March 2025. Waterbeach. We’re still spending 2 or 3 days a week down in Waterbeach, dealing with solicitors and estate agents, but mainly seeing Dad in his care home 2 minutes walk from “Sunnyside”. Dad seems very content, particularly now his old friend Lassie has joined him under his window. We spent a couple of… Continue reading CLEANING THE LINES, CLEARING THE GARAGE
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LIFE & DEATH
4th February 2024. Waterbeach. Southborough. Funeral Day starts with this austere view of the A10 from outside the Slap Up where the family spent Monday night. There’s nothing like being the centre of attention at a funeral to make you realise you’re actually an adult, and you really ought to have a rudimentary knowledge of… Continue reading LIFE & DEATH
COCKTAIL NIGHT AT THE SUN
February 2024. Waterbeach. You know The Sun, and if you haven’t been, you should. Waterbeach may be the dullest place on earth (sorry Mum, sorry Dad) but it does have one of the UK’s best Chinese takeaways, kebab vans, brewery taps, fruit breweries and pubs. Helen at The Sun is making plans to restart the… Continue reading COCKTAIL NIGHT AT THE SUN
BRIGHTER DAYS, DARKER BEERS
January 2024. Waterbeach. I spent Monday to Friday down with my parents, occasionally getting Dad out of the house as the weather gradually improves. It won’t be long before it’s summer and I can take him to pub gardens again. In the meantime, I was going slightly mad sitting in a living room heated to… Continue reading BRIGHTER DAYS, DARKER BEERS
A LOCAL HERO
December 2023. Waterbeach. A pattern is now emerging; mid week spent in Waterbeach, a day either side in Tunbridge Wells, back home to Sheffield at the weekend. At least Mrs RM is now with me in Cambridge, and she joined our Thursday quiz team at the Sun as we sought vengeance for a corrupt defeat… Continue reading A LOCAL HERO
THREE LITTLE BIRDS
November 2023. Waterbeach. On Wednesday, Mrs RM came home from nigh on a month in Kent visiting her hospital-bound Dad, who is now in rehab in Sevenoaks. Any of you who have ever been to Sevenoaks, the Wilmslow of the South, will wonder what Michael has done to deserve this. I’ll take him down the… Continue reading THREE LITTLE BIRDS
QUIZ NIGHT IN THE SUN – THE MYSTERY OF “BAGELSTEVE”
November 2023. Waterbeach. Evenings in Waterbeach revolve around tea at 5pm and then The Chase. In fairness, tea is often from one of the village’s award-winning takeaways, and The Chase is the best TV quiz show since Deal Or No Deal, which was a game of great strategy skill under Edmonds. Typically I get more… Continue reading QUIZ NIGHT IN THE SUN – THE MYSTERY OF “BAGELSTEVE”
THE SUN WILL ALWAYS RISE IN THE MORNING
November 2023. Addenbrooke’s. Cambridge. It took me 5 hours to get back from Oldham to Waterbeach, the trip from Sheffield in about 2:20 hours these days, and Dad had already been taken by ambulance to Addenbrooke’s awaiting assessment (alliteration alert). The antibiotics for a suspected infection kicked in quickly, and I spent the next 24… Continue reading THE SUN WILL ALWAYS RISE IN THE MORNING
WATERBEACH SWITCHES TO THE LAGER
June 2023. Greater Waterbeach. Two nights a week spent in Waterbeach taking Dad out to remote Fenland villages, with the bonus of some of England’s great takeaways. Worryingly, Mum has developed a favouring of the chicken shish and salad box at Waterbeach Best Kebab, the van that turns up six nights a week on the… Continue reading WATERBEACH SWITCHES TO THE LAGER
MAY DAY, FIVE MILES FROM ANYWHERE
May 2023. The 1st day of May, in fact. Another “mystery tour” for Dad around the back roads of east Cambs. We were brought to an abrupt halt in Swaffham Bulbeck, a place notable only for its name, by some folk dancing in the streets. No, not Mick Jagger. Press PLAY now. And Name That… Continue reading MAY DAY, FIVE MILES FROM ANYWHERE
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