Over the past week, Mabel has discovered, and has fallen in love with, our front room. The room that Lisa calls ‘the winter room’. It has the wood burning stove and a soft carpet laid out in front. The apple wood creates heat and light, and in a dimmed and snug space, just whispers “relax,Continue reading “Day 290”
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Day 289
Sunday 03 January It has been a largely bleak day weather-wise. Cold drizzle, freshening breeze from the northeast and only a dash of sunshine first thing this morning. The fall out of the past 48 hours, and the government’s incapability to make firm decisions continued today. Some staff, parents and pupils are nervous to return.Continue reading “Day 289”
Day 288
Saturday 02 January It has been another crazy day of populism and politics where education, once again, is the football being kicked about. The day started with a government U-turn resulting in all primary schools in London now delaying their full-reopening for two weeks. I suspect, the about turns have not finished just yet. LastContinue reading “Day 288”
Day 287
Friday 01 JanuaryNew Year’s Day Last night, midnight passed with me in a reasonably optimistic mood. I didn’t nod off or have bad thoughts, and so I can look forward to a promising year ahead. Certainly if the predictions of Wakenhyrst are to be believed. We did our traditional New Year’s Day walk from StuttonContinue reading “Day 287”
Day 286
Thursday 31 DecemberNew Year’s Eve “New Year’s Eve is not a Christian festival. That was why it was never observed at Wake’s End. Or rather, Father never observed it. The servants did. They knew that New Year’s Eve is of the utmost importance because what happens then determines what will happen in the forthcoming year.Continue reading “Day 286”
Day 285
Wednesday 30 December I’ll be honest. I am not looking forward to the next couple of months. The past couple have been hard work, mentally and physically. This Christmas break should have provided time to switch off and recharge the batteries. But I have found this very difficult, constantly recieving news on the growing CoronavirusContinue reading “Day 285”
Day 284
Tuesday 29 December We’ve been really lucky. All of the walks we have down in and around our locality (not straying too far due to Covid restrictions) have been really good. Interesting things to see, close up and from distance, broad vistas of land and a thousand acres of sky. But today I held myContinue reading “Day 284”
Day 283
Monday 28 December Today started slowly. An easy morning. I took Stan to meet his girlfriend so they could do a cross-country walk, being in Tier 4 there’s not much else allowed. Then, shortly after I returned the rest of us went on a dog walk ourselves. We met up with them both half wayContinue reading “Day 283”
Day 282
Sunday 27 December There was quite a storm last night, sweeping in from west to east. Flooding has affected many regions in the west country, fortunately here in the east we tend to suffer less. Lying in bed this morning, I heard the Fieldfare flock in the orchard behind our house. I think there maybeContinue reading “Day 282”
Day 281
Saturday 26 DecemberBoxing Day Boxing day still carries loads of theories as to why it is named as it is. The the most popular is that it was the day after Christmas when boxes of money were collected for the poor. For us it means leftovers (in Tupperware boxes) from the day before. We hadContinue reading “Day 281”
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