We drove up to Lincoln with Lee today to meet up with Denis, Bev, Roger, Jane and Oliver. – a sort of family get-together, mainly to give Oliver his birthday pressys and to sort out some residual finances as a result of Mae’s Will. We left around 9am and had a fast run north, even …
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Ian, Mags and Steve: Dinner in Stratford
I drove over to Stratford-upon-Avon to meet up with Ian and Margaret for our regular three-monthly get-together. We haven’t seen each since our visit to the Saxon Mill in November. I left here early afternoon, so I could get to Ian’s by 2.30 in order to finish resuscitating his laptop. That seemed to go well, …
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Yo! Sally
I met up with Sally B in Cambridge today. In a change to our normal haunt – Brown’s – I ventured into the unchartered territory of Yo! Sushi – me…?…raw fish..?, surely some mistake! Actually, it was a really good atmosphere – really buzzy – and the food? Well, it wasn’t all on my list …
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Han Job and DiCaprio
Image by Steve Palmer (UK) via Flickr Nick and Celina joined us for the weekend. In spite of the appalling weather and icy driving conditions during the day, by the evening, it was just raining as we drove over to our fave Chinese Restaurant – Han – in Market Harborough. We haven’t seen Nick and …
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The Saxon Mill
I took the short drive over to The Saxon Mill on the Coventry Road, near Warwick. It’s my three-monthly get-together with Ian and Mags – time for a catch-up on each others’ activities. It was also our ‘Christmas do’ the nearest we’ve scheduled it to Christmas for many years. Unusually, 🙂 I was first to …
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London bound
We met up with David and Val today and drove to Bedford station to catch the train for London – nothing wrong with Kettering station, just a lot cheaper from Bedford!!! We’re making a day of it, including a matinee performance of ‘Yes Prime Minister’ at 2.30 at The Gielgud Theatre and then a bite …
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Lunch with Steve S
It’s that time again, and it was my turn to drive over to Steve’s to catch-up with bits and pieces in his life. We last saw each other not-so-long-ago in August, and with both of us being so busy, we’ve done well to squeeze another get-together in before Christmas! We took the short walk from …
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The Shuckburgh Arms, Stoke Doyle – yum yum!
We’d all had very busy weeks, so it was great to be able to meet-up with D and V for a meal. This time, we chose The Shuckburgh Arms in Stoke Doyle near Oundle. David had had it recommended to him, so we thought we’d give it a try. On arrival, we noticed it was …
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Debbie Does… Kettering
Jo and Janet picked us up and we joined Debbie, Stefan and a load of the neighbours at Berardi’s in Kettering to celebrate Deb’s 50th. We’d not been there before, so we weren’t sure what to expect. It’s just opposite Sainsbury’s in the town, so parking was easy! As we entered the place, we could …
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Productive Meeting
I took the 9.57 train to London today to meet-up at St Pancras International with Peter and Isabel from The Old Croydonians’ Association. We met upstairs by the famous clock and the statue – ‘The Lovers’. For us to meet anywhere other than the school was a first for us, but the aim was …
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Lunch with Sally B
I met up with Sally at our normal haunt Brown’s in Cambridge – just before 12.30. The atrocious weather and frightening on-street car parking prices (50p for 15 minutes!!!) was more than made up for by the excellent service and quality of the food at Brown’s – that’s my starter on the left – …
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‘Han’ Restaurant with Ian, Mags and Alan
I drove over to Market Harborough to my fave Chinese restaurant ‘Han’ tonight. It’s the normal three-monthly catch-up with Ian and Mags. This time Alan, Ian’s friend came too, as he’s supporting Ian on his sponsored bike-ride from Land’s End-to-John-O’Groats this week and next. The table was booked for 7.30 and as usual, I was …
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Posh Houses and Foxton Locks
I took the train down to London today – Gloucester Road area to be more precise – to help out Val H with her computer. Wow! it’s posh round there! I counted THREE Bentleys and TWO Maseratis parked in the street between the Tube station and my five minute walk to Val’s flat – hmmmm …
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5ive go mad in London
Well, maybe not quite! I set off for London around 2ish and got into town around 3.30. After a quick walk to the Circle Line, I was soon at the Embankment, heading across Jubilee Bridge, heading for the South Bank. It was hot muggy day and perhaps as expected, the place was very busy with …
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“Ooh Arr, avast there, me hearties!”
With eye-patch and peg-leg firmly in place we joined David and Val on their new boat Osprey One today. It was a perfect day for it, plenty of sun and a pub-lunch destination in mind! Lee was able to join us too as her final piece of furniture arrived slightly earlier than expected and we …
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Lunch with Sally B (Not!)
