Wow! That was a surprise… David and Val said they might be moving house. 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 …
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Month:June 2008
Jo and Janet’s for Lunch/Ralph OK
A short walk to Jo and Janet’s for lunch today. Chris and Pete were there too and so was Carol! A brilliant lunch – we both ate far too much…but it was difficult to ignore the excellent spread!! We got back around 5.15. Porkers both!!!! Ralph’s small operation went without a hitch – that’s good …
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Doctor Who – Series 4, Episode 12
Wow! I think it’s fair to say that this was an explosive episode from start to finish! In spite of all the rumours buzzing around the ‘net, it was difficult to tell WHO was playing Davros..and nothing in the credits at the end either. One surprise (for me anyway) was the Doctor regenerating at the …
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Leisurely Saturday
It turned out to be a very warm and dry day today. We headed into town for a few bits and then over to Northampton to pick-up Ann’s leather jacket. We then spent a few hours in the back-garden tidying up. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post …
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Meal with Paul and Sue
We met up with Paul and Sue tonight at ‘The Old Bakehouse’ in Rothwell. We’d been once before back in March with David and Val. An excellent meal although the restaurant did get very warm towards the end of the meal. We got home around 10.30. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, …
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Doctor Who – Series 4, Episode 11
A strange title – ‘Turn Left’…but all became clear not long into the episode. This was a Doctor-lite event with DT only appearing in the opening scenes. All in all, a good episode in my view – an episode that probably would have benefited from being longer – it all seemed a bit rushed to …
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Church Music – St Mary’s Church, Everdon
After the meal, we drove from Fawsley Hall to St Mary’s Church, Everdon to see and hear ‘England’s Baroque’ by Foiri Musicali (Grace Davidson – soprano). The event started at 6.30 and finished around 8.45. Overall it was a good event, but the acoustics were sometimes poor, and the orchestra drowned out the singers, making …
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Fawsley Hall
We took a drive to Fawsley Hall with David and Val for a pre-arranged afternoon tea. It was a big disappointment for all of us. The service was slow and pretty lousy, there was a noisy wedding in full swing, and we didn’t think the food was all that special. Add to that, the fact …
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School photos/Meal with Mick and Jane
I set off from home at around 5.30am and got to West Wickham by about 8am – not a bad journey and over 40mpg! Picked up Peter J and we headed for the school where we spent an hour or so taking some internal and external shots. We’re not sure yet whether we’ll publish these …
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Doctor Who – Series 4, Episode 10
Episode Title: “Midnight” A powerful episode – the one without companion, Catherine Tate in it (much) and an appearance by Patrick Troughton‘s son, David. Once again, this was another episode with some fine acting all around. Having said that, to me, it felt very odd and I can’t quite put my finger on it. Maybe …
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Doctor Who – Series 4, Episode 9
This was part two of the story that began the week before. I’m a bit late reviewing it because of our holiday. A cracking story with Catherine Tate once again showing that she is able to demonstrate her acting skills over and above her normal comedy characters. It’s certantly wasn’t an episode where you could …
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Holiday Day 6 – Toronto (Last Day)
It’s our last day today. We woke around 5.30am, had a coffee and caught up with news. We had breakfast as normal and then started to pack. We’ll be leaving here around 16.30 to catch our plane flying at 18.10. We took a short walk down to City Hall and chilled out in the sun! …
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Holiday Day 5 – Toronto
Our sleep pattern seems to be more normal and we slept through to 6am. Ann went to the gym, whilst I caught up with my reading and tried to work out why no emails have been getting through since Saturday. It would seem that the ‘forwarding’ part is broken at the server end! Our last …
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Biscuit and Bon-Bon – Three years on…
We’ve now had the cats for three years. When we compare their behaviour with say, a year ago, it’s interesting to note that they haven’t changed that much, behaviourally, in the last 12 months. They’ve identified their fave sleeping place at night. Biscuit sleeps on the corner of the bed ‘my side’ and Bon-Bon does …
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Holiday Day 4 – Toronto
We woke at 5am and had coffee. We then headed for the pool and the hot-tub – lovely! He had our normal breakfast – plenty of porridge around today! It’s slightly cooler today, which’ll help if we’re out-and-about touring! At 9.45, the coach arrived to pick us up for our Niagara Falls tour. Tim was …
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Holiday Day 3 – Toronto
Looks like it rained overnight, so perhaps it’ll be cooler today. Apparently, according to the news, we slept through a tremendous thunder-storm last night! I finally finished, ‘Changeling’, all 266 pages of it – quite a feat for me! Mike Oldfield, what a troubled soul! So, another relaxed breakfast (although there was no porridge until …
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Holiday Day 2 – Toronto
We both woke up at 3am again. Strange…even when you take the time difference into account. So, time for more reading. I’m now about half-way through ‘Changeling’. What a troubled life Mike Oldfield had as a kid! Mum sectioned as well as being an alcoholic, no friends at school and not many out-of-school either! 6.15 …
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Holiday Day 1 – Toronto
So, were up about 3am, reading and watching TV. Ann also tried out the Gym. I’m reading Mike Oldfield’s autobiography ‘Changeling’. We then had a relaxed breakfast at the hotel at around 8 o’clock and we were surprised how busy it was for a Sunday! It’s a hot day – 30°C or thereabouts and very …
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Holiday Day 0 – Toronto
An early start, even by our standards – we arrived at Birmingham Airport at 5.15. The plane was on time and took off just after 8. We travelled with Air Transat, Club Class and it was excellent. Very attentive service and superb food too! By 3.30pm (10.30 local time) and 3600 miles later, we arrived …
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Second trip to PaintShield
Took a drive up to PaintShield in Grantham today for ‘part-two’ of the stone-chip protection for my car and to re-do one or to minor areas that hadn’t bedded down properly from my first visit. They re-did the bonnet and added full protection to both the front wings! The car averaged just over 50mpg on …
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Family Meal
Mae, Denis, Roger, Jane and Oliver came round for afternoon tea. Bev couldn’t make it because she was at a Wedding. The reason for the celebration was that it was Mae’s Birthday yesterday The weather looked a little grey, and we had planned to all go the Wicksteed Park. However, Roger rang to say that …
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Doctor Who – Series 4, Episode 8
‘Silence in the Library’ by Steven Moffat (soon to be the new ‘supremo’ after RTD steps down) is definitely my favourite episode so far. Full of mystery and suspense and some glorious CGI that wasn’t too over the top. Part 2 next week! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my …
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