Christmas Eve (with Denis) 9.15am: The roads were pretty much deserted as we headed for Heckington. We arrived in good time – just after 10.40am – where the car looked cleaner than when we left! After unloading (including the two new garden chairs we bought Denis for Christmas), we were soon tucking into Coffee… and …
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Month:December 2018
Film: Mary Poppins Returns
It was off to the local Odeon tonight with Jo and Janet to see the film: Mary Poppins Returns. The cinema was optimistic of plenty of punters like us showing-up with performances every 30 minutes. It’s always a bit of a gamble with ANY sequel, but one as iconic as 1964’s Mary Poppins – could …
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Mexican Fave!
John, Trish and Conor came round tonight for one of our Mexican Evenings. No donkeys or sombreros, but plenty of good food… Homemade Chilli Apple Crumble … and the obligatory Cheese-board Plenty of time to catchup with everyone’s news (given that we’d missed Trish’s Christmas get-together last week). Trish & John bought us a lovely …
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Our Anniversary Weekend 2018 (34/7)
Friday, 14th (Our Anniversary)It’s our 7th Anniversary (or 34th in ‘old money’) and we’ve a busy few days ahead. There was just enough time to open our cards and presents before we left, heading north. Thanks for your kind words everyone! Ann bought we a very classy watch!These days, we normally go away to …
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Christmas TV (2018)
292 pages/£4.90 (+40p) 196 pages/£3.75 (+25p) We’ve all got different prompts for when Christmas celebrations officially begin – is it when the Supermarkets start putting out their Christmas lines?, the first Christmas lunch?, receiving your first Christmas Card? or the BBC Christmas ident being seen for the very first time? Or even when the Sales …
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Doctor Who – Series 11, Episode 10 – ‘The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos’
OK, tonight is the final episode of this re-booted series, and after some mostly crappy episodes, they’ll need to do something really special to get me back on-side! With last week’s big reveal that the monster-of-the-week was a… frog!!!, can we have something really serious now please Mr Chibnall? Here’s hoping! After tonight – and …
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Birthdays x2
It was off next door tonight to celebrate not one, but TWO birthdays from earlier this week – Paul R and Julie T. It’s become a regular occasion over the years and with everyone contributing something to the Menu, what’s not to love! 😍😍 With all the ‘usual suspects’ present and correct – John and …
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Preparing for 2019…
Today, we started preparations for the new Computer Class that starts in January 2019. Monday mornings free for 30 weeks? – checkPupils contacted? – checkNotebooks available? – checkTraining PC ready? – checkTNA document refreshed? – checkVenue ready? – check from WordPress https://stevethetechguru.wordpress.com/2018/12/03/preparing-for-2019/ Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first …
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Doctor Who – Series 11, Episode 9 – ‘It Takes You Away’
It’s the penultimate episode for Jodie Whittaker’s first season as the Doctor and overall, I’ve been UNDER-whelmed. No-one’s more surprised than me at this, but with its over-simplified stories and a set of characters that I simply can’t relate to, I’ve struggled to sing its praises. Conversely, most of the Who fan-base, seem to absolutely …
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Christmas Lunching begins…
Another Saturday in the countdown to Christmas – and another Lunch with friends!This time, it was the Old White Hart at Lyddington (we were last here back in February) to meet up with Nick & Celina. Compared to last night’s venue, this place was full of people… and atmosphere together with a roaring open fire …
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