Category:Holiday

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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We tried out the ‘Royal Bento’ in Wellingborough with David and Val on their recommendation. Great food! 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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Kay and John came round for lunch. We decided we’d replicate a meal we’d had in South Africa when we were on holiday there. Butter-nut squash soup, Lamb with pureed vegetables, and some saucy, sweet desserts. Marvellous! Kay is off to India on business soon and John returns to Rhodesia in a fortnight’s time for …
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Ahh…the joys of trying to stay at the cutting edge of communication 🙂 Finally got all the software installed on my new 3g O2 XDA Executive, only to find that… 1. There’s no 3g coverage where I live2. There’s not likely to be in the near future3. O2 sent me the wrong SIM card so …
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Ann and I picked up Mum and met up with Neil, Debbie, Alfie and Frankie at ‘The Papadom’ in Bromley. Excellent food and it was good to catch up! Last time we all met there was almost 8 years ago!!! Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until …
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A witty poetry book for me and 12 red roses and 2 CDs for Ann (‘G4’ and ‘Friends of G4’) 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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Spent most of the day in London’s Baker St, at the Sherlock Holmes Hotel in a meeting with Stuart and Malcolm 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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We took the kittens down to the vets to have them spayed and ‘chip and pinned’ 🙂 Ouch! Shaved tummies and 4 stitches in each. Back in two weeks ot have the stitches removed. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late in life, not publishing my first post until 2004 – well into my 40s! …
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My back seems to be getting better, which is ironic considering I’m seeing the Physio today! Karen next door has offered to drive me down to the hospital – thanks Karen – which is just as well, as the Hospital has ‘revised’ the parking scheme in the hospital grounds and upon arrival it looked like …
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We visited ‘uShaka SeaWorld’ in Durban, to kill some time before heading to Durban Airport and then, onto a short internal flight to Johannesburg. UShaka was good, including a Dolphin show, a magnicient unerwater aquarium. We had lunch in a restaurant that was converted from an old ship – brilliant! Once we get to J’burg, …
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Found the local doctor yesterday (luckily just a five-minute drive away) as my back seemed to be getting worse. He gave me an injection of cortezone, which certainly did the trick (after some initial sweats and tingling in my arms and legs). We then had a great day, completely pain-free. We visited the massive ‘Gateway’ …
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Another superb six-course menu last night introduced in all its mouth-watering glory by Richard, head Chef and owner of the place. Looks like he had also invited a lot of local chefs to the event too! The food, as expected, was SUPERB! We plan to pick up their own cook-book on departure, today. We met …
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