We had a wonderful few days in Rome, seeing a lot of beautiful things. Now on the night train to Catania.

Paris to Rome via Milan today, a full day’s travel. Not sure whether going to Rome on Palm Sunday is a good idea or not. It’s going to be busy, right?

Lunch in Strasbourg. Well why not?

Haha. I didn’t even notice until just before boarding that I had seat 61. #iykyk

Good luck to everyone marching today. We’re also going to London, but only passing through on the way to Paris. https://www.togetheralliance.org.uk/march

#lettersfromhull 25/03/86 On Saturday night some of us went to see ‘Clockwise’ at the ABC, which was really funny. A lot of it was filmed in Hull so we had a good time spotting the landmarks. I’m gradually getting my room together. The other week I got a desk from Texas homecare and some […]

Merci Paris! Merci Lyon! Danke München! I can't lie. Things seem bleak. For years my hope seems to slip more and more each day. But then there are days like today. Today Paris chose to keep the green revolution from mayor Anne Hidalgo going, by electing her […] [Original post on tutoteket.no]

Your annual reminder that it’s only pi day in the US. The rest of the world celebrates on 22/7.

#lettersfromhull 18/02/86 My worldly goods are in the new bathroom. My hosts are vegetarians so I have a craving for meat and my bowels are functioning well with all the fibre. I got the bike insurance the other week and I ordered our new bikes last Saturday. They’re Scimitar ones, made in […]

#lettersfromhull 16/01/86 Thank you very much for the cheque you sent me. It will come in handy for getting a nice bike. Thank you to Buzz also for the Boots voucher. I’ll be able to get a year’s supply of soap.

#LettersFromHull 24/11/85 Polly has been very _bad_ recently (as usual). She never stops eating and is massive. She also goes berserk every morning and runs up the curtains or attacks the hamster. The other day Ruth was cleaning Perkins out and Polly kept […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

#lettersfromhull 07/11/85 On Tuesday we had our house bonfire with baked potatoes and soup. We invited about 40 but only 20 odd turned up so we had loads of food. The bonfire went for ages because we’d found masses of wood. Amongst the objects burned were a sideboard, a chair, a tree trunk, a […]

#lettersfromhull 02/09/85 Some of the blokes in the workshop are making a machine to do simulated simultaneous flushing of 15 loos at a time for Reckitts so that they can test how long their blue loo stuff lasts. Last Saturday we went out for the day because it was semi-good weather. We took […]

I had to put petrol in a car today for the first time in over 4 years. Smelly old business isn’t it?

Of all the many crimes against the English language committed by people from the USA, I think the only one which I'd make a capital offence is that of refusing to pronounce the "L" in "soldering".

#lettersfromhull 12/06/85 I’m not doing any work at the moment but tomorrow I have to learn FORTRAN (a stone age computer language) and build my project, which will take me to the end of term. Ruth is on a week of lectures and she starts 3 weeks of shifts in hospitals next week. Last week was […]

#lettersfromhull 02/06/85 If this letter is sunburnt it’s because I’m writing it outside. My last exam is on Tuesday afternoon, so we’re going to have a rave up by going out for a meal and going to the piccies. Knowing my luck, it’ll probably pour with rain the minute I finish.

[Mission Impossible spoilers (not really)] Mission Impossible Final Reckoning is preposterous. Donloe’s Inuit wife with him for 30-odd years, surrounded by books etc. Not a word of English.

Some dogs

I’ve been running a project this week for Y10 work experience, not something I’ve ever done before. This is what they came up with, designed and built from scratch from foamboard and 3D printed parts. It has a brushless generator.

We had a great time at the allotment. Got a few jobs done - probably as much as I'd hoped. The grandchildren don't really understand the concept of soaking the ground! Had a splendid time telling them stories of my childhood at my grandmother's railway signal box. The time the field caught fire […]

When it’s a day like today and you’re listening to Bob Harris’s Sounds of the 70s on the way home from work in your electric VW bus, waiting for trains is no problem.

#lettersfromhull 22/04/85 This will have to be a short note because I haven’t got much to tell you.

Trans friends & followers in the UK: never forget you have lots of support and love which will continue regardless of what any court judgement may declare.

I’ve replaced the frame on our Ikea Poäng chair because the fabric on the base gave up the ghost. Interesting to note the design changes to make it cheaper to manufacture but harder to put together. All the horizontal slats used to come glued in, now you have […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

#LettersFromHull 31/03/85 Dear all, we are somewhere in the Peak District. The weather was OK today but is usually horrible. So far we’ve had rain, hail, snow and wind. The wind is very strong and means that you have to pedal down 1 in 10 gradients and get […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

#lettersfromhull 25/03/85 I am having a nice holiday here in sunny Newcastle. Everyone seems to be a Geordie. Today I went on the Metro which is much better than any other metro in the world and we went to the quayside to see the bridges and a replica of the Golden Hinde. We will send a […]

#lettersfromhull 18/03/85 …I haven’t got much time to say anything else, especially as I haven’t started writing up my project because there are permanently about 60 people using the computer at the same time (don’t let anyone tell you computers are time saving).

#lettersfromhull 03/03/85 We got a ring last Saturday so now Ruth is skint but I will be next term. By the way, it’s gold with a massive diamond. Ruth has to use a splint to hold her finger in place. Last week we got a Chinese cookery book but I don’t know when we’ll get round to cooking […]

#lettersfromhull 17/02/85 Loads of things have happened lately, the most dead ace thing being Ruth and myself getting engaged yesterday (we were vacant before). The only problem is finding some money to buy a ring so she’ll have to make do with a ring pull, I think. On Valentine’s Day I […]

#lettersfromhull 22/01/85 It was Ruth’s birthday today and it was very nice thankyou. I bought her a boot (she wouldn’t let me buy both of them). On Saturday we went into town on the train (primarily to buy Ruth’s present) and I bought a cassette deck for which we had to walk _miles_. It was […]

I took these photos of the Humber bridge this morning. They are both in colour but have hardly any discernible colour to them.

Tis the season for Christmas spam.

#lettersfromhull 11/12/84 I’m writing this letter at 7.50 a.m. so you can tell how busy I am. Have you got everything arranged for next Saturday? I won’t have as much stuff as before but I would be grateful if we could give a certain person a lift to the station because a taxi costs loads […]