Over the years I have had a drive to work that has varied from a few hundred yards (that’s laziness!) to just over a hundred miles (and that was too far!). This morning, on the way to work I realised (as I have many times before) that I’m lucky enough now to have a great drive to work! Not only is it a great drive on most days but it changes, it changes with the seasons, the weather and the management of the hedgerows, woodlands and farmland – and I thought, this is something to record……

Since moving here in 2002 we have always thought that the one big thing the new village of Charlton Down was missing is a pub.And now it seems that after many years of 'it should happen one day', finally that day may be approaching.Is Charlton Down finally to get a pub? Lets hope so!

You know the sort of thing, they crop up everywhere, books are written and magazine and online articles published.Self development, personal development, tips for life and how to improve yourself.Well I note some of those that I think are useful - I only wish that sometimes I was better at taking notice of them myself!

I have asked myself several times "Why am I doing this?" Well I guess I could say that it's a sort of a diary, but more than that…. and at the same time perhaps less!It’s certainly more focussed than a general diary and so in that sense “less”. And of course it’s not just about me, it’s also a record of my observations, but more than that, it makes me look and think more about my surroundings, it makes me see more.I guess it's a blog, a commentary, and I'm just twittering on, but then that's another thing altogether!!