Hi Everyone During my lifetime, our lives have been affected by a number of baddies like Hitler, Franco, Tito, Stalin, Mussolini, Idi Amin, and a few others around the world. Generally, they have either seized power or abused the power that the population has given them. On the other side are what is generally regarded as the goodies, as they are democratically elected and then removed from power as someone emerges that the public think can do a better job. That list would in

Hi Everyone Thought that I would start our journey through 2026 with a quiz question. What do the years 1975, 1982, 1991 and 2008 have in common? If you have not already worked it out, in each of those years we had a financial crash. Now, no doubt, the doom mongers are out there predicting all sorts of bad things in this coming year, including another possible financial crash. In 1973, with my two partners, we started our business with petrol at 33pence a gallon. In 1975, the

Hi Everyone Now that another Christmas has come and gone, it is perhaps time to look forward with a personal wish list for 2026. Apart from hoping that our family and friends enjoy good health and safety, we then have to rely on others in positions of influence and power to act for the good of us all. I realise, of course, that it is unlikely, as many of them have personal ambitions and prejudices that are at odds with many who, unfortunately, voted for them, assuming that yo

Hi Everyone We have been fortunate to have had a number of American road trips as independent travellers to New England, California, North and South Carolina, and Colorado, Arizona and Utah. In addition, we have special, long term friends in New England, California and Michigan. On every visit, we have experienced on a daily basis friendship, courtesy, and we have met many wonderful people. I think that if we went back to America tomorrow, we would find the same great welcome