A growing readership

 An Expanding blog

A Return to Blogging

My lady friend in Oxfordshire

The blog reader figures for the last 24 hours are amazing, almost 2,000 posts have been read. I often wonder if blogging is worth my time, with a growth like this, the question becomes, what can I do to maintain the readers?

None of the posts get a dynamic ammout of readers, but they do attract readers to other posts.Current topics include health issues, my ongoing romance, the backlash from a scam, my upcoming birthday, and my hopes for the New Year.

One project I hope to get underway is the updating, and extension of my award-winning book - The Chronicles of Mark Johnson - as we approach Halloween, I hope to write a ghost story for the blog. Writing ghost stories earned my a reputation as a good writer in my early days

Absent Friend

 Cash Shortage

70th birthday

                                                         The Oxfordshire Romance

After tonight, I shalll be unable to contact my friend Svitlana in Didcot, Oxfordshire for several evenings. The cash shortage I am in has been compounded by having to go to hospital, and pay parking fees, and travel expenses for my daughter to travel from Newport in Wales to Bristol, to take me to hospital.

Video chat with Svitlana

 My lady friend in Oxfordshire

Svitlana's dedication

Svitlana

I may ask my friend,Svitlana if she is interested in having a video chat for a change from our usual online chat. We get on well online, and wish to meet, but the timing is out-of-synch, as she had planned a trio to see her family in Ukraine before we began our chat online two months ago

The last of us

 Sister Act 

I have moved on

Sisters of Evil

The wait is off

Last night, I severed ties with Pamela Olsted, and the person "claiming" to be her sister, after an accident caused by their demand for Apple gif cards, ended with me spending the night in Southmead Hospital, Bristol.

They claimed they would refund my loan, but for the first mention, i suspected it was another scam, until last night, I hoped I would get the money, now I don't care. I am putting this episode behind me, and moving on with my relationship with Svitlana, my friend in Didcot, Oxfordshire, who does care about me

A decade of love

 Granny Sex

Svitlana's wish

Romance in Didcot

As Svitlana and I are in our 70s, it would be expecting too much to envisage our relationship lasting over a decade. That does give us plenty of time to for a strong bond of love. We already have a good beginning, as our online chats are extremely pleasant, and relaxed, if only brief.

We have made a few early plans for how we see our friendship   developing, Svitlana did suggest a sleepover, I would not have made the suggestion, even if I wished to spend the night with her.

The area around Didcot, where she lives, is full of interesting things, not least Wallinford Castle, where Queen Matilda stayed during her fight with King Stephen.

There are several parks, and areas of wildlife, which are nice for a romantic afternoon walk.

After October I may leave the Dating App

 Meeting Svitlana

Charming Talks

Meeting in Didcot

As I hope to meet my friend,Svitlana, hopefully by my birthday in October. If I can get her to add WhatsApp to her phone, I would leave the app we are using now, Charming Talks. 

My departure will upset some of the ladies as they see me as attractive, and try to tempt me for a chat, but I only stay on the site because Svitlana is there.

We had a laugh last night, I told Svitlana "some of the ladies call me a heartbreaker for not replying," her reply was they must think you have a girlfriend by now."

Just my luck

 Meeting in Didcot

My lady friend in Oxfordshire

Svitlana

It wouldn't suprise me if the release of the stress I have been under for the most of the last year causes a mental breakdown. The only good thing about the last 10 months, is being able to chat online with my friend, Svitlana, in Didcot, Oxfordshire. Without the help of Svitlana, I am certain, I would have hit a deep depression, so deep I doubt I would have recovered.

