This is the most exciting post I have written. Daughter, Amy, gave birth to our first grandbaby at 04.23am on 28th August. Due on 8th September, Jaxon Andrew Rogers was obviously in a hurry to meet his family. He weighed in at a healthy 8lbs. Mum, Dad, and baby are all doing well. What a...

Returned from holiday yesterday to a pile of post, including the July edition of ‘Let’s Talk’ magazine. ‘Let’s Talk’ is an East Anglian publication, mainly concerned with memories of the area, but they have an annual short story competition and feature one of the winning stories every month. This month one of my stories was...

We stayed in a B & B in Machynlleth last night and set off home after a lovely breakfast. We stopped briefly at Aberystwyth beach. We drove to Llandrindod Wells and went to the National Cycle Museum. We were particularly interested in seeing their collection of Pedersen bikes, originally designed and produced in Dursley. We...