Bits and pieces

Bits and pieces by Lois

Another big thank you!

I have just passed 10,000 views on my blog! Thank you so much everyone who has taken the  trouble to read what I’ve written, and thank you for all the lovely and often very helpful comments! I have made some wonderful friends here, read some brilliant blogs, and am now thoroughly addicted!    

More
Bits and pieces by Lois

Hero or villain?

I taught this boy many years ago, he must be in his twenties now. He was an interesting lad, but with a solitary side; he never seemed to want friends and yet was lonely. I hope his life has worked out well for him.

More
Bits and pieces by Lois

A gloomy autumn afternoon

It wasn’t raining and when we set out the afternoon was quite bright… however the clocks had changed, it’s no longer British summer time but back to GMT so we were slightly later leaving home than we meant to be. We went to the little village of Congresbury, roughly halfway between Weston and Bristol. It’s named after St Congar, nothing to […]

More
Bits and pieces by Lois

Brandy for the parson?

To celebrate our anniversary, we went out for dinner and had an excellent meal at The Olde Thatched Cottage, in Weston-super-Mare.Greek meze, sea bass then coffee… oh and a brandy. It must be years and years and years since I had a cognac, whiskey having become my preference; however, I had glimpsed they had Hine behind the bar so I had […]

More