20 Sep, 2021 | Around the World, Home, Journal
Day 27 My joy At long last, I get to sing with my choir. In person. It took 21 months but finally I got to sing with my home choir in person and not as usual blearily at 2am in my pyjama top, over Zoom, hoping that my singing won’t wake up the household or the...
20 Sep, 2021 | Around the World, Home, Journal
Day 25 With the Funeral Director This is the day that I went to make the arrangements for Brian’s funeral. Funerals involve admin, and things don’t ever sort themselves out. The task of sorting out the details of Brian’s funeral has fallen to me...
18 Sep, 2021 | Around the World, Home
Day 23 Chirpy chirp Where I call for help and end up spending quality time with a treasured friend. The standby battery in our mains-wired smoke alarm suddenly ran out at 11pm on Friday and started making a regular and profoundly annoying chirp at regular intervals....
18 Sep, 2021 | Around the World, Edinburgh and Scotland, Getting there is half the fun
Days 20-22 Edinburgh After a sleep-deprived night on the Caledonian Sleeper, I arrived in Auld Reekie. If you were expecting this account of my Edinburgh jaunt to be filled with snaps of its many and varied photo opportunities, you’d be disappointed. Best to...
8 Sep, 2021 | Around the World, Edinburgh and Scotland, Getting there is half the fun, Home
Day 19 – The Caledonian Sleeper I didn’t want to cramp Eliza’s style on her 22nd birthday so I booked a ride on the Caledonian Sleeper for my trip to Edinburgh to see her. I saw it as a little foretaste of my upcoming Canadian train Odyssey (The...