Blogs from Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 6

I don't know what it is about my home town but I keep finding things to do and see . A trip to town today meant hanging around while the driver went for his eyes tested . I knew I had some time on my hands as the opticians are never on time calling you in . The test seems to take forever . The photographs of behind the eyes , the puffer tests to check for glaucoma and picking glasses seem to take a lifetime . The waiting gave me chance to wander round the quiet streets with phone in hand looking for things to photograph . It never takes me long to find something I have not spotted before . It might be the thatched roof of the Horse and Jockey pub , the ... read more

Town - the city seemed empty this morning . I parked the car up as I usually did in the supermarket car park . There were folks about doing their early morning shopping but the roads seemed suspiciously quiet . What is it about this sort of morning that makes you think it feels odd but you just cannot put your finger on it . I walked across to the swimming baths . I never noticed the lights were not on but what I did notice was the fact that there seemed to be no young ladies going in for spin classes or the gym. Neither was there any groups of youngsters milling around after the swimming club session . The doors were firmly locked and I just could not get a hang on why. I ... read more

So nothing goes on in the town ? Why have we got a parade of honking fire engines ? Ambulances with their blue lights flashing ? Motor bikes and police cars ? It is a sunny day and we are heading for the last football match of the season. The semi final which might take us out of the Vanarama League into the English Football League next season . We play Grimsby - the Shrimpers . We finished second . They finished lower . Why on earth we have to play for promotion I have little idea but it does annoy us . If we lose we are stuck with non league football for the 15th year . We had high hopes for the season with our new owners and the renewed interest in the town ... read more

What is it about being home that makes you want to go away again? No sooner you settle down and think you don't want to travel again you change your mind . The merry go round of emotions of being home, wanting to go away and see other things than your own back yard begin again . It should have been a week of doing something . But the weather had snookered that one well and truly. It seemed to rain most days and the rain was more April like than what we expect in May. Despite promises of the hottest day of the year so far nothing was further from the truth . It felt cold and miserable . More early Spring than late Spring /early summer . Certainly not shorts and T shirt weather ... read more

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi once said that being happy is of the utmost importance . He added that success in anything in through happiness . We felt happy at being home. Happy that we had finally managed to leave our shores. Happy that we felt able to get out and about without worrying too much about Covid. To be fair it is still there . We are no longer bombarded with facts and figures on numbers of cases as there are more important things going on in the world . We no longer get Boris on the TV but we from time to time hear it is the summer and of course the virus will die down . But and there is always a but - it will return in the Autumn, the 2nd boosters are well ... read more