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The Spider

M refused to have him on her blog so it has a page to itself !!

Tackling the Poisonous Plants

Many of the plants in the garden are toxic to both dogs and people to a greater or lesser extent. Fortunately we don’t have any gloriosa in the…

Moon boot and crutches for sale!

On this dreary October day, 34 years to the day I gave birth to my firstborn, I suddenly realised it was about time I got writing again just…

“Summer ” in Bolton

Ahhhhhhh! We have now been home a week. The predicted date for Nigel’s replacement ankle operation was some time in August but Drew intercepted a hospital letter and…

Back on the water

Lemmer ahoy,a festive weekend in glorious weather After a long dreary wet and miserable winter, waiting for surgery for Nigel that isn’t now going to happen till August,…

All our bags are packed, we’re ready to go……

Almost…….we’re leaving Holland on Thursday’s overnight ferry from Rotterdam to Hull so we’ll be back at home in Bolton by Friday lunchtime. Nigel is already looking forward to…

All good things come to an end….again

We had to tear ourselves away from Schwerin after 9 days or so, we found it one of those places that’s hard to leave but mid July found…

Mecklenburg Lakes

It’s three weeks since I returned from my trip home to the UK for Angus’s funeral and to see friends and family. Mirowersee Mooring We’ve now reached the…

Berlin, back to Bolton and beyond!

My previous episode of the blog ended just short of Berlin, we hadn’t yet arrived in the city proper. That was almost the end of May and since…

Beer, Bratwurst, Brandenburg and Berlin……

It’s the end of May 2015, we left the UK this time on 13th April and we’ve just reached the Spandau District of Berlin. It seems like longer…