Archive for the ‘Strange things’ Category

Staffie to France? Non!

Monday, January 29th, 2007

Last summer, we had a very successful camping holiday in France accompanied by our Staffie Cross, which I wrote about here (Click to read)

We have now been informed that our lovely furry friend is considered to be a dangerous breed and will not be allowed into France. (more…)

Prison or Suspended sentence ?

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

How can it be right to give paedophiles suspended sentences because the prisons are too full, (more…)

Branscombe Wreck

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

We were horrified to see the looting which occurred at Branscombe this week, whilst everybody else in the area was trying to prevent damage to the coastline and to the environment.

The sight on TV of people deliberately (more…)

Tsunami ?

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

On Boxing Day, on the second anniversary of the dreadful tsunami in the southern hemisphere, we were also reminded of something that happened during our sailing years.
In 2003 there was an earthquake in Algeria. (more…)

Halloween

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

As this is the night when all self respecting ghosts and ghouls come out to play, I thought it fitting to air a true ghost story:

Some years ago, on a wet and windy day in November I was driving home for lunch along a deserted narrow lane in Swansea. Suddenly a pale sickly-looking old Bassett Hound sped out of a gateway and shot straight at the front of my car.

I braked hard in a vain attempt to avoid the animal, but (more…)

Coincidence

Friday, October 20th, 2006

When I first met my present husband, Dave, he had a book on one of his bookshelves which he had read years earlier and he recommended it to me as a good read.

It was certainly that….. very well written and a first hand account of (more…)

Swansea hospital on the move

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

It seems remarkably ironic that, whilst strong protests are being made against the removal of the excellent neuro-surgery unit from Swansea’s Morriston Hospital, to Cardiff… (more…)