Now things are beginning to look a little brighter 🤞. I am hoping our chats can become more than only a quick hello

All in the Family

 I have moved on

My lady friend in Oxfordshire

Svitlana

To show how evil Pamela Olsted is, she "claimed" her sister died of Covid, knowing my wife died from the illness only a year before. She could be telling the truth, but as she had been telling me lies for months, I take it with a large dose of salt, in hindsight. She also "claimed" her daughter Ellah was ill, to gain sympathy. At the time, I had serious doubts about that, she said Ellah was 8, while it is not impossible for a lady in her late 40's to have a child, it is highly unlikely, as there are a lot of medical risks involved. The latest development is a lady "claiming" to be Pamela's younger sister told me she is in hospital in Bristol, again, I take that with a dose of salt. Knowing I live in Bristol, it is easy to find a hospital here.

I am very pleased I met Svitlana (above), on the site SoulmateMeets, we have moved to Charming Talks for our online chat now. Our chats are very different to those I thought I had with Pamela.

Never say Never

 Dating a Granny

Would I leave Svitlana?

Svitlana

To answer the question, I would not leave Svitlana, unless she decided she didn't wish to be my lady friend in Oxfordshire. This is something, she has made clear, she has no intention to do.

Neither of us hoped to find romance at our ages, we're in our 70's. I am 70 in October, and Svitlana is 74. Yet, we got on so well with our online chats, we have bonded, and once my finances are more settled, we plan to meet in Didcot, where she lives.

A Romantic Cruise

 Summer Holiday

Svitlana's dedication

Svitlana's wish

I haven't been on a cruise since a school trip to the Baltic, in 1970. I have been across the English Channel several times, back and forth to Germany, during my term in the Royal Air Force.

Being unable to afford a holiday as the money had to pay family bills, while I was married, the matter never arose.

I was considering a few trips next year, but they were mainly inland. If my friend, Svitlana wished for a relaxing, romantic, cruise, it is something we could plan for. 

My plans for next year, before I got chatting online with Svitlana, were trips to Exeter, Gloucester, and possibly Edinburgh. I've been though Edinburgh several times, on my way south when I served in Scotland, but I never had time for a day out

My Angel

 Romance in Didcot

An evening with Svitlana

To my darling Linda

While no lady will replace my late wife, Linda, totally in my heart. The lady I am trying to build a relationship with, Svitlana, has become the angel in my life.

Our friendship has been dominated in an ongoing scam I got involved in several months ago, which limits, severly, how long I can chat online with Svitlana.

Even with this restriction, Svitlana is dedicated to being the lady in my life.

Svitlana

I have no idea what I did to deserve the love of such a beautiful lady from Ukraine, and I cannot understand either why she has no male companion, or what she sees in me to keep her adamant we are meant for each other.

A Foreign Affair

 The Marlene Dietrich confusion

My lady friend in Oxfordshire

                                                                        Movie Nights

This Marlene Dietrich movie is about US troops running a black market in Germany,  and fratenizing after WW2. Fratenizing with the "enemy" happens all the time, I knew a man when I was in the Royal Air Force, who married a lady from Ireland, at the time the UK was being terrorised by the IRA.

I knew a sargeant, who married a lady from Malta, and one of my friends in Bristol Museum married a young lady from Korea.

I didn't realise this is the second film I have seen Jean Arthur in, she was also in "The Canary Murder case," with William Powell, and Louise Brooks.

I have had two affairs with foreign ladies, in 2009, I had a relationship with a lady from Canada, she died that year. Two months ago, I began my relationship with my friend, Svitlana, who is from the Ukraine

Svitlana is the only lady for me

 One-lady man

You're the one I want

Svitlana

Since we began our online chat,Svitlana, my friend in Didcot, Oxfordshire, is the only lady I have been interested in meeting. I have many offers from ladies to meet, and almost as many to have sex.

It isn't only because she is in the UK which makes her my choice, we hit it off from the start, we are ideal for each other.

Reckless

 Romance in Didcot

The Oxfordshire Romance

I have moved on

I could be classed as reckless, I started a friendship with a lady online, within days of ending another friendship. 

My problem is being an introvert, making contact in person is impossile, mainly because until July, I thought i was unattractive. The two ladies are very different were Svitlana is kind, generous, and caring about us, all Pamela Olsted aka Clara Kent wanted was to scam me.

