Author Archives: Peter Ball

This morning Val and I had decided to go back to Gorleston and the beach, but after some thought we decided that we’d do a longer walk. We parked at Bothorp, which is just down the road from where we live, and walked across country to Eaton Park cafe, where the sun is shining brightly.Continue reading “A walk to Eaton Park Cafe”

I’m currently reading a book called Fibre Fuelled by a guy called Dr. Will Bulsiewicz. He’s from the States and he’s highly admired. It’s well worth a read. https://amzn.eu/d/07lUZEC7

The calendars turned and the seasons went by, Carrying years like a wind through the sky. Yet time has a way of refusing to part With the sound of your name at the core of my heart. ​Hannah, I wonder where life has you now, What quiet resolves you have kept in a vow, WhatContinue reading “A poem to my daughter Hannah”

Today we continue July with temperatures in the 30s. I spend the day doing domestic jobs. Here are the jobs I did:– washing my car– making ice cream– washing bed sheets– attending the garden– going shopping for essentials We have nearly run out of water in our water butts and are having to revert toContinue reading “Another hot day”

May and June have been and gone. We came back from Italy, and I had a small injury which prevented me from walking very much, as when I fell in Montecatina I injured a nerve on my left leg, and it was giving me quite a lot of pain. We’re into July now, and theContinue reading “It’s been a while since I posted here.”

Today starts early with a bright blue sky and swallows flying in formation. We are pleased to be heading home. Bob will have missed us. Our train leaves at 10.01 but our flight leaves Pisa at 15.50, so we have time to kill somewhere. Val is voting for a walk in Pisa to take inContinue reading “Saturday 2nd May. – The return”

We took the train from the railway station in Monter whatever it’s called and it was absolutely crammed with young people going somewhere, all refusing to give up a seat for us old-age pensioners, kind of looking on very arrogantly. Anyway eventually we’ve arrived in Lucca and we’re presented with the city wall picture belowContinue reading “Friday 1st May in Lucca”

Off to Firenze. So here we are. We arrived in Florence and we’re sitting outside the Duomo. The queues are horrendous. There are more queues than you can shake a stick at and we have an hour to kill before going to see the David, where again there is a large queue We’ve just seenContinue reading “Thursday 30th April Florence”