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Seville explored

Given the extreme difficulty I had in locating my room, I decided to take all necessary precautions when I left it at 8.00am yesterday. I packed enough victuals into my backpack to last a day and, singing Keep Right On  To The End Of The Road by Sir Harry Lauder, set off confidently from my room. [...]

September 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

Seville

Seville: the capital of Andalusia, the city of oranges, Carmen and the ‘Barber of’ opera,Velazquez, and a football team that has won the Europa Cup three years running. It has the  most beautiful Gothic cathedral in the world , the Alcazar Palace built by the Moors, and fine [...]

September 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

Cabaret at Proud

For the third time week I open my post with the words “I did not know what to expect.” This time in relation to a night at Proud Cabaret in Kemptown, that lively and predominately gay area between Brighton Pier and the Marina. My hairdresser’s ex-partner is/was the manager and he [...]

September 23, 2017 // 0 Comments

Another avventura

We Rusters can be accused of many things but of not shying away from the challenge of a new experience. Not for me a few cosy non-executive directorships, thank you, but rather a motivation in what must be the final stage of life to enjoy travel and the bucket list of pleasures and pastimes denied [...]

September 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

Southampton Boat Show

This was my first visit to the boat show and only my third to Southampton. On arrival at the dock area of Southampton Nancy Bright-Thompson  and I were impressed by the modernistic high rise architecture and its proximity to water reminded me of Canary Wharf. It was a run down area but now houses [...]

September 20, 2017 // 0 Comments

Spanish lessons

The reader might justly enquire what is my motivacion for learning Spanish. The answer is two fold:- (i) I have been travelling to Spain and intend to do so more often and feel disadvantaged by not knowing the language; (ii) I want to see how difficult it is at my age to apply myself to learning [...]

September 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

A funeral

Yesterday I attended the funeral of the mother of a friend I have known since school. A funeral, the finally passing of person from earth, is a sad occasion. Yet if the deceased has had full life – this lady was 92 – then there is less tragedy and the life should be celebrated. In this [...]

September 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

A trying day

Yesterday I had a meeting with the editor of The Rust as he wanted me to contribute a regular article on business. Apparently my contribution to the article on alternative investments was well received. I duly met Richard Bolton at my local yacht club. I am no yottie but it has a good view over the [...]

August 26, 2017 // 0 Comments

A Trip to Cornwall

Our readers might find this difficult to believe but we do not confer before our postings so it’s entirely possible to write on the same theme. Today I am touching on a subject aired yesterday, namely road travel. It’s that time of year again when the Rusters make their annual [...]

July 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

A celebration for a centurion

Yesterday I was honoured to celebrate in the country the 100th birthday of the matriarch of a family I know well. Her grandson had prepared a photographic celebration of her life as well as a time line of world events from 1917 which took place in her lifetime. It was the first time I have attended [...]

July 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

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