Sunday golf

Couple of weeks ago Dad suggested I stick my name on a list at the golf club, I took a look and saw it was for a friendly match at Orchard Leigh Golf Club near Frome, I added my name as it’s always nice to play another course.
Well yesterday, after a misty start, it turned [...]

Optical Illusions

There is some very good (and sometimes unnerving) stuff here.
Optical illusions drive you mad in the end! Particularly ones like this. For goodness sake I know it’s not moving…………… is it?

Qix

Many years ago in a long forgotton time, there was a great arcade game called Qix. Simple graphics, basic sound but fantastic playablity. I loved that game and dread to think how much time and money I spent playing it. Times changed and along came home PCs, eventually I managed to get my very own [...]

Back to normal!

All keen to keep the grass looking decent for all the house buying punters, I went to the shed last evening and grabbed the mower. At that exact moment the phone rang so I awkwardly dropped the mower and went to grab it. After the call I decided it was really a bit late to [...]

Good Weekend…

Sometimes I look forward to a weekend for ages and to be honest it turns out to be a bit of a disappointment. The one just passed was an exception - and there was NO golf!.
We had invited a couple of very good friends, Sandy and Steve, down to the IOW for a couple of [...]

Selling Houses

I have to admit that this posting is as much about getting a Google rating as anything but, for all that, here goes anyway.
Our house, a 4 bedroomed model, in Rother Close, Haydon Wick, Swindon, has been up for sale for about 3-4 weeks now. For the last couple of weeks there have been [...]

Time gentlemen please….

This BBC article makes very depressing reading.
The local used to play an important part in every community, sadly that is no longer the case and strangely nothing seems to have replaced it. CAMRA has been struggling to raise awareness about decent beer and pubs but the message is obviously not getting through.
Treat yourself to a [...]