Crone in the UK

As our cabbie swerved in and out of traffic, we held on to the grab bars wondering where on earth he was taking us. He was pleasant and affable and driving for a reputable company. He chatted with us as he veered around bright red double-decker busses, parked vehicles and oncoming traffic, interested as to why we would want to move to London from Canada. He seemed like a decent chap, yet... I grabbed my iPhone and opened Google Maps to follow along with the journey, just to make sure he was actually taking us toward our intended destination and not giving us a "free" tour of London. He wasn't. He was driving "straight" there. There is no straight in London. There is no shortcut from here to there. The roads in London were set down by the ancient Romans and despite the changes in technology over the centuries, it doesn't seem to have occurred to anyone to update the roadway system to match modern vehicles.   Driving in London, in the parlance of the locals, i...

 Dear Reader! My apologies. It has been a very long time since last I wrote. I wish I could say its because I have been so busy, but that would be mostly untrue. We did have a period of busyness whilst we searched for our permanent home, but that task has been accomplished and now it is just sit and wait.  I sit and wait for my job to start in September. I sit and wait to move into our new home. I sit and wait and sit and wait. I've lots of books and crosswords and the BBC to keep me company and of course my walks in Richmond Park.  I joined a book club at my local bookshop. The book for August was Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. It was a great book. I loved it. I have lived on the periphery of the gaming industry for many years so lots of it struck home for me. The book club's opinion was divided however -- about half the group loved it and half the group did not. It was largely divided on age: Boomer v. Gen X and Millennials. LOL Why I loved it T...