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Well somebody’s gotta do it …

I don’t know why, particularly – but this piece by Adam Sherwin, spotted today on the website of The Independent, caught my eye today and I thought I’d share it with fellow Rust readers as we chart the passage of time both in the world and our own personal lives: See here – [...]

March 9, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard/ Forest Mere

I spent yesterday at Forest Mere with Bob. I have stayed at and written about such places. They started as essentially high-end residential weight watchers where those who are and drank too much in those  heady reckless days ( and nights !!!!) of excess of which I was a fully paid up member took [...]

March 7, 2016 // 0 Comments

Institutionalised.

It’s the second day and I feel fully institutionalised. Not that the stay has been free of problems as you will read. Breakfast is a buffet of healthy options of cereals and fruit or hot dishes from the menu and maintained the high standard of cuisine. I continue to be amazed that working [...]

March 6, 2016 // 0 Comments

Forest Mere

I am taking a few days at the spa Forest Mere for some R &R. My connection with Forest Mere goes back many years. In the sixties when my father was cash-strapped after purchasing his first home aged 41 he agreed that my mother should have a break in Forest Mere then called a health farm. My [...]

March 5, 2016 // 0 Comments

It’s not as bad as you think

Roughly about twice every winter I reckon to catch a cold – or is it a dose of the ‘flu? I don’t suppose it matters which. When I was working, I very rarely took time of work for such occurrences. I don’t like being ill and I’d rather be ‘doing something’ than not, so carrying on [...]

March 5, 2016 // 0 Comments

You’re lucky I’m here at all

Okay, I’m coming out of the woods with my hands up. With a very welcome small amount of free time on my hands this week I had planned nothing more than to camp myself in my council library’s ‘Local Studies’ section and research stuff (we anoraks do). I did two days of that on Monday and [...]

March 2, 2016 // 0 Comments

A flickering candle in the darkness

In the 21st Century – bombarded by media scare stories, examples of unequal treatment and strident opinion on ‘how things would be in a perfect world’ – we tend to take it as read that political correctness rules. It’s reached the point where traditionalists like myself (call us old [...]

March 1, 2016 // 0 Comments

Final Day

We commenced with a tour of  the Vatican Gardens. This had to be conducted by a Vatican guide, a friendly Italian blonde woman with much cosmetic surgery. It was raining heavily and the group looked rather disconsolate. The garden tour took far too long which made the final part ending in the St [...]

February 28, 2016 // 0 Comments

A la Colthard: Day Three

The meal at the Mirabelle restaurant of the Hotel Splendie Royale was sensational. It countered my theory of beware the restaurant with panoramic views. Our table was situated by a terrace that overlooked the Borghese Gardesns. Stefano was an exquisite host. Why does he have to be gay!!!? I had the [...]

February 27, 2016 // 0 Comments

Watching the world go by

A few years ago now my father ‘let go’ his ancient gardener and faithful retainer because – to be perfectly honest – he had passed his sell-by date. By then he was approaching the age of eighty and his ability to work during his weekly visits had reduced to little more than riding the [...]

February 27, 2016 // 0 Comments

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