Wow! It’s been a while

I have been wanting to write something for a few weeks but have been throwing thoughts and ideas around in my head, as to what to write. So I wanted to write about something quite topical/current. Coronavirus. It seems to have exploded in the media’s attention and become headline news. It has also increased a

On The Buses (well I had too)

#buses #publictransport #travel Here’s one you might like to read… I have been back to driving buses for 6 months. I had previously started driving buses in 1999 and left in 2005 after reaching the giddy heights of Operations Manager with a well known international bus company. I decided earlier this year, that I would

Sibling Rivalry

Childhoods with siblings, is often about rivalry. Boys are often seen as being competitive, Who can climb the tree first, or who is best a Ludo/Snakes and Ladders. Girls outsmarting each other in the classroom or next to mummy. Wind forward 25/30 years and this childhood rivalry can boil into an extreme. In 2010, sibling

Working life

It’s funny how my life has rolled over the last 19 years! Let me explain and its buses here! Lol I passed my bus driving test in 1999. With a brother who was a bus driver passing his test in 1982. He worked out of the Andover Depot on and off over quite a number

Looking forward

As the summer has now abruptly ended. We are seeing our autumn develop before our eyes. With the leaves 🍁 on the trees turning their beautiful browns and reds and falling onto the pavements and roads. The temperature has dropped significantly with the thermometer barely getting above double figures. We are also feeling the colder

Dementia

With alarming figures of some 850,000 people with Dementia in the UK at the moment, and numbers set to rise to over 1 million by 2025 and again increase to 2 million by 2051. it is estimated that 225,000 people will develop and be diagnosed with Dementia this year, that’s one every three minutes. Did

Radio Life

I have become involved in a fantastic community radio station over the last couple of years. Initially this was because of my role as Chair of one of the Tidworth town Council Committees. I appeared on the Drive show, an evening 5-7 programme. This was at the time hosted by the talented young man Chris

Tidworth Council

I have always been involved in Community matter. I can remember attending meetings about ‘Project Allenby’ a view for Tidworth. There was a Tidworth Residents Panel, which I used to attend and when I lived in a Sarsen Housing Association (Now Aster) flat. I became involved in their Tenants Panel. It was a chance for

Visited Dad

Just a quick note to say that I have visited dad in his care home! He’s currently sedated to help him with his anxiety etc. My elder brother and his wife came in to visit dad. I found out from him that dad unfortunately had a tough time at Phil’s! Sadly there were quite a

Family

It’s interesting how living in a family can have a lasting effect on a person! I have written about the structure of my family that I grew up in. I had both parents and two brothers. So you’d say fairly standard stuff. For onlookers both my parents seemed loving, caring, full of empathy and just