A busy, but very enjoyable day socialising today! We picked up Nick and Celina at around 11.30 and headed off to The Olive Branch in Clipsham for lunch. it was our first visit there, although Nick and Celina had been before. Wow! what a treat!!!! The …
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Month:September 2012
Meal at the Finch’s Arms
Time for our monthly meal with David and Valerie. This time it was a visit to Finchs Arms in Hambleton, Oakham – our first visit. It’s a 17th Inn with a small Bar and a largish Restaurant. David agreed to drive, and with it getting darker much earlier now, it felt like a really long …
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2012: Happy Birthday – to me
Another year older today Thanks everyone for your generous thoughts, comments and gifts. Cards Ann Angela Antoinette Bev Carey and Clive Carol Chris and Pete David and Val Denis Ian H and Sharon Ian McL and Ann Jo and Janet Lee Margaret S Mum Nick and Celina Margaret and Alan Neil, Debbie, Alfie and Frankie …
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Garden Blitz!
It’s now that time of year, where the garden is shouting for attention to get it ready for Winter! Luckily, the sun was shining, making the task a little easier. Ann took on the cutting back back/cutting down part, whilst I repainted the side garage …
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Ferry good lunch!
I met up with Alison W – from my Nokia days – at The Granary in Ferry Meadows, Peterborough for lunch today. We’d been there a couple of times before, but today was a slightly surreal experience as the staff were all dressed in strange outfits. Our waitress, was dressed as… well, we weren’t quite …
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OCA Newsletters
I drove down to Peter J’s today. He’d kindly offered to help collate the annual newsletter for The Old Croydonians’ Association. I’d received the pre-addressed envelopes courtesy of Isabel, and Peter had the printed newsletters delivered direct to his home. We made good time with this repetitive task – almost 300 all sealed in envelopes …
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“Ahoy there!”
We drove down the Roger, Jane and Oliver’s last night in preparation for our trip to see the newly restored Cutty Sark at Greenwich today. After breakfast on Saturday, we took the short drive to Harlow Town station and that took us to Stratford Station where we jumped on the DLR to Cutty Sark. The …
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Sky+ HD Box gets more features
As if my Sky+ HD Box couldn’t acquire any more features – it just has (almost!) Those of us with this newer type of Box, will have woken up this morning to find that the (rather confusingly titled) ‘Anytime’ and ‘Anytime+’ labels in the Planner have been retired – and replaced with ‘On Demand’. This …
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The Last Day of Summer?
Cor, what a(nother) scorcher! Surely today, with temperatures hitting 30 degrees, this must have been the last day of the really good weather. A busy and important day ahead. We set off early – around 8.30 – Lee stayed behind as her back was playing-up, and dropped into Neil and Debbie’s first for a catch-up. …
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Nicki joins us
Nicki joined us today for a shopping expedition over to Market Harborough. Weather-wise, it was another scorcher here today – 27 degrees by lunchtime. We parked in the Sainsbury car-park and walked through into the main town centre. Just like Cambridge yesterday, the town was packed. After doing most of the kitchen shops to death …
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Supper with Paul and Sue
It seems today has been all about eating, drinking and catching-up with friends – and tonight was no exception. We drove to see Paul and Sue at their Farm where they’d offered to do all the cooking! Perfect!!! 🙂 Paul’s a bit of a dark horse with cooking. He doesn’t do it that often for …
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Cambridge – Lunch with Sally B
I drove over to Cambridge’s Grand Arcade to meet up with Sally B. We had a number of things to sort out as part of our regular networking/self-improvement get-together. After a quick coffee in Starbuck’s, we dropped into the Apple Store to get Sally’s iPhone configured for sending emails when she’s away from the office. …
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Kilworth House Theatre – The Sound of Music
Ann and I picked up Rosi and Rhiannon about 12.45 and headed off to see the afternoon matinee of The Sound of Music at Kilworth House Theatre. We met Jo, Janet and Carol there too. It was my first experience of this open-air theatre, and first impressions were very good. As for the production, it …
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Doctor Who – Series 7, Episode 1 “Asylum of the Daleks”
The 7th series (or 33rd in ‘old money’) of Doctor Who re-materialised onto TV screens tonight with ‘The Moff’ promising blockbuster type episodes rather than the long story-arcs of previous series. It seems like an age since the series was last on TV, so what do we know about what’s coming up in this series? …
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