Blood donation is a good thing…

by | Mar 21, 2009 | I'm ranting

….but how do you do it? I have a blood group that is really useful, and I’ve given blood for years. The blood people keep writing and telephoning to say “Please give us your blood -we’re short of it”. So I do my thing and log on to try to...

Clifton suspension bridge

by | Mar 10, 2009 | No particular category

Today I had a day in Bristol, attending meetings. But the first one was in Clifton, and afterwards I wandered just up the hill to see the Clifton suspension bridge. I had never seen it in the flesh, as it were, but it was spectacular. There’s a 300 ft drop from...

The story of O

by | Mar 4, 2009 | Books & Music, Things that made me smile

If you travel by train, you get to see some strange sights. A while ago, I had to catch a really early train, sometime before 7 in the morning. The train was relatively quiet, and a couple were having a conversation which could easily be heard in the carriage. I was...