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I woke at 5.45 this morning so had a good night’s sleep as I’d retired for bed fairly early at 9. I thought I would join the early meditators as I was told this energises the body and mind for … Continue reading →

I woke at 7 to a bright sunny morning, still cool outside but with a promise of 20 degrees later. I had found myself sharing my room with Anna-Maija, who was a psycho therapist from Belgium. She and I got … Continue reading →

Ok, Christmas ringing, singing, present opening, drinking, feasting… all safely out of the way.  I couldn’t sleep at all of course with my brain on high alert.  I repacked my cabin bag several times in my mind although the final decisions had … Continue reading →

Our train home was just after 9am on the tenth of September and we were able to take the tram from just across the road from our hotel – so convenient. Unfortunately Dot lost her cards in the kafuffle of … Continue reading →

We earmarked today first for the Castle and then for Galleries. We probably queued for a good 45 minutes to get into the Castle which was teeming with tourists, so we had a quick look around and left in about … Continue reading →

Although this and the following say posted in October, we were actually still in September… the joys of blogging! Lovely to be staying at the Express Holiday Inn almost in the centre of the city.  It was quiet but within … Continue reading →

Back on another adventure, this time to the Highlands! 9:42 Train from Charlbury to Oxford on time, half hour wait for cross country to Wolverhampton at 10:42. Heavy rain shower at Oxford station but beautiful sunshine en route to Wolverhampton … Continue reading →

Visit to Genocide museum. This was originally a school but under the rule of Polpot became a prison where the educated were taken. Here they were interrogated, tortured and either killed or sent to the Killing fields which we visited … Continue reading →

Excellent flight to Beijing but oh so long of course. We took off at 8pm… After supper of smoked salmon salad followed by beef with rice and a plastic glass of red wine, I watched the movie “Brooklyn”, then dozed … Continue reading →

Kicked around a bit today after completing a third commission for one of Leigh’s friends.  A pastel of ‘Pax’. Also it was a sad day as Chonny, Leigh’s elderly cat, had to be put down.  But she had a good … Continue reading →