse and I hear lots and lots of talk and read reams around the subject but nearly nothing about the lives of the poor victims or survivors as some like to refer to them and how they get through […]
The Journey To Oblivion Or I Think I Will Switch The Telly Off
A few months ago, weaned as all baby boomers were on that miracle they called television, which gripped the nation from the coronation in 1953 of that teutonic lady that some call Elizabeth II of England, I started to take stock. For most of my adult life I have watched […]