Category:Holiday

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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Went to Bicester today for some retail therapy and to meet up with Nicki. An ‘interesting’ journey as the main road to Bicester was closed due to the British Grand Prix being held at Silverston. Spent a fortune though! I forced myself to buy NINE shirts and a jacket…and I think Ann did better than …
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We went over the Stratford upon Avon today as official photographers for Ian’s eldest daughter’s (Caroline’s) Wedding. She married Dermot in the town’s Registry Office and then off to Alveston Pastures Farm, Loxley for the Reception.A great day although the weather was very challenging from a photography point-of-view (it p***ed down on and off all …
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We drove over the Burghley House today to meet Nick & Celina. We spent most of the afternoon at Burghley. It’s certainly changed since we last looked round it in detail. They’ve added (amongst other things) ‘The Surprise Garden’, a kind of water based area with fountains and obelisks etc – nice! The entrance area …
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This is excellent! I borrowed-back my plug-in USB Freeview tuner from John M who I’d given it to because I couldn’t get it to work. However, since we had the new digital aerieal installed, it now works fine. I also managed to download some clever software that allows me to record TV Programmes to the …
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We invited Jo and Janet round for a late lunch. Janet goes into Hospital tomorrow for the second of her chemo treatments. She’ll be ‘in’ for three to four days. Fingers crossed! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong …
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Steve S popped over and we went out to lunch. He’s decided to supplement his income by doing garden maintenance. So far, it’s keeping him really busy!!! Nice one Steve… Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My lifelong love of …
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Off to the Dentist and to Denise’s in Bedford for a catch-up and lunch. 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 …
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We had a great run back to Ralph and Karen’s even though the weather was atrocious as we left Bath. We got back to theirs by around 12.30 and after a quick cuppa we were on out way back home at 1.30. We should be home by 3.30… Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late …
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We were up around 8 this morning. The weather looked a bit overcast, but that won’t affect our day too much as we’re off to the Spa at 11 for a number of treatments followed by two hours using the other Spa facilities. Wow! What an experience! The spa pool was great – really warm …
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We had a lay-in until 8.15! The ‘full-English’ breakfast went down a treat setting us up for day’s shopping! Mooched around Bath town and had a really productive day. Ann bought a lovely blue topaz ring and I managed to get my two aerial connectors for the radio aerial at home and a mid-length Barbour …
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