Author Archives: Peter Ball

My walk with Beattie

Despite the rain had a good walk with the neighbours

A 7.7 mile walk, mainly in the rain following the red route. The swans were magnificent

http://lcc.org.uk/pages/campaign-demands Leading mayoral challenger Ken Livingstone has opened a massive gulf between his and Boris Johnson’s cycling promises by committing to make London’s streets safer for cycling with Dutch-quality facilities. The Labour candidate joins Liberal Democrat Brian Paddick and Green Jenny Jones in accepting all three of the London Cycling Campaign’s stringent ‘Go Dutch’ campaign demands toContinue reading “Success for LCC as 3 of the Mayoral candidates Go Dutch”

Ditton Lodge headteacher chosen for top school leadership role Release date: 25/04/2012 Author: Simon Cobby Head appointed National Leader of Education The headteacher of Ditton Lodge Primary School is one of only a few in the country to be chosen for a top role supporting schools in challenging circumstances. Angela Finn is one of onlyContinue reading “Angie chosen for top school leadership role”

Today I learnt by email from my lovely cousin Lesley that her elder sister (Sue) became a great grandma on April 14th. Her grand daughter Becky, has had a boy – Dylan.  All well.  I am not sure of his surname yet, because she appears to have split from the father!  Lets hope they sort that oneContinue reading “My Cousin Susan becomes a great grandma!!!”

A walk today with the dogs. We expected to get rained on but the weather was wonderful until a mile from the end when the skies opened. Beattie (now 4.5 months) had enough too and Angie carried her the last half mile. 8.5 miles total distance. We then got back to Wicken and had whiteContinue reading “Wicken Fen to Anglesey Abbey”

A 7 mile walk with 3 dogs in the rain.