Been reading a great book, reflecting on old age, by Ronald Blythe - The View in Winter. It is a timeless and moving study of the perplexities of living to a great old age, as related by a wide range of men an women: miners, villagers, doctors, teachers, craftsmen, soldiers, priests, the widowed and long-retired. Their voices are set in the context of what literature, art, religion and medicine over the centuries have said about ageing. The result is an acclaimed and compelling reflection on an inevitable aspect of our human experience.