Category:Holiday

Our existing colour Printers (The Epson 1200 and Epson 1290) are slowly deteriorating. The 1290 now refuses to print any photographs or labels without smudging. The 1200 just won’t print anything! So, it was off the eBuyer to look for some good deals. We settled on a Canon in the end. The Pixma iP5200. Wow! …
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Lee and Humberto are staying with us for a week or so… 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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We visited the Restaurant ‘Edwards’ in Crick with David and Val tonight. Superb food and a very friendly atmosphere! 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 …
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We stayed with Roger, Jane and Oliver for the weekend. I manged to fix the email problem Jane was having with their laptop. My, Oliver is growing! 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 …
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Mick and Jane came round for a late lunch. We haven’t seen them in quite a while! It was good to catch up, and we even managed to eat outside too! …will this Summer ever end? 🙂 Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well …
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Phew! It’s been hot here during the last three weeks. So much so that we decided to invest in a portable air con unit. We got ours from from Alaskan – a company based near Roger’s business. The unit arrived today. It was really easy to set up and you can even program it to …
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We were due to drive up to Lincoln and have a large gathering of the clan for lunch. Mae decided she wouldn’t be able to cope with the numbers, so Ann offered to do it all at ours! I then had to drive to Crewe for the Course I’m running on Monday… Phew!!! – Don’t …
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Our mega busy weekend begins… Off to ‘The Pheasant’ at Keystone with David and Val. A superb meal as always! 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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We 99.9% finished the single bedroom today – a beautiful combination of two yellows (on the walls) and eventually a green carpet, with complementary curtains and bedding. Went to ‘The Snooty Fox’ tonight for a Neighbours’ N.O.S.E.B.A.G. Things didn’t start off too well. Some of us couldn’t make it, but didn’t let me know and …
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So, we went to Market Rasen today with Nick and Celina. The weather was disappointing and although it didn’t rain, the temperature was much, much lower than of late. Not a great day for winning either! We bet on four races in total, and the first three produced no winnings at all. Our horse ‘You …
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Off to Nick and Celina’s today. But first, we plan to stop off at Peterborough for a spot of serious clothes shopping! We’re then stopping overnight with N and S as we’re all off to Market Rasen tomorrow for an afternoon of horse-racing! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my …
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Off to the caravan today. We had a good run, arriving around 10.45. A quick nibble and then off to Burnham Market for a mooch round. Mum stayed behind, not fancying the amount of browsing we were about to do! We’re eating in tonight and out tomorrow to Lee and Bertie’s caravan for lunch. On …
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Picked Mum up early this morning to spend a week with us next week. Round to Deb and Stefan’s to once again sample some excellent cuisine – Nice BBQed lamb!!! (amongst other great stuff) Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! …
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Met up with Ian and Mags for a meal at TGI Friday’s in Coventry. Cripes, was it busy or what? Food was OK-ish. The electronic ordering system was down and the Waiters were in a state of permanent panic. Cold chips and a warm salad – nice! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in …
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We took a visit to Holt today. We haven’t been there for a while. What a beautiful town! Back to the caravan for a Chinese and stayed overnight. We’re off to see Lee and Bertie tomorrow for lunch. They’ve bought a static caravan in Cromer as a temporary measure whilst they look for a more …
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Had a great weekend with Karen and Ralph. Visited Bicester Shopping Village for some serious shopping! Back to theirs for the rest of Saturday and most of Sunday. Ralph took me through his whizzy wireless multimedia system – excellent technology… Finished off with a short walk to the local pub ‘The Plough at Cadsden’ – …
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The new 20 inch widescreen monitor manufactured by BenQ arrived today from eBuyer. An excellent piece of kit with a very bright and sharp image. 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 …
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I’m spending most of this week re-installing software on the new PC. it’s all gone very smoothly except that i can’t get my Calendar to sync with Outlook 2003. tasks, Contacts, Notes and Files are fine, just Calendar. Looks like I’ll have to wipe the XDA and start again! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite …
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A gloriously hot day today. Probably the hottest day in Europe. It must have reached 23-24 degrees. We did more site-seeing today taking in the Parliament and Council buildings. We also looked around the Sisi Museum and the ‘Kings Apartments’. The famous horse stables was fully booked so we had to miss that out this …
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A great night’s sleep and up for breky around 9. Met up with Adrian for a coffee next door to the hotel. Adrian acted as tour guide and we got a good feel for the local area (and a superb ice cream parlour). We also found out how the tram system worked! Tonight we’re going …
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Neil reckons the PC overheated due an excess of cat fluff inside the PC itself. Major corruption on the hard disk, but it looks as though most of the REALLY important stuff was backed up by me anyway (phew!) Neil is going to reinstall XP and with any luck, I’ll pick it up on Easter …
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As I was feeling a bit rough, Ann picked up Mum for Easter. Brainwave! Drop off the dead PC at Mum’s and ask Neil to see if he can sus what’s wrong with it Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! …
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It looks as if the PC is very ill. Forced to buy a refurbished one. Chose Dell, based on past experiences 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 …
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Hhhhmmmm…a stressful week. My voice is no better plus one of the PCs in the office (the main one) crashed rather spectacularly. Now it won’t boot! 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 …
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We spent a large part of Saturday and Sunday tackling some of the bigger jobs around the garden. Trimming the Honeysuckle above the pergola, pressure washing the pathway out front and generally pruning the back garden. Also dumped the large PC monitor from PC ONE in favour of a sleek new widescreen LCD version courtesy …
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Met up with the orginal 5ive – that’s Carey, Antoinette, Angela and Philip – at ‘EV’, a sister restaurant to TAS near The Cut in London. It was great to catch up with everyone, as we haven’t done this for a while. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first …
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Gill, Chris, Denise and Steve came round tonight. It was great to see them all again – it’s been a while! Ann performed miracles in the kitchen, and we enjoyed a FANTASTIC meal!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! My …
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We spent the whole morning exploring the shops in Brighton – they were excellent! We also revisited the Royal Pavilion having not been there for over 15 years. It was in fine condition and it look like they’ve restored some new rooms upstairs. Lunch was at Momma Cherris – made famous by Gordon Ramsey’s visit …
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