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2020 Global Pandemic, is this really happening? Thank Goodness for the NHS!
Panic buying, people die-ing, the army on standby, schools and shops closed, self-isolation, hardship and…
Continue readingBeing the Grandfather I never had
I never knew either of my grandfathers, both sadly died before I was born in 1961. My father’s family were from Riga, Latvia and moved to Northern Ireland before my father settled in Manchester. My mother’s family were from Kishneff, Russia and they moved to Manchester. I was close with my Grandma, my mum’s mother…
You’ve gotta laugh!
During the Pandemic of 2020 and during the lockdown, increasingly I have received from friends and family humour to help through…
When Compensation isn’t Compensation!
I recently had a need to send a parcel and so decided to use MyHermes. I’ve used them in the past…
Lockdown! – Boris calls time! Perhaps an alternative approach?
After a softening up of the British people and one final sunny Mothers day, the Prime Minister has finally brought down…
I amsterdam city card – Amazingly convenient and great value!
We planned a four day leisure weekend in Amsterdam in part because we’d not been to the Netherlands and because a…
The Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam – 1000 years of history in one place
Our final museum stop before heading back to our hotel to collect suitcases was in a former orphanage and now the…
Isolation or Useful Time?
With so many people isolated in their homes during the global pandemic, many will start to go stir crazy. But this…
Mother’s Day – But not as we know it!
Such a special day for Mums everywhere today. It’s a time when children and grandchildren all over the world tell their…
CoViD-19 – Mental Health Issues
It’s not surprising, nor an understatement, to say that during this global pandemic none of us is quite sure how this…
The Willet-Holthuysen Museum, Amsterdam – A canal-side home frozen in time
The Willet-Holthuysen Museum was left by Sandrina Louisa Geertruyda Holthuysen in her will in 1895 to the city of Amsterdam. Visiting…
STOP Panic Buying – SIMPLE, If you can’t carry it, you can’t buy it!
Panic buying is a primitive instinct. It’s a survival thing that we all do. If we see something is about to…
Dutch Verzets Resistance Museum, Amsterdam – Everyone should visit this moving record of history
On our final day in Amsterdam, the weather was damp, cold and miserable, but this didn’t stop us using our I…
The Avocado Show, Amsterdam – Probably the Freshest & Healthiest Meal I have ever had!
Prior to the global shutdown, Amsterdam’s culinary scene was buzzing with great restaurants, bars and coffee shops, but there was one…
De Bakkerswinkel, Amsterdam – Afternoon Tea but not as we know it!
After a really pleasant Lovers Canal Cruise we walked across town to De Bakkerswinkel where afternoon tea had been organised by…
Pandemic – Now Social Distancing
As I write, different arguments theories and worries grow all around us about the pandemic. A new disease that mankind has…
