Exercising democracy

I am annoyed and appalled at the new Government’s priority of changing the law on hunting. Some people say that the intention is merely to neaten up the law to bring English law into line with legislation in Scotland. I don’t understand, then, why...

Maharashtra in June

I’m writing this post on June 22nd 2015. I’d like to make that clear: I’m not going to be able to post this on time tonight and I’ll have to wait until tomorrow morning. I’ve completely given up trying to secure Internet access via a Sim card...

Denial – not just the river in Africa

  I am feeling a bit down today. I’ve seen some articles on social media that have upset me deeply. They’re always there, yes, but generally one can try and ignore them as the grumbles of so many whingers. Or can we?  Today wherever I look it seems...

How I spend Mondays

I spend Mondays training the dogs. Since I got him, I’ve taken Raffles to class at 10:30 in the Keston Village Hall and then come back to fetch Oscar in time for the 1 o’clock class which is supposed to be more advanced. The dogs do retrieving and...