Revival - 2014

It's been a long time since I came here to rant and rave or otherwise offer my views on life in general so I thought it time I got back on the horse so to speak and started again.

So what's been occurring as Nessa in Gavin & Stacey would say.  Well we have moved from Chichester now,  having been driven out by the massive influx of students, particularly the 20 occupied four of the six houses in the terrace where we and Mrs. H and I had been so happy.

Anyway, enough of that and more of my writings and observations on life and living in general.

I'll not say where we are holed up these days as I don't want to be tracked down by vengeful academics, former nearby residents who I may have upset over time or enraged letter writers in the Chichester Observer.  Suffice to say, it is peaceful and nice student free where we are now.

The British Weather

American readers, if there are any left reading this after my long absence, will have no trouble recognising our "English weather is so funny with all that rain".  The British, as we English are, have long been accused of being obsessed by the weather but is that fair?  When I have been to America and I have been several times, I have always been astonished by the number of weather dedicated programmes on TV and level of detail presented, so who is really "obsessed" by the weather?  Given the very small number of programmes here, I think you can guess, it's not us!!

Mind you, the weather has been the worst I can remember in terms of rainfall for a long long time.  There have been floods of course and Chichester was once famously cut off from the rest of West Sussex some years ago finally being rescued by the army who built a Bailey Bridge and West Sussex Fire and Rescue who pumped a vast amount of water out into Chichester Harbour.

But enough of this, the sun is out at last and spring must have finally sprung and let's hope it holds out.

Friends

Keeping friends "on side" is too complex to discuss or debate but suffice to say that unlike relatives, you are not stuck with them!  The simple truth is that you can't trust a soul not even close friends and that's the sad thing.

Eating out