Day 1 – Sunday, 23rd Last year, it was (only) Olney, this year, we’re further afield, heading for Stoke-on-Trent. 👍 We left around 9.15 for the straightforward journey to our destination: A14 > M1 > A50. We arrived just before 10.45, so we grabbed a quick coffee, making the best use of the time before …
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Category:Ann’s Birthday
Olney another Birthday!
Celebrations began early this year for Ann’s birthday! Yesterday, it was down to Ann’s brother for a celebratory Birthday Lunch – and it didn’t disappoint! 👍 Roast Lamb, cooked to perfection and bags of opportunities to catch up with all Roger, Jane and Oli’s news! Today, just before 9.30, we headed over to MK for …
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Birthday Girl 2023
Another year and another Birthday – as Ann celebrated her special day today! It was a day with friends, food, cards and gift! 8.35am: After a quick ‘Birthday Bacon Sarny’, Ann began opening her presents and cards. Soon after, the ritual was briefly interrupted (in a good way) by a surprise video call from Nicki …
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Ann’s Birthday
I can’t remember the last time I WASN’T around for Ann’s Birthday – in fact, it’s never happened before. I’m not sure how I ended up scheduling myself to work today! Still, Nicki has been with us for the past two days and they’ve had great fun doing ‘girly-stuff’ in my absence. Pressy-wise, I bought …
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Holiday Blog Day 2 – Bordeaux (Birthday Girl!)
We ate an Indian last night. ‘Punjab’ – it was packed!! Not a patch on ‘Mazzas’ though, and it was strange to experience a French man looking and sounding Indian! Ann’s Birthday today! Lots of nice cards. I bought her three DVDs ‘Casino Royale’, ‘Elizabeth I’ and ‘The Queen’. I also bought her a subscription …
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