Peter’s Hospital Diary

Just a brief update on the blog as the Christmas decorations are put away for another year! I had an excellent New Year in Lausanne, and for the last two days I have been up in the mountains at Leukerbad (Loèche-les-Bains). This is a natural thermal spa resort about 1,400m above sea level. Yesterday was […]

It has been a busy and event filled year, and as yet no annual newsletter has been produced – one of the jobs to do later this year when I get a little time. Christmas was very good with lots of guests for the Christmas period, but for New Year I find myself in Switzerland, […]

And may I wish all my readers a very Happy and Peaceful Christmas. And it has been a peaceful day here. We are eating late this year, because Rachael has been at work, so we had a big breakfast and then a quiet day. We had a houseful last night, and then a brief visit […]

Most of the snow has gone, although this was the scene that greeted me last Friday after a heavy early morning snowfall! It was very pretty, and the sun came out mid morning, shining through the branches of the trees in the back garden. I managed to get this photo during the brief moments of […]

The Christmas decorations have been retrieved from the attic, the blog is in its winter guise, and most of the Christmas shopping is done (thank you Amazon!) The snow has almost gone, but it has been wet today and freezing tonight, so tomorrow might be tricky on the roads. I need to go out to […]

I suppose we are no worse off (and probably better) than most of the country, but this was the scene that greeted us this morning. (and more pictures in the Gallery). It seems to have been a long time since the last entry, longer than I normally leave it, but quite a lot going on. […]

Although there isn’t much evidence of mellow fruitfulness in the garden (it was a good year for apples though) there was certainly some mist about as this photo, taken about 20 minutes ago, shows. It is quite nippy to, at a chilly 1 degree C, quite cold when compared with (say) Lausanne or Limoges, both […]

Last night I went back into the water in dive kit for the first time for five years! It was in a swimming pool, but I felt very apprehensive. But after the first ten seconds the previous training returned and I settled back into it quite happily – albeit maximum depth of about 3 metres! […]

No, the two are not related, but it has been very wet and windy down here in Hampshire for the last couple of days. The rain has cleared off most of the remaining leaves from the trees, and left them in a big soggy patch on the lawn. However it hasn’t been all bad news, […]

I hope you all remembered to put the clocks back to GMT this morning! And claimed your extra hour in bed! I didn’t as I had my ‘flu jab yesterday. Whether that was the cause, I don’t know, but I didn’t sleep very well. But apart from that, it has been an uneventful week. Having […]