Well, we haven’t done this in a while! It’s fair to say that many of our immediate circle of neighbours have all had significant things to ‘deal with’ these past few months, so tonight was the perfect opportunity to get together. We played to our strengths, Ann weaving her magic in the kitchen and creating …
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Category:Ann’s car
Film: The Lion King
We headed over to Cineworld at Rushden Lakes this evening to catch the latest cinematic incarnation of ‘The Lion King‘. Featuring the voice-talents of Donald Glover, Seth Rogen, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Woodard, Billy Eichner, John Kani, John Oliver and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter (as well as James Earl Jones reprising his role from the original film) the …
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Guilty as Charged!
It’s been a week of experimentation whilst we tried out various Public Chargers for the first time. First stop (on Tuesday) was Rushden Lakes where there are 7 chargers (5 x 7.2w + 2 x 22w, all shiny new) – and better still, they’re all free! Pity then, that I was guilty of not RTFM, …
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We Haven’t Saved the Planet!
Well, after exactly a week of ownership, we may not have saved the planet (yet!), but we’re saving something! 👍 #GoElectric #eNiro 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 …
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Fully Charged Live 2019
It seemed appropriate that our first major outing in our very first EV would be the Fully Charged Live Show at nearby Silverstone! After picking up Chris and Mark in Northampton, we headed for this iconic location, where, in addition to plenty of ‘talkie-bits’, there was also an opportunity to test drive the latests EVs …
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SPECS and the City (not!)
They say you always remember your first time! Mine was on the road between Catford and Lewisham back in the late 70s at 10.47 – a Sunday I think – and it was over in a flash. Dad was horrified, Mum was angry mortified – and I was very embarrassed having been caught in the …
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Return to Netherfields
After last night’s late-night curry-fest with the Costellos, what could be better than a lie-in this morning? Well nothing actually, but instead, we sped off to Nick and Celina’s to continue with helping them re-model their garden. After a quick faff-around in the kitchen clearing up the final debris, we hit the road early and …
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The Falcon and Fate!
We met up with Mick and Jane tonight at The Falcon Inn at Fotheringhay. We haven’t been here for ages – back in 2008, and as it was probably our first serious pub-eatery back in our Peterborough days, we were interested to see how much it had changed. Being Friday, the 13th, perhaps we should …
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New Year’s Eve 2016
This year, we drove up to Matlock to share New Year’s Eve with Ralph and Karen. We set off from ours just after 1pm and arrived just before 3 – a straightforward, hassle-free journey (and the longest so far in Ann’s new car). The venue tonight is the Peak Edge Hotel where we’re going to …
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Snow is like a Suntan
Honestly, we DID have snow here yesterday, but today it’s hard to tell. Just like a hard-earned suntan, snow seems to disappear much faster than it takes to appear! Today was actually a really nice day weather-wise – I WOULDN’T have predicted that as I tried to free Ann’s car from the snow and ice …
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True Grit
Some things are meant to go together: Bananas and Custard, Morecambe and Wise and of course, Ann and I! Conversely, some things should never, ever, EVER be within a planet of each other! My story began at around 6.45 this morning as I headed off to Peterborough driving Ann’s car (for the first time). It …
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Ann’s New Car
After almost three years to the day of faithful service, it was time to retire Ann’s ‘Fiesta – ‘Maj’. Now we’re down to one car and with Ann’s new job and position, we really needed something a little bigger and a better for long drives up-and-down motorways. Ann’s car on 24 January 2010 And so, …
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