Journal
Postcard #11 Stratford-upon-Avon
Here's my eleventh postcard from my Run the UK Challenge. I have arrived in Stratford-Upon-Avon.How lovely to arrive in Stratford-Upon-Avon, for the first time in decades. Shall I do the tourist trail or just spend time going to the theatre? Let's hope there's...
The Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences
I met Ally for a cup of tea yesterday and we had a bit of a wander around Tai Ping Shan and Sheung Wan. I liked this building and when I have a little more time I'll go inside. Apparently there are all sorts of interesting artefacts in there.
Garden drama
We have been following the progress of Red Whiskered Bulbul chicks we found in a nest made in a potted plant near to the kitchen door. We've been a bit concerned because the nest was so low to the ground, the parents perhaps calculating that predators would not want...
Postcard #10 Oxford
Here's my tenth postcard from my Run the UK Challenge.By coincidence I arrive in Oxford five years to the day that Eliza and I were invited there for High Table by a former friend. At the time E had aspirations of studying there but it became apparent that it would...
Muji/Dior interface
Isn't it intensely pleasing when you find things that look as if they were just made for each other? I've had these Muji storage boxes for a while, bought in a quest to Marie Kondo my life. (I don't think the Sainted Marie would approve of me buying three nail...
Postcard #9 Stonehenge
Here's my ninth postcard from my Run the UK Challenge.And with a longish yoga workout today I arrive at Stonehenge. (I am registering only my workouts on this Run the UK challenge, and not my daily steps.) As ever, I'm not responsible for the wording on this postcard...
Singled out
How's your May Bank Holiday weekend going? Well, I hope. Be thankful that you're not one of Hong Kong's Foreign Domestic Helpers (FDH) spending their precious day off standing in a queue to have a nasal swab Covid19 Test, made mandatory by the Hong Kong government on...
Postcard #8 – Salisbury
My eighth postcard from my Run the UK Challenge.Today I ran through Salisbury. I don't know anyone there, only acquaintances really, so I didn't stop even though I hear that "it's a wonderful town, famous throughout the whole world for its 123 metre spire and clock,...