Series 2 started last week and I quickly caught up with episode 1, courtesy of SkyPlus, over the weekend. What did I think? Well, surprisingly, I didn’t enjoy it at all. The acting was fine, as usual, but structurally, the story was all over the place and there just seemed to be too many characters. …
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Author:Steve Palmer
I 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 contribute a few words to the online community. But I'm no Samuel Pepys! If you're looking for deep and meaningful comments on a variety of subjects, then you've arrived at the wrong site! I only pen for pleasure! On average, my posts appear about twice per month, covering family & friends, cinema visits, eating out, holiday experiences and techy stuff. Oh, and as this is my hobby, there are no sponsored links nor adverts here – it's all done with love!
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Good news!
We heard today that Ann’s new car has arrived at the Dealership! We’re picking it up on Saturday!! 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 …
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Meal with Jane and Mick
We drove to our favourite pub/restaurant – The Wheatsheaf at Titchmarsh – to meet up with Jane and Mick. It was our usual annual get-together – in fact we saw them on the 16th last year too! The meal I thought was great, as always – I had the ‘blade of beef’ whilst Ann had …
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Wot, no snow!
At last, the white stuff has gone from around here! 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 …
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Lunch with Alison W
We met at John Lewis in Peterborough and it seemed that the whole of Cambridgeshire was having lunch at the same time as us! Busy or what??? I can’t believe it was October 2008, when we last saw each other. What with work commitments and the awful weather, we’ve only now got around to meeting-up! …
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TV: Doctor Who 2009 Christmas Special – ‘The End of Time’
Shown in two parts (on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day) and attracting an audience of 10+ million viewers (which is very respectable for a cult TV programme), this was David Tennant‘s final appearance as the Time Lord. We’d been out of the country for Christmas and the new year, and so far, I’d managed …
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Lee is with us…
Lee is staying with us indefinitely. She needs some tlc whilst she comes to terms with Bertie being admitted into a old-folks home. 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), …
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Barbados – Extra
Thursday 7 January 4.00am local time. Well, here we are. Still. After yesterday’s announcement that our flight today has been cancelled, we’re still no further forward. The BA Helpline sent us on a wild mongoose chase to the Airport, whilst the Airport advised us to return to our B and B and ‘ring this number’. …
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BayField House – Day Five
Again, there is no hot water this morning. Perhaps it’s part of the process to get us acclimatised to the UK weather, when we return! Today we’re took a drive to Bridgetown, which was very nice – that’s when we got a text from BA saying our flight home had been cancelled due to bad …
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BayField House – Day Four
Arghhh! – no hot water again this morning!! Ralph beat me talking with the owner, Trevor, about getting it sorted out. This is getting silly, we’ve asked three times now to ask for the problem to be resolved. Hopefully, tomorrow, will be a hot-water day! We’re all slightly grumpy now!!!! After breakfast, we set off …
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Bayfield House – Day Three
We were up slightly later this morning and had breakfast around 9.30. I seem to left the fever part of my cold behind to be replaced with feeling totally bunged-up! (too much detail!!!!) 11.00am. We’re to explore the north part of the island today – the Parish of St Lucy. We started off at Speightstown …
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Doctor Who Trailer for Series 5
Looks like he’s back with a new face in Spring 2010… 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 …
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BayField House – Day Two
I was up about 7am after a restless night where my sore throat turned into a chesty cough! (great!!) After a hearty breakfast, and a ‘planning meeting’, we decided to take a picnic and head for the east-coast. Ann’s driving today with Karen navigating, whilst we heckle from the back! 🙂 Trevor is cooking tonight, …
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BayField House – Day One
We had a horrendous night’s sleep on the ship (as we thought we would) because of the sea conditions. It seemed to be that we woke every few minutes or so, to coincide with every violent twist and turn of the Ship. However, we were still up-and-about by 7.30 finishing off our last minute packing …
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New Year’s Day – St Lucia
We slept in slightly later – but we were up at 7.30 mainly due to the noise of the Ship docking. I then spent an hour-or-so ringing round wishing happy new year to those that were up-and-about. A lazy day is planned. I’ve picked up a sore throat from somewhere (probably the smoke from all …
