Chronicle of a Croydon Boy

My brother David is dying.  Cancer is the killer. He will not have a funeral when his life ends, which will be sooner rather than later.  He...

Clare is back on the road, actually and figuratively speaking. She has kept clear of seizures for well over a year, thanks to the good epi...

My younger brother David is seriously ill with lung cancer. He is at home waiting for the end. The hospital was unable to help him any mor...

Andy is my hard-working son-in-law, devoted husband to my daughter Clare.  Marley is one of the family pets. A six-year old Doge de Bordea...

Or any other bird ... We took a drive on Sunday to a place near Lincoln: Wickenby Airfield. This used to be a WWII RAF bomber station but ...

My beautiful and talented daughter, Clare, is managing extremely well - after a traumatic year or more of peaks and troughs in her battle wi...

Haven't been posting anything for some time now but decided to give a brief update on my lovely daughter's situation. She is due t...

What seems like ages ago, (though in fact fairly recently), my lovely young daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Grade 1 tumour of t...

I went for a walk through the deep snow yesterday to hand deliver a 26th wedding anniversary card to Lord and Lady Haddington. Took me a goo...

Just a swift update on our early wintry conditions. No letup in sight for a few days more, worse luck! We had one of our local farmers clear...

Long time, no show. Blame the snow! We're locked inside our remote area as the roads are VERY dodgy. Hopefully it will not be too long ...

On my way to get some victuals and stuff from Tesco's in Galashiels I took a short ride through the grounds of Mellerstain and spotted s...

Hello again. It's been one of those months: my wife, Pat, had a second hip replacement and I'm now not only chief cook, bottlewashe...

This morning my wife, Pat, and I were invited to the annual art exhibition in the basement corridors of Mellerstain House. Quite a decent c...

It's just gone 11 a.m. today, Friday 18th June 2010. Looking out of the sitting room window I can spot a long feather pointing upwards u...

A visit to the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh today was brightened when I met sad-eyed Sam, the mixed breed dog on the No. 86 bus from Dalkeit...

In the UK, as in other places I guess, we have a system whereby judges travel around the country to hear court cases. They are well-paid an...

This is something I received in one of those emails from somebody who cobbles together some interesting (to me) bits and bobs from wherever ...

One of my neighbours, Louise, went to Canada and New Zealand over a year ago to work as a volunteer on organic farms. Her lovely Border Coll...

Bright and cheery day today, Sunday 2nd May 2010. Good news about my ballroom dance teacher, Patricia Stinton, who is back in her own home t...