Is the Grass Greener?

Friday 30 December 2022 It’s been raining and very windy all night. I expect I’ll get over it but rain on two skylights in the bedroom is far noisier than rain on windows and I found it easy to convince myself some kind of leak or damage would befall the house. Then I considered the […]

Thursday 29 December 2022 Unexpectedly and for no obvious reason, we drove from Lewisham to Scottish Borders in exactly seven hours, including two stops of roughly twenty minutes. We left Lewisham at 07:15. I thought it would be a bit busier as it was the first non-holiday day after Christmas and I thought it’d take

Saturday 24 December 2022 It’s Christmas Eve and outside is grey, post-a-lot-of-rain wet and around nine degrees. There’s a different kind of packing currently in front of me, Christmas presents and stuff to take for Christmas Day at my mum’s. The flat is a bit sad as I didn’t put up any decorations, other than

Monday 19 December 2022 We are back in Lewisham, where the frosty, icy rural landscape of the past week or so seems from somewhere a long way away. We drove away from our Scottish home at 10:15 on Saturday, arriving back in Lewisham at 18:05 with two stops. I had a great, long walk with

Saturday 17 December 2022 Today is the day we’re setting off to London and Kent for Christmas. It’s 07:53 and only just beginning to not look like night time outside. Surprisingly, after forecasts of snow from yesterday afternoon through to the evening, it is quite a bit milder, there is no frost and snow seems

Friday 16 December 2022 It is 08:03, about thirty minutes before sunrise, and it’s apparent the clear skies of the past few days are no more. It’s not as cold (apparently minus two) but it’s grey and there’s low cloud/fog covering the hills opposite. Today is our last full day here before we head to