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A partner in an international firm of loss adjusters, William is a keen blogger and member of the internet community. More Posts

Suddenly, a shaft of light in the gloom

Yesterday I set off to go and spend the weekend with my ancient father on the south coast. His short-term memory is none too good these days as I have previously mentioned. A representative example would be the fact that – despite having rung him as I was setting off to drive down – when I [...]

February 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

A welcome phone call

Yesterday I had a phone call from an old pal whom has known my extended family for years. At first we chatted about this and that – bringing each other up to date on our various relations and offspring – which took an enjoyable and interesting quarter of an hour. He then said he had [...]

January 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

A brief trip to France

On Sunday evening I had flown down to Toulouse in France for an overnight stay and then – business done – flew back to Blighty last night. It was my first visit to the city and, although I could not claim that tourism or sightseeing is my bag, I found it just my sort of place. Seriously, if [...]

January 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

And for my next trick …

Having been dug in with my ancient father on the south coast for most of this week, yesterday after lunch – whilst we sitting together in the drawing room – he said to me “I’ve been thinking …”, his standard preface to an announcement that he had some scheme or another with which he [...]

December 30, 2017 // 0 Comments

Reunion with an old friend

This is an item that needs adding to my ever-growing pile being filed under the heading “Things that remind you that you’re getting older and more forgetful”. At some point in the receding mists of time – if I estimated it was about five years ago I might either be 100% correct or [...]

November 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

Some men achieve

Stuck miles away in the depths of the countryside staying with my aged father this weekend, for a good part of yesterday we sat in the drawing room reading the newspapers and, after those had been consumed, he then looked through a pair of old family photograph albums whilst I picked up a hardback [...]

November 25, 2017 // 0 Comments

Reflections upon a trip

Yesterday was essentially a ‘travel day’, i.e. my return home from Palma via Gatwick Airport. After a fairly crowded schedule spent shadowing my son Barry for 48 hours, it began with me having a light hotel breakfast, checking out and then strolling down the hill to the main drag opposite the [...]

November 11, 2017 // 0 Comments

Palma – Day 2

Yesterday’s weather was variable – dull with intermittent rain overnight up until about 11.00am, followed by bright sunshine for six hours, then dull again until about 10.00pm when the heavens opened for a monsoon-like downpour. From 6.00pm the temperature began to get progressively [...]

November 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

Arrival in Palma

Yesterday I flew from Gatwick North Terminal on the 0710 hours Easyjet flight to Palma Mallorca to spend a couple of days with my son Barry who lives and works in the marine industry on the island. The outward journey was unremarkable save for a bout of sneezing that I suffered about 45 minutes [...]

November 9, 2017 // 0 Comments

We’re all in this together

One of the topics of the moment in Parliament and the media is that of old people and the issues that surround them. I’m talking about such as national pensions, at what age people become eligible for them, the ever-growing number of senior citizens in the population (due to increasing longevity [...]

October 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

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