John and I took a good hike yesterday, doing an eleven mile walk near Kemsing as part of the “North Downs Challenge”. Click on the picture to view my (small) gallery of images from the day. I’ve also discovered an … Continue reading →

Yesterday was just as busy as I expected; I was doing all sorts of things from playing bass (including a chance to unleash the current incarnation of my gnarly slap sound) to washing up. In among that was lots of … Continue reading →

Today’s a big day for Hither Green Baptist Church as we hold a farewell service for our pastor, Richard Blyth, who’s moving onto a new ministry in Cambridge after two decades working on re-establishing and building our church. That means … Continue reading →

The overall results are in: Lewisham’s Labour mayor is back for a second term but Labour has lost overall control of the council (although keeping a slender majority). I’m hoping that more detailed figures will be available today. I’m particularly … Continue reading →

It’s 4 May and time for local elections up and down the UK. Our local website, http://www.hither-green.co.uk/, has been hosting an opinion poll and the results are shown above. It will be interesting to see how that plays out in … Continue reading →

As if I wasn’t already busy enough in my job as webmaster at The Lewisham Hospital NHS Trust, I’ve recently taken on further duties as part of a team providing administrative support to the Trust Board. My hope is that … Continue reading →

Last night I attended my church not as a congregant or leader but for the public meeting being held there about the future of the Hither Green area. It was absolutely packed, well beyond expectations. Furthermore, the attendance wasn’t fuelled … Continue reading →

I can’t remember when I first heard of Freecycle but it was some time ago. The concept is beautifully simple – rather than throwing out what you don’t want, post it on the Internet because it may be just what … Continue reading →

Tony observes that “back to school” means much more traffic. He suggests that it’s down to private schools, which may well be the case in his patch of Oxford (and explaining why he has only just noticed the increase because … Continue reading →

Here’s a shout-out to Paul, who has now joined the blogosphere with Lorccan’s Notebook. So far, he’s posting prolifically, which is an encouragement for me to not let days stretch into weeks! I read a daily collection of all sorts … Continue reading →