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Half term finished. One teenage son back to college for the summer term, the other at home for the summer having finished his first year at university. What do you do with teenage sons? They don’t want to do anything or go anywhere with their parents, which is fine, I get that, I was theContinue reading “Teenagers!”

End of the first year might seem a strange title, especially as we are in the middle of the year. It is the end of he first year that my eldest son has been at Uni and the youngest son is almost at the end of his first year at sixth form college. This timeContinue reading “End of the first year.”

Migraines have been a big part of my life for over 45 years. Nearly always unpredictable, striking without warning. The first sign usually a visual disturbance, flashing lights or blurred vision. Difficult on sunny days or where there are lights, because reflected light hitting the eyes, makes it appear as though an attack is starting,Continue reading “Migraines and Magnesium.”

Prices rise for many reasons, one of them being costs. Including. cost of production, transportation, of materials, of energy in production, and of the worker’s wages. If any of these costs rise what happens? The producer/provider increases the price of the goods to cover this increase. This is then passed down the line until itContinue reading “Money spiral”

And so it continues. Sense and decency prevail, the 45% tax rate is re-introduced, but this only gives small returns compared to some of the other tax cuts. But it’s more than just money. How can anyone justify giving those who have a lot, more than those who have little. And now there’s disagreement aboutContinue reading “Fairness”

Yorkshire Dales OL 30 OS explorer map The Dales pack 2 cards  For this walk I used the Yorkshire Dales OL 30 OS explorer map and ’The Dales Pack 2’ walk cards. This is the third time I’ve completed this walk. The other times, I did one clockwise the other anti-clockwise. On this occasion IContinue reading ”   Reeth and Arkengarthdale.”

A circular walk from Swainby. A walk taken from ‘AA 50 Walks in North Yorkshire.’ This is walk number 22. I also used the OS landranger map 93. The walk is a mixture of road, bridleway and footpath. It goes through woodland, moor and fields. It is undulating with two steep climbs and descents. ThroughoutContinue reading “A walk round Swainby N.Yorks.”

                                    Migraines are occurring more and more in many different people. There is a lot of research and information available, however, many people still think of a migraine as a bad headache. It is much worse than that! I will use my experience to try and dispel this myth.             Almost all of my attacksContinue reading “Migraine: not just a headache.”