Sunday lunch had been booked for a family lunch but sadly, Mum came down with Covid. It is still rearing its ugly head now and again, despite precautions and despite vaccinations. However, Roy and myself met with my son and his partner at the Crown near Avalon Marshes. The food was amazing, the staff were …
Music and Mayhem
It's been a busy couple of weeks with a virus, a trip to Wales, and a busy week. During all this we enjoyed a concert by Ralph McTell at Sidmouth Folk Festival during which I was entranced by his amazing guitar skills. His songs and reminiscences of times past were thought-provoking. Last week we listened …
w/e 18 August 2024
Well, what adventures have been had this week. Not all of them good. I bought an advance ticket for train travel to and from Cardiff but had to reschedule as we were unwell. It turned out the ticket I had bought had limited validity and it was only the return that was flexible. A costly …
4 August 2024
Well, after many years, decades even, of trying to learn the piano, I am happy report real progress. During the last year I have been trying a different approach from a book found in a random meander in a bookshop and a lucky find in a second hand bookshop. An adult piano course complemented …
Astrofair at the Norman Lockyer Observatory, Sidmouth
29 June 2024 The sun shone, its flares blazing away, lots of sunspots to spot, and even the Moon showed up for the return of the annual Astrofair at the Norman Lockyer Observatory in Sidmouth. I was on duty with the Lockyer telescope for the final couple of hours and, even then, there were a …
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Back to Normal!
With much excitement, I was back at the Norman Lockyer Observatory yesterday evening to help show around a group of 20 young Beavers anc cubs and their helpers. It was a real joy to be talking about the Lockyer telescope and enthusing the group about the achievements of Sir Norman. To add to the excitement, …
January Blues
Last Monday was Blue Monday apparently...yet that was the day I felt ready to begin the new year. The mornings are becoming lighter and we are past the Christmas and New Year disruption. The news is dominated by the post office debacle and the beginnings of electioneering. I drafted out a diagram illustrating the problems with the post …
Sat 6 January
Twelfth Night is a day of mayhem and madness and the first glimmers of the mornings becoming lighter. And the first stirrings of the new year getting properly underway with the putting away of Christmas decorations. What are my hopes for the new year? I would love to see more non-fiction, especially popular science on …
Karen Hedges 