Thursday July 17th 2025 "We live in a busy old world - you almost have to be a Superman to survive these days !!! "

"Yes, we live in a busy old world - that's for sure!" is something my medium-to-long suffering wife Lois and I frequently say, here in our lovely home in rural, semi-leafy Liphook, Hampshire.

me and my medium-to-long-suffering wife Lois:

"We live in a busy old world" - that's our catchphrase !!!

And. clearly, far too many of us are constantly trying to do far too much with our allotted day-space of 24 hours - like local man Eric Timpson, just literally down the road from us, in the picturesque Hampshire village of Overwallop.

Poor Eric !!!!!

I don't claim to be Superman either, nor does my wife Lois claim to be any kind of Superwoman, yet we routinely achieve several things in our day - it's what we do!

This morning, for instance, we nip into our little town's tiny centre - the local equivalent of London's Regent Street, Oxford Street and Bond Street rolled into one bustling little thoroughfare - yes, I'm talking Liphook's locally famous Station Road, near to its infamous 500 square feet "busy area", and succeed in crossing off a frighteningly long "to do list", such as you would not believe !!!!

Liphook's bustling "town centre" highlighting its small, 500 sq ft but 

spreading, "busy area", and the town's dazzling array of shops

Yes, in the space of 2 to 3 hours we accomplish: (1) buying next week's train tickets to London at the railway station, (2) taking my "wonky" glasses into Liphook Eye Care for adjustment, (3) picking up some "doggy-meds" for our daughter Alison's Danish dog Sika at the Woodland Veterinary Centre, and finally (4) picking up an Amazon delivery of a pair of new fashionable "heatwave neck-fans" at the local Co-op (not shown). 

It makes my head spin just to think of it, now we're back home again for a little light lunch !!! But pictures cannot lie - yes, we actually did do all that !!!!!

me showcasing the astonishing results of mine and Lois's "foray" into

Liphook's bustling town centre, deftly avoiding the notorious "busy area" (!): (1) train

tickets for our sightseeing trip to London next week, (2) getting a temporary

fix for my "wonky" glasses at Liphook Eyecare, (3) picking up some "doggy-meds"

for our daughter Alison's Danish dog Sika, and (4) collecting our "his and hers"

heatwave-style neck-fans, bought on Amazon and delivered to the local Co-op 

[Is that all you two "noggins" have done today, Colin, a few routine errands that you somehow managed to spend the whole morning on? - Ed]

Well, no actually - we also have a very successful "nap-time" in bed this afternoon, to add to our tally of astonishing "wins" this warm Thursday - and the stylish, matching "his and hers" neck-fans work a treat, even in bed, I can now exclusively reveal !!!! 

a typical couple wearing a pair of stylish "his and hers" neck-fans

Got yours yet haha ?!!!!

Well, we've got to get in training for tonight's televisual treat - the 5th episode of the astonishing "Outrageous" series on the Drama TV channel: the true story of the six sulky, silly, aristocratic Mitford sisters back in the 1930's, who flirted either with fascism or communism, or just flirted with men - sometimes all at the same time, to put it mildly !!!  

What a saga it's been, and now, I can't believe it, already we're on Episode 5 out of 6 !!!!

I'm still trying my best to keep track, believe you me! 

Three of the six sulky, silly Mitford sisters are what I would call "normal", but Jessica is flirting with the idea of communism. And Diana and Unity are both flirting with fascism: Diana becomes the "squeeze" of Oswald Moseley, leader of the British Union of Fascists, while Unity has become infatuated with Hitler and manages to inveigle herself into his private circle.

Here, Unity talks to her sister Diana about her first encounter with Hitler and his cronies:

Fortunately, perhaps for all the world, Churchill, when later told by Unity's sister Diana, of Hitler's offer of a meeting between them, was having none of it !

Churchill, however, refused to be taken in by that one, fortunately!

Diana, however, thinks that none of that is any of our concern here in Britain:

Enough said!

Will this do?

[Oh just go to bed! - Ed]

22:00 We go to bed - zzzzzz!!!!!!