The truth is I was over Pamela months before I ended the friendship, she had been telling lies for months, once or twice, I can forgive, but for months is beyond forgiveness.

This film with Wiliam Powell, and his wife, Jean Harlow will be only the second film I have seen with Rosalind Russell in.

All I Desire

 A new direction

Barbara Stanwych

Romance found me

My friend,Svitlana, and I have agreed we have the perfect partner for a romance in later years. When I added my profile to two dating apps, I wasn't looking for anything. It was done to clarify a question in my mind.

From the off, Svitlana made her intentions clear to me, and they include wishing to have sex with me. Some men find a lady asking for what she likes is a threat, I don't, I am pleased a lady feels she is free to ask

The outlook appears good

Oxfordshire

The Oxfordshire Romance

A  new Romance blooms in Tropico

Despite my reservations, mainly about my self-esteem, Svitlana is determined to make our online friendship into a relationship. I don't try to say no, but I do tell her about my limitations.

I would like nothing more than for our relationship to bloom, as we both have a sexual context for our future meetings planned.

I never imagined anything like this would happen, when I added my details to two dating apps, I had no wish, other than to get an honest opinion of how mature ladies saw me. After the Pamela Olsted incident, I put all thoughts of a relationship out of my mind, until Svitlana contacted me. It was she who made the moves, something I find arousing

Have I missed chatting to Pamela aka Clara?

Pamela Olsted 

Something good from my time with Clara

Svitlana

It has been a month since I stopped chatting to a lady who "claimed" to live in Whitchurch, Bristol, not far from where I am in Hartcliffe.

I had long considered her a scammer, at least once a month, she'd ask for money for "car repairs," then there was bus money.

The answer to the question is No, I do not miss chatting to the lady.

The best thing which came from that time is I added my profile to two mature dating apps, and the lady above, who lives in Oxfordshire, contacted me.

Svitlana and I hope to turn our online friendship into the relationship that the other lady "claimed" to want.

Summer Holiday Trilogy

A secluded rendezvous

Summer Breeze

Svitlana's wish

This is the story of three summers, 1986, 87, and 88.

In 1986, I changed my Summer holiday to August, to get married, it rained. Im 1987, a friend swapped with me, so I had an August holiday again, again it rained. In 1988, I had an August holiday, yes, it rained. After that, my friends in Bristol Museum asked me when I planned my holiday, so they could avoid my weeks 🤣🤣. I would rather have two one-week breaks, than a two-week break.

This year, I have been invited for a break to visit my friend, Svitlana, in Oxfordshire, as she wishes the days to get to know me, rather than our online chats.

The race is on

Meeting Svitlana

Oxfordshire

Svitlana

The time to meet my lady friend in Oxfordshire is approaching, she has a holiday booked to return to the Ukraine this month. On her return, I am hoping to meet her by my birthday in mid-October.

Svitlana did mention a sleepover, this would benefit us in many ways. We wouldn't need worry about me catching the train back to Bristol from Didcot on the same day.

It would also give us more time to get to know each other, though she suggested the idea, I said we should meet a few times, to see if we get on as well in peson as we do online

Damage Control

 Something good

Cash Shortage

Is Clara in Bristol?

My cash shortage caused by Pamela Olsted could be over soon, her sister offered to pay me the money I was owed. I was offered £15,000, but said I was only wanting the £3,000 I was owed, even this is a little over what I paid out, but I think I am owed a little more for several months of living on the edge of my nerves, wondering how I can pay bills. Not to mention the lies I was told.

The sister said she is in Southmead Hospital in Bristol, I never had proof she is in Bristol. I believe she is in the USA, which makes sense now, as she would contact me at 01:00 UK time, which is around 19:00 US time.

I could have used the extra money for my new friendship with Svitlana in Oxfordshire, but I am too honest to take money I am not owed.

After what I went through, I am not holding my breath for the payment, it does raise a question, if her sister had the money, why did Pamela ask me for it?