Author Archives: cliverh

The Aussie Holiday 2023 Thursday 2nd March/Friday 3rd March The day has come, we’re on the way to our 5th trip to down under. Instead of flying to Melbourne as before we are exploring new ground in Brisbane. A bit … Continue reading →

No, I’m not talking cliches here. It’s very much the end of the year and a lot has happened, personally and globally. The Ukraine situation drags on, and there doesn’t seem to be an end of sight. Domestically we’ve had … Continue reading →

There have been many comparisons between the current hot spell and the summer of 1976 when we had 8 weeks of high temperatures. The trouble is I wasn’t in the country at that time, I was stationed in RAF Germany … Continue reading →

Seriously, why is Vladimir Putin is trying to claim Ukraine back into the Russian canon? In 1992 Ukraine became an independent nation after the fall of the Berlin wall. They were fed up with the oppressive and controlling regime that … Continue reading →

So, after over 15 months of hard work erecting our Men’s Shed, we were told in early February 2022 that the lease on the building we were in was ending at the end of March We sweated blood and tears … Continue reading →

Well, the Men’s Shed project is doing well and is now finished. At last we can get going on building our own projects and not building the workshops. The extraction system has been installed and is working well, and the … Continue reading →

Following on from my last brush with the medical services, it’s now gone one stage further. Having been here for a day they decided that I needed an angiogram to see what is happening around the ticker. After a false … Continue reading →

A normal morning, not hurrying, leisurely breakfast (I am retired!) and started pottering in the garage and around the house, when a slight, and I mean slight pain started in the solar plexis area of my chest, accompanied shortly afterwards … Continue reading →

About 4 years ago I saw a flyer advertising the local Men’s Shed, which to those who have never heard of them are places where men (and women) can meet for comradeship and friendship under the guise of working on … Continue reading →

It has come to my attention that spring was supposed to have arrived by now, what’s all this cold stuff falling out of the sky? On March 16th we had temperatures of 23°, yesterday we had -2! Just shows the … Continue reading →