Category Archives: UK 2025 (Mirinda)

Attack of the bots?

It was a completely miserable day today. Almost constant rain and not very cold. I managed to get drenched on my way back from the ICA. Of course, I still needed my halfway sit down break of course, and figured … Continue reading

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Avoiding the ruts and slop

Today, the weather was gorgeous. Blue sky, sunshine, temperature in double figures. The perfect day to take the girls for a walk around Mount Trosa. Which I did, though not till about 1:30pm, as I had a lunch date with … Continue reading

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Grand re-opening celebration balloons

I had a lovely, long chat with Mirinda this evening as she relaxed in her Cologne hotel room. With no phone signal drop-outs and workable wifi, it made for easy conversation and a fill in of what she’d been up … Continue reading

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Remembering

Today was All Hallows’ Day. In the long ago, it was the day when the Christian church commemorated its many martyrs. They would know it more as All Saints’ Day. The Church of Sweden, though, has made it about remembering … Continue reading

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Witness to my existence

The UK Government does not believe that I am still alive. In order to check if I am still breathing, they sent me a form to fill out. Until it is sent back to them, they have stopped the pension … Continue reading

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Small town reality

I had an unusually vivid dream early this morning. I was sitting down, in a pub, for dinner with my entire extended family, a lot of whom are no longer with us outside of the sleeping hours. I had been … Continue reading

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Unexpected popularity

Before I begin writing my post each morning (for the day before) I check my stats. For reasons I have not been able to fathom, it is proving very difficult to pay for more in depth statistics, so I make … Continue reading

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Santa’s lust for life – Mirinda

The Painted Hall It was meant to be a drop in visit on the way to the Pirates exhibition at the Maritime Museum in Greenwich. In fact, Fiona was so excited about the pirates she was completely unable to remember … Continue reading

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Long, white fungi

I needed Ulrika, Queen of the Mushrooms, with me this morning. On my way to the ICA, in an expanse of green, down along the Trossen, a small copse of long, white fungi had suddenly appeared. Obviously, I had no … Continue reading

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I thought up a good title, but then forgot

I need to make a correction to the post I made about the Smackbottom bridge. I said, on Saturday, that it has a tent over it. It does, but only when there’s no one working on it. Today saw the … Continue reading

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