by Anna Manning | 5 September 2022 | Blog
We don’t have enough doctors in the UK: we’re about 12,000 short of where we (apparently) should be. In 2019, 8,730 students graduated with a medical degree in the UK. There is a cap on the number as the training is subsidised by the government and also the students...
by Anna Manning | 14 August 2022 | Blog
In my previous blog post I described a caravan trip to Anglesey, Wales with my husband (Howard). Anglesey was very famous for its copper mining and we went to Copper Kingdom at Amlwch to look at the museum there, to see how copper is extracted and to see the remains...
by Anna Manning | 4 August 2022 | Blog
Last month the temperature in the UK rose above 40 degrees Celsius for the first time. Depending on where you live in the world this may not seem very high. But for many of us it caused a great deal of concern. We were worried about vulnerable people and there were...
by Anna Manning | 7 July 2022 | Blog
A couple of weeks ago I went to the BBC Good Food Show at Birmingham NEC with my husband, Howard. This was my first ever visit and I had no idea what to expect. One thing that I did expect (which didn’t happen) was that I’d buy a whole lot of food. To this end I took...
by Anna Manning | 21 June 2022 | Blog
In early June the United Kingdom spent four days celebrating seventy years of the Queen’s service. There were many events going on all over the country – street parties and general fun. In our village we had a party on the field with lots of stalls and some...
by Anna Manning | 2 June 2022 | Blog
One thing I do in my spare time is to help out with the twitter for our local cycling campaign. They are an enthusiastic group and I love being involved with something that is so current. As a keen cyclist (tandem) it’s of great interest to me to see improvements for...
by Anna Manning | 23 May 2022 | Blog
Part of our hedge has fallen down and we have bought some green industrial fencing to prop it up: this probably sounds horrible but actually looks quite nice and blends in well with the hedge. In the photo above you can see the wood that is propping up the hedge, but...
by Anna Manning | 6 May 2022 | Blog
The evenings are getting lighter by the week and we have taken to going cycling more often. It’s fun to go to a country pub, have a couple of drinks and enjoy the scenery. Last time we cycled out to a pub in the evening there were bar snacks on – about £5/each. They...
by Anna Manning | 20 April 2022 | Blog
This blog post is the second and final part of my posts about Caribbean islands. I was hoping to plan a cycling holiday to Guadeloupe in January 2023 as it is particularly great for cycling. We also wanted to include a visit to Barbados. We had postponed a holiday to...
by Anna Manning | 29 March 2022 | Blog
As we all know the price of fuel is rocketing. Last week it passed two Euros per litre. Prices are rising all the time. Inflation in the UK is well over 6% which is the highest it has been for 30 years. And it’s unlikely to stop. Some people are already being very...
