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Well, for this post with the recent D-Day Commemorations I thought I would highlight and salute those who served during the war and also to think about those 'closer to home' heroes who, like the servicemen and women also gave up their lives in order to save others. I got a bit bored the other Saturday and tried to think of some places to head to in London, once again engineering work on meant that the trains would stop at…

Nestling between Hammersmith, Fulham and Chelsea lies wonderful Putney. The weather changed and from the recent grey and showery affair the day turned out to be a sun-fest. We thought about pottering in the garden and tidying it up a bit, but it seemed so glorious it felt like a waste not to visit a part of London on the waterside and soak up some much needed sunshine plus to visit a place we hadn't been to before, as mentioned…

It's that time of year upon us again, the shops get busier as people scurry about frantically looking for last minute gifts, the supermarkets are packed with hordes of desperate shoppers all trying to buy up most of the stuff on the shelves 'in case they run out' over the couple of days that is the festive period, the self serve checkouts are at breaking point. Kids get excited, parents get stressed in trying to sort out food, presents etc.

So, I took a recent short break up to the jolly old West Midlands visiting sunny Worcester (which was indeed sunny by the time I got there after a soggy start to the journey from London in the morning) and what a lovely city it is! The journey up took about 2 and a half hours by train changing a Gloucester to catch another train into Worcester Shrub Hill station. From the station I took the 10 minute walk into…

This memory comes from about 33 years ago, isn't it scary how time passes by so quickly, life felt different, I had very little responsibility and was pretty care free, my life consisted pretty much of working, earning and going out spending it and enjoying myself, I didn't have much thought of house, mortgage, wife and kids scenario at the time (I wouldn't swap having that now though). I was a lot younger and as well as being in love…