Category:Holiday

Excellent! The Sat-Nav software arrived from those very helpful people at O2. It seems to do everything, including speed-camera locations and it also monitors congestion on the roads… 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 …
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My ‘XDA Stellar’ arrived today from O2. Wow! What a piece of kit!!! Everything that my XDA Executive was, but lighter, smaller, more storage space and it’s faster too! Not only that it’s got built in Sat-Nav too! Christmas has come early especially as O2 let me upgrade to it for nothing. See the full …
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I took a drive down to Camberley to meet up John C who went self-employed a couple of years back. Hard to believe that we hadn’t caught up with each other before now! John took me to lunch and I left around 1.45. I came back via the A34 – M40 – A43 rather than …
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We had Gill, Chris, Denise and Steve round for a Mexican evening. Lamb Chilli, Vegetarian Chilli, Fahijas, Mexican Stew, Cheese melted over Nachos. For dessert, we tried one of Ann’s new desserts – Pomegranete jelly. Everyone had a great time, although we were all falling asleep towards the end of the evening!! There was tons …
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I rose a little earlier this morning – 7.30, as we planned to leave by 10. We had a light breakfast, said our good-byes and were on the road just before 10. A quick-turn round once home as I had to then drive to Manchester in preparation for work tomorrow. Next year, I’ll ensure I …
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We slept in as we were wrecked! Up at 8.30 to a beautiful morning and the sound of screaming kids! Down to breakfast for 9.30 – a ‘full English’ – lovely! We then cleared up and headed for a brisk walk along the beach. A mammoth walk (by our standards) as we were out for …
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We popped in to Lee and Bertie’s on our way to the neighbours’ Children in Need weekend in Norfolk. This year (our first time), the theme is ‘Bollywood’. We arrived at L and B’s around 1.30, had a great lunch with them and generally chilled out. Just before we left, we handed over Lee’s birthday …
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We visited Paul and Sue in Rothwell for Dinner. Ann was flying back from Scotland, so it was a bit of a rush! Ann headed there from the A14, whilst i headed there from home.; We both arrived around the same time. We haven’t seen them since June, and it was good to catch up! …
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We had a short lie-in. Up and around at 8am! Blueberry pancakes for breakfast followed by a short walk in the pouring rain (but actually quite nice!) Then, a lazy morning catching up with music and newspapers – Perfect!!! Home-made chicken pie for lunch with pear and apricot crumble for afters…. Feet-up until Ralph and …
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Another lazy lie-in. Nice! Lee wasn’t feeling 100%, so Ann and I went exploring together. Weather-wise, it started warm, but got colder as the morning progressed. First stop, Saxmundham. A bit of a half-horse town. We parked in the Somerfield car-park and looked around the Church – St John’s – mentioned in the Doomsday Book. …
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We had a lazy lie in until 7.45! That’s unheard for us two! A quick look out of the window revealed a very wet day ahead. Maybe::: A civilised breakfast of cereals, toast and coffee set us up for the day. The weather brightened up considerably, so we decided to drive to Southwold. It’s a …
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We both slept very well. Sometimes a change of location does that for us. I think we might have slept for longer, but we were all a little concerned about the heating and whether it be working when we woke up – luckily it was! We were both up around 7.30 – which is a …
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We left around 10.45 heading for L and B’s to pick them up. It was a slow journey over there and we didn’t arrive until 1.30. A great lunch from Lee – Bacon and fried potatoes with cauliflower cheese. After coffee we tidied up and left around 3 o’clock heading for the holiday cottage. We …
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Drove up to Teesside today in preparation for running a Workshop for ‘SembCorp Utilities’ tomorrow. Wow! What a massive site – I needed a map to get to the training centre!! Stayed at the Premier Inn, Middlesborough South. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – …
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Met up Steve S for lunch in Oundle. His gardening maintenance venture seems to be taking off! 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 …
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A bit of a lie-in with both of not up until 7.30! We then had breakfast. Ann managed poached egg on toast, whilst I opted for the full-English! On Ian’s advice we took a drive to Petworth House – around a thirty minute drive from the Guest-House It was a grand place, hundreds of paintings …
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We left home at 7.30ish heading for Ian and Sharon’s in Worthing. We arrived around 11.30 after stopping off in the town for some bits and pieces of shopping. We had a coffee and a gossip and then headed off to Chichester. A lovely town. Even though I’m sure I must have been there as …
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I met up with Ian and Mags at Hellidon Lakes for our normal three-monthly catch-up. Great food, great company and a nice restaurant too! Got home around 10pm… 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 …
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As we expected, the weather turned out to be wet, so we had a small breakfast and small brunch and then headed home. A good journey back, but we certainly experienced plenty of rain! Good news about Janet. No more chemo! Looks like the cancer has been removed and Janet just has to learn to …
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We had a lie-in and then took a short drive into Cromer – our first visit. A typical sea-side town and very nice too. We took a walk to Cromer Pier – it was probably the warmest pier-visit we’ve ever done. Beautiful! A short mooch around the local shops and then back to L and …
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A bit of a technology day today… Spent some time at Julie’s sorting out a web-site she’s working on. Helped Mark manage his ‘free downloads’ that he’s currently editing. Will be chatting with Angela tonight about a problem she’s got with her online banking. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing …
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This is strange! I seem to be picking up an UNsecured NetGear wireless connection. This Blog is being written using it. It’s obviously a neighbour’s. At first, I thought it was coming from T and J’s house…but they’re away at the moment – strange! I must find out who it is and tell them… Steve …
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Well, after years and years of surviving without a laptop, I finally had to make the decision to buy one. It’s a Dell…but more importantly it’s a ‘sensibly priced’ Dell! :)) It comes with Vista Business on it – which’ll be very useful in helping me to understand how this new OS works. See the …
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11.00am – Thanks to two very helpful people at Dell – one a specialist hardware engineer and one a specialist in software – it looks like the problem is solved – see yesterday’s blog. I don’t think any of us are sure WHY the problem ocurred in the first place, but the consensus seems to …
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We went to Rosi and David’s ‘re-taking of their vows event at a local school. We got their about 5pm. It was great to see them both and it’s the first time all the neighbours have been together for ages. We cluibbed together and bought them some nice plates. A great ‘service’ – very relaxed.. …
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A crappy day weather-wise. Woke up to SOME sunshine, but it deteriorated rapidy to rain, rain and more rain! Then the sun came out! So, we had a lazy morning, reading and me catching up with various podcasts including the excellent WhoCast covering episode reviews of the recent series – series 3 – of Doctor …
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We both had a lie-in this morning. We then drove to the town of Ashbourne for a look round. It’s a lovely place with plenty of little independent shops. I treated Ann to six necklaces and we then stopped off in a olde-tea-shoppe for tea, coffee, scones and tea cakes – yummy! We then drove …
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Finished at my client in Daventry and then drove to Alton to meet Ann. We’re staying at ‘Alton Station’ – very ‘twee’. I arrived at around 6.15, briefly said hello/goodbye to Bev and then Ann and I went for a meal in the village – ‘The Bull’s Head’. Service was pathetically slow, but the food, …
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