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Oops!

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Householder in significant lawnmower / pebble / patio window incident! Early reports indicate that the grandmother of three cats was unharmed, if a little angry and shocked. “Well, this has never happened to me before in the 17 years I’ve lived here”, she was reported to have said. Pebble named as culprit after gunfire, neighbours and meteor all discounted

Sutton Hoo

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Spent much of the day at Sutton Hoo. Only the second visit here in the 19 years we’ve been down here. Whilst the exhibition and treasury are interesting and Tranmer House (furnished in the 1930s style, although the house is older) is a nice addition to the site, that’s all you get for the asking price and it that context it’s one of the National …

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A Rambling We Shall Go – 2014

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Been members of the Ramblers for years and never gone on a ramblers organised walk – until yesterday. Finally sauntered along to an Ipswich Ramblers led walk around Newbourne, Waldringfield and the Deben. Had the advantages of being one of the local areas we’ve never covered ourselves and we didn’t have to worry about maps etc, just let someone else take the strain. Oh, and …

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Dementia Friends

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Having watched my dad’s battle with dementia, this subject is close to our hearts and this initiative has been developed by the Alzheimer’s society. The video alone is a definite must watch and should dispel a few myths about this horrendous disease. The focus on how it can attack the relatively young is particularly affecting, although it doesn’t prepare you for the worst of the …

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Bettye LaVette (Born 0n 29/01/1946)

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Bettye LaVette

A long time favourite of the Primer , if only for the soul classic ‘Let Me Down Easy’), Bettye LaVette doesn’t sound like anyone else. She’s is a soul singer who throws caution to the wind, often electrifying her audiences with pure unapologetic soul music – even if sometimes the histrionics in her delivery push her beyond the boundaries of anybody other than the committed or the die hard soul fan.

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