Author: Living in Lymington

As I write with the rain pounding down outside, my glass being currently half full thinks that at least I don’t have to water the garden. But summer it would seem has passed and been traded in for autumn. I even have the BBC weather man’s say-so on that one. Thing about summer is that…

OK, that’s not really true, but after a number of years now, living in Lymington still seems a little unreal. What with the economic downturn an’ all, the cost of going away suggests that the most practical solution for a break is a ‘staycation’. I have to be honest, I’m not a great fan of…

Every so often the moment and the place come together and something almost magical happens. So it was on a recent seawall walk not long before sunset. Assuming no south-westerlies are unloading on you, the light quality on the

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you may recall we have had significant issues with the front door. Viz the complete inability of three separate

There are some things in life that you just have to accept. For instance I think it vanishingly unlikely I will ever get to the Last Night of the Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. However sometimes life gives you an alternative which ends up being a very reasonable substitute. So it turned out when…

Having (hopefully) cleared away the especially cold weather for this end of the year, Spring has been getting going with full effect on the sunny South Coast. I say cold weather, but we heard via Facebook friends who have emigrated to Calgary in Canada were basking in

On Tuesday 6th April 2010, our friends at the Park FM celebrate their first anniversary

Wife and I go regularly to swim at a local leisure club here in Lymington as, being low impact, it’s the only exercise she can do without causing an FM (Fibromyalgia) flare-up. During the winter months we get used to having loads of room to swim without many

Milford on Sea Food Week runs from the Bank Holiday Monday 5th April until Sunday 11th April 2010 and now consists of 100 events. Not sure how that fits in to your regular week, but at least the bank holiday gives you a fighting chance of getting off to a flying start if you’re that…

One of the side effects of having older generation family members such as the MiL pass away is that there tends to be quite a lot of clearing out to be done. When she was still alive, like many older people, the MiL was convinced that she was storing up untold wealth for her descendants…