Lincoln bound today! First stop: We visited Mae and Denis for coffee and a chat. Second stop: Off to Bev’s for lunch (a rather splendid turkey/peppers/onions dish with fajitas and the works). Then off for a stroll round Lincoln town. An unexpected climb (!!!) up Steep Hill (yuk!) Ann bought a nice pair of shoes …
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Month:October 2006
Gardening!
A big day in the garden today! We gave everything a good cut-back and planted up the rest of the tubs. We reckon there’s still at least another couple of weekends’ work to do!!!..plus the FRONT garden… Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well …
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Flickr link
Added Flickr link to my web-site today! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all its forms), together with a fondness for the art of writing seemed to be the perfect combination to …
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OCA AGM and visit Mum, Neil, Debbie and the kids
An early start this morning..! …clear up from last night’s ‘Curry Night’! Then, off to The Old Croydonian’s Association AGM via Mum’s. The AGM finished about 2pm, then it was back to Mum’s and then out for a meal with my Brother Neil, his wife Debbie and the kids, Alfie and Frankie at around 6pm …
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Curry Night
Ann and I did one of our ‘Curry Nights’ for Tom, Julie and Paul (Karen’s away in America at the moment). We had a great time! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in …
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Britain’s Biggest Blog
The National Trust is encouraging people to record a diary of their day on a website, as part of what is being called “Britain’s biggest blog”. The blogs will then be stored by the British Library and at other locations. There are more details HERE at the History Matters website. So, here is my day…. …
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test blog
I’m uploading this Blog to see if the graphics problem is fixed. If a graphic appears above this text, then it’s all working fine 🙂 Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of technology and communication (in all …
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Gardening Blog
We spent most of the afternoon in the garden getting it prepared for the Winter. It took two trips to the local dump to get rid of the waste..and we’ve still got some left over – enough for a couple of dustbins full! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my …
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Rushton Hall
Went to Rushton Hall with our friends David and Val for our normal ‘four-weekly’ eat-out. What a beautiful place! It used to owned by the RNIB; now it’s a hotel and a VERY classy restaurant. The quality of the food was excellent, as was the service – but it WAS expensive. Nearly 200 quid for …
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Rick Wakeman and Jon Anderson Blog
We went to see the Rick and Jon and partly refurbished Derngate Theatre in Northampton. We learned that this is likely to be Rick’s last season of touring. As usual, Rick was excellent – a truly gifted paino player and as jovial as ever! Not really sure about Jon. ‘Yes’ was never my favourite band …
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50th Birthday Celebrations
Well, today is a day of mega-activity! We have my ‘afternoon tea’ down at the Corn Exchange, 2.30 until 5.30. There’s around 35 people coming to that. Then it’s back to the house for our themed ‘TV from the 1950s’ Party – About 35 people for that too! Looks like a load of people are …
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One meg Broadband
In these days of 8, 16 and even 24 meg broadband services, it was good to know that here in sleepy Kettering, the local exchange can now handle…….wait for it….. “1 Meg”! Well at least that’s double the speed of a week ago! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my …
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Day 9 – Nice
We found a nice little restaurant last night ‘La Maison de Marie’ tucked away down an alleyway. 5, Rue Massena06000 Nicewww.lamaisondemarie.com Excellent service and food! Ann’s main course of fish was large enough to feed a nation. Around SIX types of fish, each portion, the size of a main course by themself! We were both …
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