Just an Essex Lad

I trust that my good family and friends will enjoy the following and have a few laughs at my expense as I work towards recovery from my brea...

Family and friends will recall that early last year the electricity here in the Old Homestead blew up, necessitating a complete rewiring, wi...

It is a fact that I would not have made a competent driver of motorised transport.  And today proved it! I tried to learn to drive in my ear...

A good friend, recently retired, has suggested that I missed a trick with April Fool's Day on Monday. I should have issued a New Relea...

There is much afoot in my rear garden! The ranch fence I built 54 years ago finally collapsed in the winter, but the concrete po...

I attended a residents' association's coffee morning today. Some dozen or so men were there - and I was the only one wearing a tie...

A small colour leaflet dropped through my door today. Headed 'Zumba Fitness', it attracted my immediate attention. I have ...