Anthea's Virtual Jotter (AVJ)

The ramblings of a former refugee from rainy Manchester to rather less rainy (in my opinion) Vigo, at present a returnee to Manchester which is still as rainy as it ever was.

Thursday, 2 October 2025

Flags - expensive items! Superfoods! Making pasta in the open air!

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I wrote recently about my Italian friend’s surprise on returning from a summer spent in Sicily to find bridges over the motorway festooned w...
Wednesday, 1 October 2025

Seasons changing! Poets disappearing! New terminology for a nanny state. Dogs and their entitled owners.

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  I walked to Uppermill in the drizzle this morning - damp but not particularly cold. Jokers tell us we have 12 seasons in Manchester: Winte...
Tuesday, 30 September 2025

Local birdlife. Mr Trump and prizes and guns. Drinking in Manchester.

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The other day I saw swifts or swallows - I wasn’t close enough to see clearly and, besides, I’m not sure I’d know the difference - massed on...
Monday, 29 September 2025

Coffee. Crowds at sports events. The loss of restraint. Can you support Reform and not be racist?

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As I drank my second cup of breakfast coffee this morning I skimmed an article where columnist Emma Beddington bemoaned the fact that people...
Sunday, 28 September 2025

Music festivals. Music misused. Music misreported. And selling gold and other valuable.

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Yesterday they held the annual Party in the Park at the cricket and bowling club up the road from our house. Party in the Park is a kind of ...
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I'm a former teacher of Spanish and French, who decided to spend a year in Vigo to see how it went. A year turned into two. I'm now back in the UK deciding what to do next.
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