{"id":2,"date":"2019-07-03T04:53:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-03T04:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-10-15T10:54:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T10:54:41","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Random Thoughts Ltd"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"628\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Untitled-Project.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10262\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4707488906139077;object-fit:cover;width:872px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Untitled-Project.jpg 628w, https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Untitled-Project-404x275.jpg 404w, https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Untitled-Project-450x306.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 628px) 100vw, 628px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><strong>Judith <\/strong><\/em>carries the &#8216;Save our NHS&#8217; banner in the annual parade through Burford commemorating Leveller&#8217;s Day <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:31px\">We&#8217;ve stayed closer to home in 2026. In March we took our video camera on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1230524296?share=copy&amp;fl=sv&amp;fe=ci\">a Cornish pub crawl<\/a> in search of early spring flowers and good West Country beer and in May we took part in <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/1198019190?share=copy&amp;fl=sv&amp;fe=ci\">Levellers Day<\/a>, the annual commemoration by the Labour Party of the brutal suppression by Oliver Cromwell of troops demanding more equality for common people in the churchyard at Burford, in Oxfordshire, in 1649. Chuck resumes his neglected blog by recalling his military service in <a href=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?p=9924\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"9924\">War Stories<\/a>. And Judith continues to fill up <a href=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=2341\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/sketchbook\/\">Sketchbooks<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What&#8217;s New?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=395\">Cinema<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Cornish Pub Crawl\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1230524296?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"351\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Levellers Day\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1198019190?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=675\">Blog: Growing Old Gratefully<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=675\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Soldiers-on-bridge-2-655x630.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10261\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.092063492063492;width:394px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Soldiers-on-bridge-2-655x630.jpg 655w, https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Soldiers-on-bridge-2-286x275.jpg 286w, https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Soldiers-on-bridge-2-768x739.jpg 768w, https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Soldiers-on-bridge-2-450x433.jpg 450w, https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Soldiers-on-bridge-2.jpg 862w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-primary-color has-text-color\"><a href=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=2341\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2341\">Judith&#8217;s Sketchbook<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=2341\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"603\" src=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3891F67B-3B0D-458C-A981-138A6D9F5F2B_1_105_c-860x603.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10260\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0142857142857142;width:382px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3891F67B-3B0D-458C-A981-138A6D9F5F2B_1_105_c-860x603.jpeg 860w, https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3891F67B-3B0D-458C-A981-138A6D9F5F2B_1_105_c-392x275.jpeg 392w, https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3891F67B-3B0D-458C-A981-138A6D9F5F2B_1_105_c-768x539.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3891F67B-3B0D-458C-A981-138A6D9F5F2B_1_105_c-450x316.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/3891F67B-3B0D-458C-A981-138A6D9F5F2B_1_105_c.jpeg 1058w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:31px\">You can view 90 videos in the<em> <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=395\">Cinema <\/a>&#8211; mostly travelogues ranging from one to sixty minutes. For armchair travel enter<em> <\/em>the <a href=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=7728\">Library<\/a> and read our <a href=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=18\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"18\">Travel Diaries<\/a>. You can also access the <a href=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=7718\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"7718\">Bookshop<\/a> here. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=22\">Theatre<\/a><em> <\/em>you can read the reviews and watch two productions and one read-through of a new play. In her blog called <em><a href=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=646\">Perspectives<\/a> <\/em>Judith continues the series of articles collected in her <a href=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=7718\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/bookshop\/\">book of that title <\/a>exploring life and culture from a General Practitioner\u2019s viewpoint. Chuck also posts occasional reflections on his blog, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=675\">Growing Old Gratefully<\/a>. <\/em>And there&#8217;s a <a href=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=2295\">Gallery<\/a> where you can view some of our favourite <a href=\"https:\/\/randomthoughtsltd.com\/?page_id=2412\">photographs<\/a> (this bit now under reconstruction, alas).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><em>To contact this site, please <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:info@randomthoughtsltd.com\" target=\"_blank\">email<\/a> <\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subscribe to our mailing list to be kept informed of new videos, blogs and articles. 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