Tag: National Trust
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December 2025

In 2025, the author reflects on an unexpectedly eventful year filled with travel, cultural experiences, and family milestones, including their daughter’s wedding. They successfully opposed a local council plan, engaged with their community through a WhatsApp group, and volunteered with the National Trust. The year concludes with anticipation for 2026.
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October 2025

This is very long and I’ve left out a lot of what we did so it doesn’t really do the month justice but I am determined to stick to my format. I probably wouldn’t read it but if you do take the time it is appreciated. Traditionally October is our adventure month. This is when…
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June 2025

The big story of June was the marriage of my daughter Victoria to Nathan. No Church because obviously there is no god. No up and down like a whores drawers mouthing hymns nobody knows the words too. No endless guest list of people the bride and groom don’t know. No big country house/hotel for a…
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May 2025

Just to prove me wrong with regard to the weather May was gloriously sunny just like April. In fact the 1st of May was one of those ‘hottest since records began’ days which are becoming more and more frequent. I would suggest they change it to something like “Another warning from the planet that you’re…
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April 2025

What a busy month! The weather at the beginning and end was glorious for April and probably means the rest of the year will be horrid but we definitely made the most of it while the sun shone. Our first National Trust day trip was a double header of Buckland Abbey and then in the…
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Catch-up… The first 3 months, 2025.

I’ve had a good idea. I’m going to try and do a monthly update. Naturally I’m unfashionably late to the party so this is just a quick catch-up. Lyn and I decide at the beginning of the year to try and do at least one thing each month. In January we had dinner in Exeter…
