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Sunday past was my first Sunday in the new job. It was great doing most of the ‘picking’ before the customers were allowed in, however it turned out to be too quiet in that after 2 and a half hours, we’d run out of orders. Something to do with a new

This week, I have been mostly dodging the rain. Last Tuesday it was nice, and I quickly hung laundry from the rigging, this week Tuesday was nice too, but all the days in between have been wet and cold. Sunday night, I even put the heating on for an hour

May 2020 has been reported as the hottest on record, and globally, it tied with 2016 as being the hottest May on record. Too hot for my liking. If May was the hottest, surely June is heading for the wettest. We’ve had thunder, lightning, and what feels

I’m seriously starting to suspect that the fallout from this damn virus has been a good excuse to see how much a population can be controlled, and how many excuses they can come up with for job losses, bad service, extra taxes… The list goes on. I did

This week I had a small mishap in the galley. I’d done the washing up, placed the mugs on the side of the draining board (it’s very small) and placed the cutlery and a ladle into the cutlery drainer. I’ve no idea where I brought this ladle from: it’s