Very moved by the events of yesterday’s 100th anniversary of  the start of the Battle of the Somme. It is beyond my understanding as to why the battle and how those poor men  had the courage to go over the top. The people dressed as soldiers all over the country giving out a card with the name of a soldier plus his age who died on that first was particularly poignant .We still don’t appear to have learnt the lessons of a hundred years ago. Listen to June Tabor singing the above song to remind you of the appalling waste!

I thoroughly enjoyed my Story Telling on Wednesday night.

I had a lovely family history day accompanied by my Peter on Thursday. It was a gathering of cousins and my sister from my Mum’s side of the family tracing our line back. My cousin Josephine had done comprehensive research which she shared with us.