I was searching through photographs of the village i grew up in and came across the actual house i was born in, my father lived there before he joined the army,  years later we lived with our oldest son there, so three generations of  family on my dads side lived there.  
Was so facinated to discover that the lady in that photograph is my Grandmother who died in1968 at the age of eighty, my sister and i spent many happy years as children there.

 During the summer holidays my friends and i would go on bike rides taking a packed lunch around the country lanes, many times passing near the famous Jodrell Bank radio telescope.

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I usually walk every day, i find the peace and quiet of this beautiful countryside so relaxing, i like to look at the flowers and wildlife i may come across as i walk, today i took my camera.
   The Shropshire Union canal runs through the village where i live, which is on the Wales/Shropshire border,  it's beginning to get quite busy now with holiday makers on hire boats,people are usually friendly , we greet each other in passing,  usually to comment on the counrtyside, i get asked quite often " Are we in Wales yet ? "  a lot of foreign travellers seem to enjoy holidaying on a canal boat.
 As i was walking i noticed the bridges, some years ago the bridge over the canal on my lane was deemed unsafe so it was replaced,  with a brick built one,  just looking at the other bridges on my route i thought how much more character they had, and they are smaller in structure with an arch more circular and as you would expect not built with modern brick although probably repaired with some.  
 I guess it would be to expensive these days to return them back to original design, long may some of the old remain just to see how they were built way back when.

 So i took some photos and made a collage of the tow path, canal , views and of course the bridges that me and my twelve year old collie Em. passed as we walked.

  

I really ought to write more stuff !  but what, is anyone really interested in my, what will seem to some especially those who work twenty four hours a day, boring life style.
   My multi-tasking days, for the most part anyway, are behind me now i can choose when ,what and how i do stuff these days, so right now i am off out to walk the dog, all i have to worry about there is dodging the showers !  come to think about it maybe one or two people may be a little envious and might enjoy trying the lazy life.
  Ahh well the cupboards can wait for another day tea to do when i come in.

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My husbands face,      the first time ever for him  on the london underground, we were returning from a holiday on the Isles of White heading for London Euston, it was a Saturday , football !!   Suitcases + crowds, sardines come to mind,    that was fifteen years ago, something like "  Never again "  mixed with a few choice words  was his reaction.

It was one of the biggest shops in the high street, it has always 'been there' and now it's not.
They had a great Record , in the early days then later CD/DVD collection , always loved the pick-n-mix too.
 Ladybird clothing line and toys for kids, everything  for the home from sockets and switches to kitchen equipment, pens,paper.greeting cards, garden stuff the list is endless. I miss you Woolworths !!

CHOCOLATE.

 Today when i plucked up courage to write something in my lj.

 This is all very daunting,   i suppose for those of you who learnt  computing at an early age it's second nature, but for me, well, i had no idea how to even turn on a computer three years ago so i took an adult beginners course at college and learnt the basics and here i am,  the amount of information and layout designed to help you find your way round the sites is fantastic,  i like to think i have at least one brain cell still working enabling me to process all of this 
 I am a huge fan of Hugh Laurie and Stephen Frys work , I  loved the ABOF&L  sketches they did together but Jeeves and Wooster was my favourite.
 Right now i am addicted to House so brilliantly portrayed by Hugh, the interaction between the characters, the storylines,  just compelling viewing.