As the title suggests, this year’s birthday celebrations have been especially memorable. Loyal reader, read on… Even before the celebrations began today, I had a rather unexpected birthday-call the previous evening. The phone rang, and I didn’t recognise the number that came up, nor the voice at the other end. The mystery voice immediately sprang …
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Rampant Rabbit
This’ll give kids nightmares for years!!! The highlight of this weekend was the double-birthday celebration for David and Rhiannon (Father and Daughter – 60 and 21 respectively!) in the shape of their joint Party in Burton Latimer. The music and food was fab – the surprise was the mystery appearance of a ‘Rabbit’ who went …
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Family Meal: Fortescue Arms
As part of Ann’s Birthday celebrations, we headed up to The Fortescue Arms in Billingborough for a surprise pre-birthday lunch treat. Unknown to Ann, the rest of her family were going to be there too! – Roger, Jane, Oliver, Bev and of course, her Dad, Denis. We were first to arrive, followed by Denis and …
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Day Out in Oxford
A packed day of activities today! We picked-up David and Valerie and headed off in the direction of the Oxford’s Peartree Park and Ride for a day out in – you guessed it – Oxford. First stop was the Ashmolean Museum – a place we just can’t seem to get enough of, having been there …
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Double Birthday – Fondue Frenzy
Yummy! Our favourite – a rather cheeky sweet redWe walked (yes, unbelievable I know!) the quarter-of-a-mile to Julie and Tom’s tonight. Trish and John were there, and so were Karen and Paul, Rosi and Dave. Rosi had arranged a surprise double-birthday-meal (for Julie and for Paul), complete with a visit from a local wine expert. …
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2013: Birthday Trip to London
57 on the outside, 19 on the inside! Well, that’s my ‘take’ on things! Ann took the day off and we headed for London. We set off on the 8.59 from Kettering which we caught with minutes to spare because of some congestion on the way there! Phew! On arrival, the main attraction was …
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Bev’s 40th
Together with Lee, we travelled up to Lincoln FC’s VIP suite in err, Lincoln to celebrate Bev’s 40th. On a positive note, it was a great event – yummy buffet, good range of music and a spacious venue. There must have been over 50 people there, and everyone had a good time. On the …
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Holiday in Rotterdam (Monday)
It’s Ann’s birthday today! The weather looks a lot better than yesterday (it’s only -2C), so we’re going to jump on the train and head north towards Haarlem. I tested the conditions during breakfast and it definitely seemed warmer than the day before. Somehow though, I just knew it wasn’t going to last. By now, …
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Roger’s 50th – Tosca
Just occasionally we do ‘posh’ – and tonight was one of those occasions. With DJs and posh frocks on the outside and Sudafed and Strepsils (for Ann and me ) on the inside, we set off for the Royal Opera House to celebrate Roger’s 50th. After our quick change of clothes, we headed for Stevenage …
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Impromptu Pork
At quite short notice, Karen invited us round tonight in celebration of Paul’s birthday. You can’t go wrong with Karen’s cooking and tonight was no exception – a rather excellent pork casserole with lashings of mash complemented by red cabbage and peas – a real treat for the taste-buds! And if that wasn’t enough (it …
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Fish and Chips
It was great to have the neighbours round tonight – seems like ages since we all last got together. Not everyone could make it for one reason or another, but Tom & Julie, Trish, David & Val, Rosi & Dave and Lee all helped us polish off the traditional Friday night dinner – Fish and …
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Handel with a Candle
I was stuck for a title for this blog, but Ralph came to the rescue – cheers Dude! If ever they re-invent Cluedo using famous musicians, Colonel Mustard now has a rival! 🙂 Lee, Ann and I drove over to the Royal and Derngate Theatre in Northampton tonight to see the Handel by Candlelight concert. …
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2012: Happy Birthday – to me
Another year older today Thanks everyone for your generous thoughts, comments and gifts. Cards Ann Angela Antoinette Bev Carey and Clive Carol Chris and Pete David and Val Denis Ian H and Sharon Ian McL and Ann Jo and Janet Lee Margaret S Mum Nick and Celina Margaret and Alan Neil, Debbie, Alfie and Frankie …
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How Very ‘English’
Ann, Lee and I went for afternoon tea at The Old Forge in Cranford this afternoon – invited by Janet as part of her birthday celebrations. I can’t believe we’ve not been there before. It was a unique way to celebrate – the sandwiches, cakes and scones were yummy!! Quintessentially ‘English’ and a great way …
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Bobby Charlton (for Cats)/Frank and Helen’s Do
We dropped the cats off at Patsy’s today for their normal six-weekly wash and brush-up. It was much more of a challenge this time as Bon-Bon’s right-hand side had become completely matted over the past week or two – we think it must have been the damp weather. Amazingly, Patsy and her team – …