Image by Steve Palmer (UK) via Flickr I was due to meet Sally B at Brown’s in Cambridge today for our three-monthly catch-up. But things didn’t quite work out. Lee (who’d rung to say she wasn’t feeling too well) had invited Mum down for lunch (as I was going to be out), and I agreed …
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Christmas meal with Ian and Mags
After a few attempts to try and get together, we finally managed it and met at Baraset Barn in Alveston near Stratford-upon-Avon for our 2009 Christmas Meal. It was great to catch-up and the restaurant did us proud. Great food and superb service, plus Mags knew the front-of-house manager too! I got home around 11.30 …
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Meal with Mick and Jane
We met up with Mick and Jane at the Benefield Wheatsheaf. Spookily, we saw them here last year back in April too, When we went there last year, the place was very quiet, but this time, the car-park was packed. Going through the entrance door to the Bar area, I was slightly disorientated as they’d …
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Saturday with Ian and Sharon
We drove down to Worthing to spend the day with Ian and Sharon. On the way there, we took a slight detour via Brighton to locate the premises of a new client, where I’m doing some work in a few weeks’ time. We got to theirs just after 10 and after a quick coffee or …
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Long Weekend in Harrogate – Sunday
Fuelled by the ‘Full-English’ breakfast, we set off in the direction of York. On the way there, we dropped into RHS’s property, Harlow Carr. This was disappointing, but perhaps that was down to the time of year and Spring being a bit late this year. Still, it gave us the perfect excuse to pop into …
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Long Weekend in Harrogate – Friday
We’re going to John and Delyth’s Wedding tomorrow in Leeds, so that’s a perfect excuse to make a weekend of it. We set off just before 10 and had a trouble-free journey until we got to Doncaster, where the traffic just stopped just a mile or so before junction 36. We decided to make a …
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Meal with Paul and Sue
We caught up with Paul and Sue at The Swan in Lamport tonight. I haven’t been there for a few years (when I met up with Ian and Mags for our Christmas do in December 2008) and Ann hasn’t for about 20 years when she and I last went there together! We left around 7.20 …
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Katrina and Sally for Lunch
Well, not literally 🙂 I drove over the Cambridge today to meet up with Katrina and Sally. I haven’t seen Katrina for, I think, around 5 years, and it was great to catch-up. It’s fair to say that K has a lot going on in her life at the moment (I’m not going to spell-out …
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Catch up with Karen and Ralph
We’d forgotten that it was Mothering Sunday coming up (well, we hadn’t actually, we did send flowers to the Mums!), but we couldn’t get a seat in a pub or restaurant anywhere half-way between R+K’s in Matlock and us for Sunday. So, we decided to simply bring the date forward and meet-up tonight. Ralph found …
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Meal with David and Val
It’s that time again and we’re off for a meal with David and Val. This time, we’re going to try out the Collyweston Slater in err, Collyweston. The table was booked for 8pm, so we left around 7.30 to give us a none-too-hurried journey there. On arrival, the bar area was already very busy and …
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Lunch with Steve S
I popped over to Oundle to meet up with Steve. We’d previously met just before Christmas, when, amongst other things, Steve was making plans for being father-of-the-bride for his daughter, Kelly, on Easter Saturday. I’ve lent him some books on speeches! We walked to The Ship, as normal, and as part of my giving-it-up-for-Lent thingy, …
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Stamford/Avatar (almost!)/Mazza’s
Stamford We took a drive over to Stamford for a few bits of shopping. Boy was it cold!!! We managed to get everything we were looking for, and Lee even picked-up a couple of ‘Frank Spencer’ style hats. Nice 🙂 Lee also bought us some silver ornamental cats. We were back by 2pm, with the …
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Let Them eat Cake….
I seem to have spent the whole week eating! One of the benefits (or curses, if you’re dieting) is that with Lee staying with us, I get a lunch-time meal too. Well, I managed to avoid that today because I drove down to South Mimms to meet-up with Simon H for a business catch-up and …
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Mazza’s
It would seem that the best Indian restaurant round here – Mazza’s – has started a delivery service!! 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 …
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Meal with David and Val
If it’s the weekend, it must be The Wheatsheaf at Titchmarsh! 🙂 …well, it feels like it, as we were there last Saturday too! This time, it’s our regular monthly meal out with David and Val and I reckon if they don’t change the menu soon, we’re in danger of having tried everything on it …
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