Chronicle of a Croydon Boy

My daughter Clare had to take the terrible step of having her wonderful Dogue de Bordeaux put to sleep.  He had a bad growth on his back le...

On Saturday we drove to Wickenby Airfield, near Lincoln, as we have done before a few times. This was once the home of two RAF bomber comm...

Music is so subjective of course.  What is a masterpiece for one is just a noisy sound to others. However,  this piece is to me so relaxin...

After months of defying lung cancer David faded quietly and peacefully from this life at 17.40 today, 21st June 2014. The longest day.  He...

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...