Annie’s Blog

It has been such a long time since  I have posted.  The reasons – mainly health-based. Not wishing to be a health-bore. After all the last couple of years or so have been a little challenging for many of us.

Personal Update  I cannot believe it has taken so long since I last wrote on the site. I explained then that my health had had a blip and as well as ongoing chest infections I also developed Aortic Stenosis –

I have been absent from the site for a few weeks with health challenges again. Thanks to my wonderful friend and techie expert John Catto and The Dame and Dave Hill, it has not meant a blank site!!!!! In other

Well, we’ll certainly all have to dig deep to find our strength to tackle this latest lockdown, while at the same time maintaining some optimism at the thought of the vaccines that are being administered widely now. I am waiting

So many people campaigned to ‘Save the Brompton Hospital’, but decisions were taken behind closed doors and as nothing will seem to change immediately, it is sometimes easy to forget the issues behind the campaign. There is always fear when

There are times when a stance must be taken and common sense has to prevail. And, the current debate over ‘cycling lanes’ on Kensington High Street is just one of those times. Although the views expressed in my blog are,

In recent times as I have been through medical emergencies and dramas, one of the side effects has been a loss of interest initially in food altogether and then a lack of motivation in cooking for myself – after being

OK, today is my day for a whinge or two! I prefer to praise rather than criticise but I am human too! I have lost track of the number of surveys I have received recently, mostly by email and text. 

I have come to realise that when you are entering a new phase or situation in your life, it is really important to establish some facts and have genuine information before you ‘blunder’ on. I have found Age UK invaluable