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Entries from July 30th, 2025

All change

July 30th, 2025 · Comments Off on All change · Life

Like many people, I get a bit wary of change. Even though I enjoy new things, like a new technology, new toy, new great band, when something threatens an established routine my first instinct is to be be opposed and want things to stay the way I am used to.

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All grown up

July 30th, 2025 · Comments Off on All grown up · Life

I feel very serious, grown up and adult this week, because Jayne and I did a very grown-up thing; we got our wills done. Actually it did not make me feel grown up as much as it made me feel old. I know that you really should get a will done at any time and […]

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Perspectives

July 29th, 2025 · Comments Off on Perspectives · Life

I noticed something while I was out for a walk tonight. Most evenings I go for a walk around the Manor Royal estate. Half the time this is because Jayne will be at work and drives her bus around there, so I get to wave hello and sometimes jump on for a while. Today she […]

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Making progress

July 15th, 2025 · Comments Off on Making progress · Life

At the weekend Jayne and I went across to deepest Surrey for the launch event of a new charity. This is not something we routinely do, but this one has a special significance for us. The charity is called Progress, to quote its website: “The PROGRESS charity was established with the specific purpose of supporting people diagnosed […]

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June 2025

July 4th, 2025 · Comments Off on June 2025 · Life

Phew, what a scorcher! After the first week, June in Crawley saw a lot of the weather that we might have expected in Corfu in May, but didn’t get. Naturally, the first week was when I was still off work, and the dry weather waited until I was back working.

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