Blogs from Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 8

Learn something new. I guess that Covid has made most of think that we should make the most of things and above all learn something new . We are more aware of our mental health and wellbeing since lockdown . The need to smile in the face of adversity. To realise the these months of lockdown have taken their toll on everyone in one way or another. It has been hard to remain positive every day . Difficult to remain positive when we hear stories of Partygate . The events going on in Number 10 since Christmas have been hidden away until now . We hear all the time about another party, a birthday cake , celebrations in the garden , bring your own bottle to the events . I wondered what work would think if ... read more

Make time to do something kind for yourself . That was not on my calendar . It was in a list of things someone once told me to do to cheer myself up since we were locked down by Covid . I had forgotten about it to be honest . There must have been thirty things to occupy your mind and I remembered none of them until this morning . Perhaps today my making time for doing something kind for myself was to lie in late and not get up so early. Be a little lazy . Treat myself to a new book . I had the Other Girl to read . A book I had purchased after watching the drama on BBC a few weeks ago . Perhaps I could make that Minestrone soup I ... read more

The answer to "Are things any different to Christmas 2020?" is an emphatic no. On my wanderings around the Bangor environs I pondered that question as there was little to catch my imagination . I had walked the river paths each and every way and now in Winter they were less appealing than in the Spring sunshine or hot summer sun. I had paced the local roads day in , day out . Now I found I had nothing new to see , no flowers, no green on the trees just the skeletons that would sleep until spring arrived . And that seemed a lifetime away . With each pace I asked the same question and got the same answer . No nothing had changed . This time last year we arrived at our new home ... read more

Who would have thought it? Us at a Victorian market . This time last year we were worrying that we would not be moving . The upcoming date for exchange was just around the corner and we were on the verge of pulling out of the sale . And now where do we find ourselves a year later . In Wales, In Wrexham and still in the midst of a Covid pandemic . What a difference a year makes. It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas - everywhere we go. The words of the Christmas song seemed to come at me from everywhere I went . From out of shops , on the radio and TV and even at the local village coffee morning . We are trying to get in the Christmas feeling. Lights ... read more

Winter walks - they have a certain feeling to them. The leaves have all fallen from the trees and they are skeletal across the sky. The sky itself has little colour. Grey and almost white . No clouds just a blanket of whiteness above me. It is December and the last month of the year. The wind whistles through the branches and I am going to try to walk the railway line. An old disused lane so there wont be much left of it after 60 years of disuse. Look at any Google earth map and the line of the old railway can in many places be easily seen. It follows such a straight line you can hardly miss it on a map. Sometimes the line of the trees define it . At times the railway ... read more