Welcome to my new site!

I am sorry that there has been a need to change sites for my blog, but try as I may, I simply could not get the comments feature to work on the last site and I know that it was frustrating for you and for me it was akin to talking to myself! Fingers crossed that this site will prove easy to read and easy to add comments!

My first blog comes to you from Woodford Green in Essex, England where my London home can be found. I wish that the town name was a little more interesting such as Great Snorning in Norfolk, Nether Wallop in Hampshire or Puddletown in Dorset, but there is a Woodford, a South Woodford, a Woodford Wells and Woodford Green which are all part of the north-eastern suburbs of London and bordering the edge of Epping Forest, an area of woodland, heath, rivers and ponds stretching over 6,000+ acres.

I bought the house back in the nineties as the main attraction was its location to and ease of reaching central London where I worked. If you walk about a mile down the hill you reach Woodford station on the Central Line – the main artery of the tube network – and within 20 minutes you will be in London; there is an extensive bus network that runs through Woodford Green which can take you to anywhere you might want to go; take a five-minute drive and you can reach Chingford station – an overground train line – and 30 minutes later you will be in the City (downtown); or, take your car, and as long as you are willing to pay the Congestion Charge which currently stands at 11.50 pounds sterling a day for taking a vehicle into London between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday to Friday, then you can complete the 10-mile journey and be in the City in 25 minutes, on a good day!