Month: March 2020

Plum Pie

It was jolly chilly yesterday. Bertie voted for Wimbledon Common for a walk so we sallied forth. I find golf clubs pretty rum. In a proper club there is no Chairman’s chair in the bar but at the Royal Wimbledon there is a parking space for the Ladies’ Captain; perfect ‘tho I hoped she didn’t… Continue reading Plum Pie

Coronavirus Chronicle II

Sunday 29th March, 2020 Woke up unusually late, 7.30, feeling rather seedy. A surfeit of The King’s Ginger more likely than coronavirus. Unlike me, my iPad remembered the UK had changed to British Summer Time.

In the Name of St Patrick

Charities are providing critical support to help communities, and vulnerable people across society, cope but they are staring into a funding chasm.  Extract from a letter published in WeekendFT yesterday from a slew of charity bosses.

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Walkies and Drinkies

Herbert Johnson supplied my Blackthorn at the tax payers’ expense in 1973. It was an essential accoutrement for even the most junior officer in 1 IG (1st Battalion, Irish Guards).

Who’s Who

Oh the shame of it. It turns out I have been self-isolating for years, living in social Siberia if you will. Anyone of any consequence has caught the virus but it hasn’t sneaked into No 56 yet. The Prince of Wales has had a royal flush.

Silver Lining

On Monday Bertie and I drove to Richmond Park. The park is closed to traffic; pedestrians and cyclists are cautioned to keep well apart and not meet in groups. This was largely observed. Incidentally, the roads outside the park are the only ones south of the Humber that have free parking.

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A Jaunt To See Jenner

Guest blogger, Robert Bruce, went on an apposite walk on Sunday. “Yesterday, in need of exercise on a bright Spring day, I walked down to the Italian Gardens at the north side of Kensington Gardens. I made sure that I was socially distancing all the way. Though this was relatively easy. Not many people about.… Continue reading A Jaunt To See Jenner

A Day of Reckoning

A month ago I took a look at my savings, see Bertie and Brunner. Now it’s time to see how resilient my portfolio is.

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The Happiest Days of My Life?

It was raining when I left the club to go to the Hugh Lane Gallery, so I took a cab. The driver asked me if I’d been in Ireland before …

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