Our main bathroom is being refurbished. Yesterday it was cleared, with wall and floor tiles, bath, sink, toilet and other bits ending up in the skip. Today, the electrician was at work drilling holes, lifting floorboards and making holes in the ceiling for small spot lights. In the end, all will be well with a… Read more »

Today, I was near the main mosque in Leicester and a few yards down the road I came across a small business making naan bread for the restaurants and outlets in Leicester(shire) and before my eyes were thousands of naan breads, and other being rolled out by about a dozen women. They were 15p each… Read more »

My wife and I enjoyed a long walk around the Leicestershire countryside, where at one point we gazed down upon the Trappist Monastery of Mount St Bernard. It was a beautiful sunny day, clear sky and a gentle breeze. The beauty of the scene led us to stand in silence and appreciate to beauty before… Read more »

I have a liking for cacti. There are a good number around the house and outside. I like their variety of size, shape, colour and flowers. One of my favourites, the Astrophytum, has a flower that when it comes out lasts but a day, but the perfume fills the house. Banknotes too have a variety… Read more »

I posted some notes to Asia. It was a collection of low value notes, seven in total. I was told only four notes hade been in the package and that I needed to refund money. I contacted PayPal about this and hopefully the matter will pass. In all my years buying and selling notes I… Read more »

The last part of the collection I submitted to London Coins goes under the hammer on August 31st. The English and Scottish notes are mainly mine and there are some really bargain estimates. Have a look at what is on offer. White notes (Hull £5 Branch note included), Mahons, Firsts and Lasts plus several Scottish… Read more »

When I cycled to the Post Office yesterday I witnessed some silly and stupid driving: overtaking on a side road, pedestrians walking out in front of traffic, and another cyclist, clearly on drugs, cycling in the middle of the road, preventing cars from going past. Anyway, I arrived at the PO and posted the packages… Read more »

I studied Philosophy and Metaphysics many years ago at university. To be honest, a lot of it I found dreadfully tedious at the time but now, in later life, I have come to appreciate one of my tutors who always demanded of us – ‘De omnibus dubitandum’. All things must be questioned. His drive was… Read more »

The Labour majority is staggering after being in the political wilderness for so long. However, time will tell if the power invested in the new government will make any change. In my opinion, the bar has been set very low so something must improve in the NHS, schools and infrastructure. Sometiems it’s good to sort… Read more »

When it comes to voting at this General Election there is one thing we can all celebrate. We are free to vote. There is no coercion to vote for one Party. Unlike North Korea or other Dictatorships where the leader recevies 99% of the putative ‘free’ vote we can choose who to vote for or… Read more »