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New Year’s Eve 2009 – Martinique
7.00am local time. It looked a bit cloudy as we anchored in Fort de France, Martinique on the west side of the island. (Historical note: Martinique is not a colony, but actually part of France. Those living here are considered French and it’s one of the few islands in the Caribbean that has always belonged …
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St Vincent and Bequia
We both slept well, although Ann woke with a pretty bad head – must have been the alcohol last night! Another day, another island! Well, actually, we get two for the price of one today – St Vincent and Bequia (later today). As normal, we had a lazy breakfast and then took the Tender ashore. …
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Tobago Cays – Lunch on the Beach
We had a later breakfast and then took the Tender to the beach. It was another gorgeous day, although thankfully, slightly cooler than yesterday – only 26 degrees! The beach was your typical ‘Robinson Crusoe’ type, sand, sand, palm-trees and more sand. Perfect!!! “South of Canouan and west of Mayreau lie the Tobago Cays islands, …
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The Island of Grenada
We woke just after 7, to a cloudy-ish sky – I wonder if it’ll rain? The Ship docks in Grenada today around 12 noon – it’s the smallest independent country in the western hemisphere and is home to 160000 residents. St Georges is the capital and home to The Carenage, noted as ‘the most beautiful …
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Union Island, Grenadines
Overnight (and for much of the morning) we headed for Union Island – Grenadines arriving at Noon. We avoided the rush to get off the ship by spending time soaking-up the sun and then having lunch on-board. We then jumped on the Tender (only a short wait) and headed for the shore. The beach area …
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TV: Being Human – Series 2 launch date announced
BBC3, 10 January 2010 at 9.30pm Being Human web-site and more news HERE 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 …
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Boxing Day 2009 – Anchors Away…
Later today, we’ll be boarding the ‘Royal Clipper’. We board at around 4pm local time and sail at 10pm. We’re not sure yet if we can get an internet connection on the ship, so this may be the last posting until we get back next Saturday! Over the coming seven days, the cruise will take …
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Christmas Presents 2009
As we’re away this year, we only took a few of the pressies with us. Mum Vouchers – John Lewis Vouchers – Boots Jo and Janet Odeon Cinema Vouchers Carol Incense Burner Mae and Denis Blue-Ray DVD: ‘Snow White’ Blu-Ray DVD: ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince CD – Carpenters Ultimate Collection Bev Spicy Sauce …
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Christmas Day 2009 – Barbados
I was up about 6.30 and took a shower. It’s already getting warm here – very UN-Christmassy!! 🙂 We started phoning round the family (UK is four hours in front of Barbados)…Mae and Denis first…then Roger, Jane and Oliver. At his stage, we’re not sure of our plans today. We’ve only bought just a few …
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Christmas Eve – Barbados
I woke first and got up. It’s only 5.30 am here, but the time difference had completely screwed by body-clock. I had a quick shower and then went downstairs for a coffee and started to working on my backlog of reading. It was already light, the birds were singing and George (our host) pointed out …
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TV: Doctor Who – “The End of Time (Part 1)”
Tomorrow at 6pm… (Part 2 is on New Year’s Day). 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 …
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Barbados – we’re here!
After landing at the Airport we were confronted with 400+ people in front of us all trying to get through Immigration. It was due to a flight being late and us all turning up at the same time. We must have been there for about an hour…just queuing and queuing… Luckily, us Brits are used …
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Christmas TV
TV at Christmas is always a highlight for me, although in recent years, there seems to be less stuff worth watching (or is that me, just getting older?). Here is our short-list. Whilst we’ll be away over the festive break, suffering 30 degrees of sunshine (!!!), the SkyPlus box is also getting hot, hopefully doing …
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Barbados, here we come…
Having dropped the hire-car back at Paul’s last night gave us both a bit more time this morning. Ann had a productive morning and so did I – we were ahead of schedule. 10:59:59. We logged on to the BA website, and chose our seats (the system only allows us to do this, 24 hours …
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It’s built..!
Good news! Ann’s car is built and awaiting transportation. This means it could be here for when we get back from holiday on the 9th. 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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