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Aghh

April 1, 2018 Longrider 10

Today, mostly, I am doing my accounts. Not helped by this fellow who thinks he can help (actually, he doesn’t. He just knows that irritating […]

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Cancer

January 16, 2018 Longrider 36

Mrs L had her oncology appointment today. The news was much as we expected – her cancer is aggressive and resistant to treatment. I have […]

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A Weekend in Wales

October 23, 2017 Longrider 4

Unlike DocBud of this parish, I rather like Wales. I spent three of my teenage years there and return from time to time – usually […]

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September Morn

September 1, 2017 Longrider 9

Usually on this day I am mourning the passing of summer. I’m okay with September, it’s a beautiful month, but I am a summer person […]

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Two Things

April 28, 2016 Longrider 10

A couple of things happened this past week that made me think.  Firstly, I had an appointment for a flexible cystoscopy on Saturday. That really didn’t […]

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New Year

January 1, 2016 Longrider 1

So a new year dawns. It’s been a funny year in many ways. 2015 was probably the year we finally laid the ghost of France […]

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Ten Years On…

November 17, 2013 Longrider 4

Ten years ago today, I was one of the 600 odd people who left Network Rail under project Violet. This supposed redundancy was, in fact, […]