Category:Holiday

I’m posting this so that others needn’t go through the same steep learning curve as me, trying to sort out (deep breath!) ”Blogger posts’ visibility using a sub-domain, after a change of domain host”. I spent about 5 hours in all, trawling the net and ringing support-techies for the answer. Lucky I’m retired with nothing …
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Trish – where are you? We were due to pop round to our good friends Trish and John this evening for a meal. However, Ann’s boundless energy rebounded, after a particularly busy week at work, and so I did the socialising whilst Ann recharged her batteries at home. Tom and Julie were there, as were …
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A lot of my friends and colleagues have grown-up using PowerPoint for their presentations. Nothing wrong with that, but the trouble is, EVERYONE seems to use it for EVERY presentation these days! – and it can be hard to make yours stand out. I came across PowToon  this week, and it looks like fun – …
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Our recent holiday snaps are viewable at https://www.stevepalmer.com/myphotographs/summercruisenorway/index.html 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 perfect combination …
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Literally! 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 perfect combination to contribute a few words to the …
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OK, I’ve had the phone for only a week now, but it’s given me plenty of opportunity to give it a good work-out. O2 delivered the phone in record time – it was ordered at 3pm last Thursday, and it arrived 11am, the day after. Impressive!!! Here’s my impressions so far: Look and Feel – …
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Yummy! 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 perfect combination to contribute a few words to the …
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We picked up Jo & Janet and then headed of to Chris and Pete’s for lunch at theirs in Rushden. We haven’t seen them since our wedding – far too long!!!! The food was delicious (they’d really laid on a feast for us) and the conversation, deep, meaningful, frivolous and fun – before we knew …
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Today, we signed-off my latest web-site design for a new Theatre Group based in Bishop’s Stortford. Over the next few weeks, they’ll be all sorts of testing going on, just to ensure everything is working. There’s still a few hyperlinks to sort out, but we’re 99% there. https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=contexture+theatre Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late …
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Phew! All our main holiday snaps are now uploaded on my web-sitehttps://www.stevepalmer.com/pics.html 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 …
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After the statutory ‘big-breakfast’ in the hotel, we headed out to explore the local area today. Ann noticed that in the local theatre – The New Luxor – The Alan Parsons Project were playing live – a rare occurrence these days, and a real coincidence that we’re in the same country as his greatest hits …
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We all slept well in spite of our bed being wider than it was long! (I think I needed sat-nav to find the pillows!!! 🙂 On peering through the curtains, the weather looked a bit grey outside but at least there was no sign of snow. We took a look at TripAdvisor and decided to …
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We’re loving our room here at The Hilton, Rotterdam. All you could want plus more tech than I could shake a stick at! 🙂 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 …
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Ahh, that’s how train travel should be. Warm carriage, plenty of seats and free wi-fi. Hello Dutch Railways! 🙂   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 …
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Thursday was spent at sea which gave us plenty of time to conquer the re-packing of the suitcases! With that chore out of the way, we spent most of the day catching up on our reading. We ate in the Lido in the evening and that was a surprisingly good experience! Friday started as a …
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After yesterday at Sea, we all set for our visit to Da Nang today. It was another early start and we’d had breakfast and were leaving the Ship at 8.15. After a brief spell at Vietnamese Customs (three men crammed into a small makeshift construction), we headed for the bus pick-up point just around the …
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Everyone on the Ship was up early this morning as the much-anticipated trip to Saigon was the main attraction. Unfortunately, the ghost in the cabin upstairs kept us awake again last night (and the Ship’s crew still can’t trace the source of the noise), so we were shattered when we woke! If it happens again …
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