Overton a village in Wrexham County Borough now It wanted once to be in Shropshire . Why was that ? Well it was all to do with a detached part of Flintshire . An area miles away from the administrative centre of Mold split away by Denbighshire in between. An odd enclave known as the Maelor Saesneg - the English Maelor as opposed to the Welsh Maelor . They never got their wish . The county of Clwyd was formed and they belonged to a much bigger thing . They forgot their desire to become an English county rather a welsh one . It is the end of the year . 2020 has been a washout . A waste of time. A time of despair and desperation. A year when we have been unable to travel ... read more

Christmas Day and come and gone . Today is Boxing Day. Boxing Day or St Stephens day goes back a long time . Dated to the Middle Ages it was the time when the alms boxes were opened and money distributed to the poor . For us Boxing Day meant sales. It meant trips to the markets and cattle markets , fox hunting and the fair coming to town . The weather has settled down and walking has been a pleasure . My explorations have taken me along the river Dee and up the Overton Road to the racecourse. A walk of around an hour there and back . There were not many folk about today . I had the Overton Road to myself . In the distance I could see the church. I used it ... read more

Fuelled by adrenalin we arrived at our new home to find the previous owners still there. Someone joked to me a few weeks ago that they had a friend who moved house . When they arrived with their removals the previous owners were sitting in the middle of the room surrounded by all their furniture. We had not expected the same welcome . It was clear though that we were in the same position. We felt as if we had arrived at a strange town expecting something wonderful only to find that the reality was something different . A bit disappointing. What a mess . The rain was pouring down . We were wet and cold. The removals had turned up and every minute they stayed would cost us money. The rain poured into the garage, ... read more

Day 267 of the Covid diary . I got up early and I shopped . Things were much the same apart from the traffic light system letting us in the shop. Green for go. Red dont you dare come in until we tell you. It did seem to work . I was early so the light was green and the doors opened . Shopping was done quickly . I wondered what shopping would be like when we moved . If we moved . The supermarket was bigger than the one I was used to. I wondered how busy it would be at 7am in the morning . Would it be as empty as this one ? I would have to wait to find out. Somehow my head felt like bursting will all the thoughts of how ... read more

Saturday - So what happened yesterday? We would dearly love to know. What on earth happened to prevent the completion going ahead? As I walked around the shop I pondered that question. Could not do anything about it today . The estate agents might be open but they will not have any idea . The solicitors do not open until Monday so we cannot pester them for answers . No doubt we will find out what happened eventually and get some answers . I guess none though will be what we want to hear . After shopping it became light enough to set out on the Saturday walk . The rain fell lightly . Just enough to soak me and dampen my enthusiasm . Even sunshine would not have made me enthusiastic today . A new ... read more