. To reduce any fears the French may have had before the planned War against England, Napolean 1 said to his people “L’Angleterre est une nation de boutiquiers.” ‘England is a nation of Shopkeepers’. Maybe not altogether so, for centuries it certainly has been one of our strength’s. The Shops in Towns and Villages were […]

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The old Victor Meldrew syndrome in me is coming to the fore again. If there’s something which usually puts me in that ‘you’ll never believe what happened to me yesterday’ flow, it’s when I’ve ventured by Car down to the Town. Yesterday is a fine example. I had two jobs to do, 1. Go to […]

. Last weekend, the Electric Cooker packed up. Today I had a day off and thought I’d go and pick one up from the two fairly newly opened major Household Appliance Stores in Ashford. I had a quick scour around the Net beforehand and found that both Stores sold the same one at the same […]

It was a simple plan; Get petrol, go to PC Store for Camera Case, pay Cheque in Bank (rarity), buy Cat Food and come home. The total mileage for this should be 7 miles and take 55 minutes tops. But no, life isn’t that simple is it….. Half way to Petrol I get held up. […]

and some solutions Once again I have a moan about Supermarkets, but you may notice one thing becoming clear. It’s not the Supermarket companies I moan the most about, it’s the people who go in them! Here in Ashford we have three major Supermarket chains and all supply good accessibility and ample parking areas. It’s […]

The main advantages from doing your shopping at home, especially during the busy seasons like Christmas and Easter, are you’re …. Saving Petrol by not going down the High Street, then after finding you can’t get the right thing, driving around the ever increasing Business Parks for what you want. Saving Parking Fees and that […]

I remember what day it was. It was the day after the kids went back to school when my usual 5 minute car journey to the DIY Store took me 20 minutes. I needed to get a new Pendant for the Sitting Room light because the old one had disintegrated in a powdered mess on […]

Hello, Just got back from my holiday and rushed around to Mr.Cannon’s to write my Holiday report. I would have got around yesterday, but I found a Mouse had lodged itself in the Sink overflow and this entailed a careful maintenance operation to free it. Luckily I have the appropriate Wrench to free the joint […]

One good thing about September is that the football season has started again and this gives me a chance to go round collecting some autographs I haven’t obtained yet. Mainly concerned are the players in Ashford Village League Division 3 So I took my bicycle along to Stone Street to watch the game there and […]