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Lockdown 3 (Day 22) Eaton
A long walk on a mild day, up through Eaton Park and around the university broad. The floods at the university have drained away and although the pathways were a little sticky underfoot, it was pleasant enough. Eaton Park has a huge model boating pond, which has it’s own pavilion and clock. It is an →
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On Playing xv
What do we do now? I know, let’s play Hide & Seek! No, Prime Minister ~ n.b. The man who hid in a freezer during the last General Election to avoid the press. ~ CLP 27/01/2021 →
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Lockdown 3 (Day 21) Postscript
To cap a suitably mournful day the UK has now lost over 100,000 people to coronavirus, (source: Public Health England). Still there is discussion around shutting the airports, ports and the Channel Tunnel to all but the food and materials we need. Take a moment to reflect on that figure again: 100,162 dead people due →
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Lockdown 3 (Day 19) In Tune
It would be ridiculous to file all the recorded music I have in alphabetical order until I have a settled home. I don’t know how long I will be living here, (no one knows how long Lockdown 3 will even last), but I know that I can’t put up any shelves in this rented property. →
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Lockdown 3 (Day 14): Morrison’s
A security tag is supposed to be automatically approved and cancelled when scanned at the till. “If it goes off at the exit, don’t worry. The security guard has gone home already and I know your face anyway.” Great to know that the art of careless talk survives and no she doesn’t know my face →
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Lockdown 3 (Day 13) Wensum Park
It didn’t take long for the snow to go. Just pockets of compacted ice in shaded corners and the decomposing remains of snowmen on the lawns of the parks. The low Sun was wonderful. I walked with my face covering in place for most of the time, so am dubious as to whether I topped →
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On Air
Skies no more filled by loud mechanical birds just precipitous clouds ~ n.b. Norwich airfield is being used as a parking lot for the excess supply over demand of aircraft. There are four English Airways planes here and many other brands parked up at the far end of the runway. BA lost its right to →
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On Numbers (pp269)
Enough to take me back to childhood news stories of divided Ireland. ~ n.b. Iain Cobain’s book, Anatomy of a Killing (Life and Death on a Divided Island) is an important book that helps explain why the Good Friday Agreement is important. One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter explained to a large extent, →
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On Numbers £15m
There is a rush on To buy country estates here. Cities are passé ~ n.b. I won’t bore you with the details, but it seems that the unnecessarily wealthy are keen to have a bit more garden and staff / servants to help keep everything orderly. It seems living on a super-yacht, or in a →
Journey of Words 