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Pre-Easter Break: Day 4 (Monday)
A frosty night here, but it looks as though it might warm up later. We’re off to Cirencester today- it’s only a short drive away and hopefully it doesn’t include any mega-complex roundabouts like yesterday! On the way there, we stopped off at the Barn in Great Coxwell – a 13th century, err Barn that’s …
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Birthday Girl
It’s Ann’s birthday today and together with Lee, we’re off to the Fortescue Arms in Billingborough to meet up with Denis, Bev and her bf, Liam for a celebratory lunch. It’s certainly doesn’t seem like a year ago that we were all at Club Diana in Wellingborough celebrating Ann’s ‘significant one’!!! Where has the past …
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The Cats are 7 Today
Biscuit and Bon-Bon are seven years old today, so here is an update of them both. A few years back, it was a rarity, if either of them jumped onto our lap – now it’s a semi-regular occurrence (although Bon-Bon hardly stays there for longer than a few minutes, Biscuit is more than content to …
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Family Lunch – The George, Buckden
What a change in the weather! After worrying about the lawn drying-out over the past month or so, today began and ended with: rain, rain and more rain!For lunch, we headed over to The George at Buckden. We’d been there a few times before, so we were confident the food was going to be good. …
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South of the Pacific in Birmingham
Nick and Celina joined us for the weekend. it was Celina’s birthday and as a surprise, we’re all went off to Birmingham to see the stage production of South Pacific. (Wiki entry about South Pacific is HERE)Nick and Celina arrived about noon and we hurried down a quick snack before jumping in the car and …
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Birthday Lunch for Lee
We dropped into The Wheatsheaf at Titchmarsh today as a treat for lee’s Birthday (which was yesterday). The place was (unusually) very quiet when we got there at 12.45, but by 1.30 it was chock-a-block. It’s always been a busy place, but apparently, the Pub down the road closed down recently leaving The Wheatsheaf as …
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Oxford/Rosi’s Party
Gosh, we haven’t been to Oxford for ages! We left around 8.30, had a good run, and caught the park-and-ride into the city centre (that’s me on a bus TWICE this year!!!!). A quick look round the shops (where I got my dress shoes for the wedding and a couple of pairs of jeans) and …
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Happy Birthday – to me!
We’re at home for my birthday this year. That wasn’t the plan – see yesterday’s blog! Cards Ann (obviously!) Angela Antoinette Bev Carol David and Val Carey H Denis Ian H and Sharon Ian McL and Ann Lee Mum Nick and Celina Margaret and Alan Neil, Debbie, Alfie and Frankie Paul and Karen Paul, Sue …
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Birthday Weekend – Aborted!
SATURDAY Well, the weekend started very well – a sunny day, and we’re almost in October. David, Val, Lee, Ann and I are all ready for a bit of a celebration with David and my birthday within a day of each other. Everything was planned, and all we needed to do was to enjoy what …
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Long Weekend in London – Saturday
After our early morning call at 5.47 (the hotel’s fire klaxon went off!), we couldn’t get back off to sleep afterwards, so we were up earlier than planned. The highlight of the day is going to be our visit to the Royal Opera House to see Madame Madama Butterfly at the Royal …
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Party, Party!
We took the short drive over to Wootton to catch up with Chris, Gill, Francesca and Abigail on the occasion of Chris’ 50th birthday party. As Mum and Lee are with us, we took them too. The party had been postponed from earlier in the year due to the murder next-door-but-one, of the family that …
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Now, that’s a shame
It looks like Club Diana, where we held Ann’s surprise 50th Birthday Party has called in the Administrators 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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Bank Holiday Weekend with Ian and Sharon – Arundel
Another fine day down here and we’re going to make the most of it and drive over to Arundel. Shops first, then the Castle! But not before we visited our fave posh ‘greasy spoon’ here: The Moat house in the town centre, and enjoyed a full-English brekky!!! Then it was a mooch round the …
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Bank Holiday Weekend with Ian and Sharon
Image by Steve Palmer (UK) via Flickr The day began early – earlier than planned – Neil rang to say that the M11 was closed in both directions, so we left around 7.30. Lee is cat-sitting for us and looking after the numerous ironing duties – thanks Lee! The plan was to drop into Mum’s, …
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Ann’s Surprise 50th Birthday Party
Thanks for being there everyone! We had a great time. Ann’s face on arrival, was a picture!!! After what seems like years of planning, Ann’s ‘day’ has finally arrived. The surprise… My thanks to a lot of people for helping me to make it happen… Eddie and Michelle at Club Diana for helping me plan …
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