14th March 2026
This was my last day of dog sitting, and once I got back to my cottage I realised how quiet things are without dogs about. They add ambience to a home even when they are sleeping. They are the unique symbol of unconditional love, you can tell them off but they always come back. I miss my girls back home, and from all the messages I receive Winnie is still being a shit sometimes.
I had a video call with Tim Wallace, I had tried to arrange a visit not knowing he had moved to Norfolk.
Although close to seventy and still working, he looked good, a grey straggly beard is now a feature, made him look a bit like Catweasle the children’s tv series back in the late seventies.
He was outside, and showed me his house, to say Wow would be a understatement. The views from his picture windows are breathtaking, I can only imagine what it is like to be there.
We talked for over an hour and a half, that flashed by quickly, I think it must have been ten years at least since we had spoken, so there was a lot to talk about.
After that I drove down to Martock to visit Nicola and Colin. It was the first time that I had done a long trip in the MX5, and it was an interesting experience. It is small, and when driving at sixty you feel like it’s going eighty. The pedals are a bit cramped, ideal for maybe Italian or Japanese people with small feet, not an English person with size elevens.
This is a 1991 model, and it feels it, no air conditioning, basic instrumentation it reminded me of my Toyota MR2. The Jag, was on a different level, that accelerated from zero to “Good morning judge” in milliseconds.
However it showed me how difficult it is driving at night, the LED lights on new cars are deadly, definitely a danger to old gits in old cars.
Another Lifetime to go 