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62 not out – thoughts on my next 30 years

Today is armistice day, it’s a day when we pray for peace around the world and remember those who sacrificed their lives so we could enjoy ours. Today’s also my birthday and I’m off to Sheerness on a steam train … Continue reading

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53 not out – but the Grim Reaper is bowling first change

When you are young you regard birthdays as a staging post to growing up. When you are over50 they become markers  to the cemetery These cheery thoughts – “intimations on mortality” as Wordsworth described them, are with me as I listen to Leonard … Continue reading

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