Overstrand Life
Saturday 8th May 2021 - Funny Old Week
It’s been a funny old week, in more ways than one. For starters, the weather remains erratic and feels cool for May. With a weather...
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Overstrand Life
May 1, 20212 min read
Friday 30th April 2021 - Frustration, Should be Warmer, WI and Night Time Visitor
These past ten days have been filled with frustrations, all generated by my mobile phone provider. I shan’t bore you with the details,...
Overstrand Life
Apr 23, 20212 min read
Thursday 22nd April 2021 - No Phone Connection, Mobile Library and Morning Soon Gone
A section of the cable that connects the emergency phone at the bottom of the access road from Clifton Way is down. I understand, this...
Overstrand Life
Apr 15, 20212 min read
Wednesday 14th April 2021 - Frosty Mornings and Like August
I have so enjoyed spending time outdoors over the past few days. There has been a chill in the air but the blue skies and the rays of the...
Overstrand Life
Apr 3, 20212 min read
Friday 2nd April 2021 - Snippets
Today’s blog comprises of snippets of this and that which have featured in our life over the past few days. How would you describe the...
Overstrand Life
Mar 22, 20212 min read
Sunday 21st March 2021 - A Year On, Spawn and Spring Equinox
I have just been reading my blog, written on the 20th March 2020. At that time I was not long back from Bucks where my Mum was not coping...
Overstrand Life
Mar 10, 20212 min read
Tuesday 9th March 2021 - Frogging, Crabbing, Fair and Cake
A few weeks ago the cats were harassing a frog on the lawn. Swiftly picked up, Peter popped the frog into our pond where we think it...
Overstrand Life
Mar 2, 20212 min read
Monday 1st March 2021 - Cheesed Off and Could be the First
I’m feeling a bit cheesed off. Let me explain. We have had a greenhouse for nearly all our married life, first where we lived in Bucks...
Overstrand Life
Feb 22, 20212 min read
Sunday 21st February 2021 - A Shortish One
After spending time over the past few days in our garden and taking advantage of the positive turn in the weather (particularly today...
Overstrand Life
Feb 2, 20212 min read
1st February 2021 - Speaking Too Soon and 2,500
Yet to find out what February has in store for us, I hope I am not speaking too soon when I say, I am glad to see the back of January. I...
Overstrand Life
Nov 10, 20202 min read
Monday 9th November 2020 - By Another Name and a Touch of Spring?
I think this lockdown should have been given an alternative name. It is nothing like the first lockdown. There are too many differences...
Overstrand Life
Oct 29, 20202 min read
Wednesday 28th October 2020 - Happy Birthday and Autumn
It’s a special day for Barney today, it’s his 12th Birthday. No cake or party, but the bin men gave him biscuits, he has had two nice...
Overstrand Life
Oct 21, 20201 min read
Tuesday 20th October 2020 - Improvement, Ivy and Bed Making
With an improvement in the weather we have been catching up in the garden. Amongst other things, Peter has planted broad bean seeds and...
Overstrand Life
Oct 4, 20203 min read
Saturday 3rd October 2020 - Since My Last Blog
So much has happened since my last blog, it’s difficult to know where to start. The prime reason for not blogging was a trip to Bucks...
Overstrand Life
Sep 17, 20202 min read
Wednesday 16th September 2020 - Blow & Throw, Indian Summer and Incy Wincy
Litter picking in the mornings for over eleven years, either on the west beach or in the village, we have noticed there is a pattern in...
Overstrand Life
Sep 13, 20202 min read
Saturday 12th September 2020 - A Few Changes and Clubs' Meetings
Well that was a bit of a blow, a change in the Covid-19 restrictions, announced by PM Boris Johnson on Wednesday. Is this a national...
Overstrand Life
Sep 9, 20202 min read
Tuesday 8th September 2020 - Spoke To Soon and Two Forthcoming Anniversaries
Well I might have known I had spoken too soon about the considerable drop in numbers coming to the beach. Today, the warm temperatures...
Overstrand Life
Sep 5, 20201 min read
Friday 4th September 2020 - Breath-Taking, Still Time and Who Flicked the Switch?
There really can’t be a much better way of starting the new month, and the start of meteorological autumn, than with a breath-taking...
Overstrand Life
Sep 1, 20202 min read
Monday 31st August 2020 - Beginning of the End
Wind and rain did its worst during Saturday and Sunday leaving, in our garden, a trail of leaves and snapped stems in its wake. This...
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Aug 20, 20202 min read
Wednesday 19th August 2020 - Much Needed, Tragedy, Caterpillar and New Signs
Holiday makers may not agree with me, but we have had some much needed rain. This has been accompanied at times with thunder and...
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