When farming becomes your livelihood, the weather takes on a new significance. No longer is a sunny forecast just good for a BBQ or a rainy forecast, a cause for dismay. All types of weather can be welcomed or spurned. The weather dominates farming; when to plant crops, how they grow, when to harvest and
whether the animals thrive or not.
I keep in touch fairly frequently with some of them – and it was also marvellous to catch up with those I haven’t seen for years. Two who made their homes and practices in Australia also joined us at the beautiful, rambling house overlooking the River Exe in Devon, which we had rented for the occasion..
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Snickerdoodles are a classic American treat. Soft biscuits with a cinnamon coating,
they are perfect to serve with a hot cup of coffee. The cream of tartar in the dough
gives the biscuits their classic pillowy texture, and this recipeʼs extra
sprinkle of fudge pieces makes for a delicious extra-chewy bite.
On a very wet September day, I met up with John Tinkler who is the branch
secretary of Belvoir Model Club and club chairman Chris Clay, who would tell
me all about the Belvoir Model Club.
I don’t suppose you get many chances
to interview rock star legends, but I had
my chance when I met up with Jeff Rich
who was the drummer with Status Quo
for fifteen years. I am aware that this
feature will only run to around 800
words, so how can I possibly cram so
many years of making music around the
world in such a small space. I’ll not try!
On yet another rather hot July morning, I met with Glenda Rousseau who is
publicity officer for The Arts Society Grantham. Before I talked about The Arts
Society Grantham, I wanted to know more about Glenda.
Twelve months ago, I wrote a piece looking at the main reasons people take out
Lifetime Mortgages (Equity Release) and I thought it worth looking at how, if at all, it has changed since. Again, for consistency, I am using statistics released by Canada
Life (a Lifetime Mortgage provider), looking at its real-life data from the first half of 2025 against previous years’ Canada Life data*.
Amazingly, it has been just over three years since that infamous Liz Truss Budget with its knock-on effects to mortgage rates, so I thought it worth marking the anniversary
with some thoughts on what has happened over the last three years or so, and what does the future look like.
I hear this all the time. In part it comes from an expectation that the person is genuinely too old to qualify for a mortgage, but it can often mean that the person feels they shouldn’t be getting a
mortgage at their age.
This year celebrates the 20th year for the Mouth Cancer Foundation as a registered charity and our practice is once again holding mouth cancer screening sessions during the month of November, where members of the public can attend the
practice for a screening. Please call reception for more information.
