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Eileen, how very kind of you to write, and how very remiss of me not to have replied earlier. I am afraid I have been very lazy with my blog, but really do enjoy it so hope I’ll find the energy to perk up my efforts!

We met you in Kerala, stying at that lovely organic farm whose name I have forgotten. It must have been in November 2019. As you rightly remember, we were having a week in Kerala before meeting up with many of the pupils John had taught 50+ yeas previously, during his first teaching job, at the Cathedral and John Connon School in Bombay. He died less than a year later, so the whole experience was a wonderful way of setting a seal on his very rewarding teaching career.

How very nice to hear from you, Alan! I did enjoy our Premier Cottage friendship.
Our snow is now melting; gritters have been out but not ploughs round here. However, there’s more to come, I suspect. How are things in Wales? By all accounts Wales has had a bad time of it.

Thank you. I will! I’ll give you good warning, though.

Snow in the Peak District brings back memories of snow drifts and snow ploughs

You sound positive , keep well and keep busy more blogs please

Pop in for a coffee and a natter for a short while and we can remain at a distance like Vladimir each end of our kitchen table! We would love to see you. A visit to Crown Cottage would be too much of a challenge for Gill,

Oh, thank you so much, Debbie. I feel relieved I have broken my silence at last!
My Webster Bubble throughout the lockdown was such a constant joy, as i think you both know. Thank you and Trevor so much.

Oh that’s very nice of you to write, Mike.I occasionally come to Parwich, and always wonder if you are receiving visitors yet! Maybe if I had just had a negative lateral flow test…?
And I love the sound of your apples, thank you. I do miss our Orchard Farm apple tree, which we planted all those years ago. Now I have to buy ny apples I need!
There’s always a welcome atCrown Cottage if you dare risk it!