When you unwrap gifts slowly and save the wrapping paper for later!

You flatten bread bags and save them for re-use another day!

A little off-piste, a couple of late reflections of our trip to Germany last Autumn. Borrowed from the web, an old still in black and white,...

Well, we are finally away from our daughter's snowbound Thackley Hill, but it wasn't easy. After abandoning the car on Tuesday half ...

Dreams are strange. Like a drunk projectionist staggering round your brain, you never know what's going to be shown on those juddering s...

 It's Mrs MoonBase and my Ruby Wedding today. Forty years over the moon. Just want to wish everyone a very pleasant day. We got wed in 1...

Yesterday morning Chewbacca went missing. It was one of those classic moments where the Missus moved some of my stuff in the front room and ...

Watched a few things of late on the telly. Here's a few thoughts. Wonder if you've seen them? 1. Travellers - the Missus and me real...

Like many of you I love Sci-Fi. But, what can I say about  a show we caught this week on Netflix called The Rain. Well, its a Danish Sci-Fi ...

 We had a stall at a large local German car boot sale, a Flohmarkt,  this morning in our continuing bid to empty my Wife's parents' ...

 I'm pretty sure my Missus was a secret agent in a previous life. She has field craft. She just knows stuff. Last year she left matches ...

We are currently beginning day one of our second go at sorting out our late Father in Laws flat on the Continent. A very sad necessity.  We ...

Tomorrow the everyday of the new year starts again. Our New Year holiday on the coast is over and our guests leave for the continent this af...

Being Sixty plus now I don't go for a drink as much as I did when I was young. I've never been a huge pub fan and I'm not really...

 When I was young I had a best mate called Pete. We went through 11 years of school together culminating with a fistful of O Levels each. In...

 Some Autumnal snaps of the local country pile we visited today in Brodsworth. Some spooky takes for the dark season too. Brrrr. This final ...

I had a discussion with a friend recently who has some of his childhood toys still. He's 75 so we're talking about the 1950s. It tra...

They say that we gradually turn into our parents don't they. I remember my Dad falling asleep in front of the box in the late Seventies,...

Yep, it's happening. I'm a day away from finishing work for good. I'm retiring. I imagine a few of you Baby Boomers have done al...

I've just got back from a close family funeral overseas in Germany.  Its been a trying week for the family but we sent my wife's fat...