We drove to our favourite pub/restaurant – The Wheatsheaf at Titchmarsh – to meet up with Jane and Mick. It was our usual annual get-together – in fact we saw them on the 16th last year too! The meal I thought was great, as always – I had the ‘blade of beef’ whilst Ann had …
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Lunch with Sally B
My gorge-fest continues. At this rate, I’ll be classified under ‘excess baggage’ when we (err, ‘if’ – see yesterday’s blog) go away on holiday!!! Oooo, a flutter of snow in the air. I drove over to Cambridge to meet up with Sally B for lunch. We haven’t seen each other since June and it was …
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The 5ive get together for Christmas
My ‘eat-fest’ continues. I headed down to London for 12 o’clock to meet up with some of the ‘gang-of-5ive’, Well, actually there was only four of us this year. Antoinette, Angela, Philip and I met for coffee at ‘Les Pain Quotidien’ before trying out ‘des Pain’ just a few units along – a bad …
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The Power of a Pizza – 25 today…
Yes, today’s the day. Who would have thought that after a simple pizza in romantic Romford (December 14 1984), we’d be here, now, celebrating 25 years together? We’re off to The Wheatsheaf in Titchmarsh tonight to celebrate! The place was quite quiet when we arrived and we started off with a drink from the Bar. …
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Family Weekend
Saturday We started the weekend heading off to Roger, Jane and Oliver‘s. – and popped into see Anthony, one of Ann’s ex-JS colleagues on the way – he lives in Letchworth with his wife, Sue. We got to theirs about 2.45 after a couple of trips up-and-down their road trying to find the house. What …
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Lunch with Steve S
Steve popped round for our final get together this year – We last saw each other back in July. We ended up at Hobson’s Choice in Kettering, where we always go! – the food’s good and the staff are pretty attentive. It was empty when we first arrived but soon filled up. There were a …
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The Party Season Begins…
We drove over the Leicester to pick-up Ann’s 25th Anniversary present – jewellery!! However on impulse, we decided not to go back to Goldsmith’s where we’d seen some nice stuff last week – instead we dropped into George Tarratt just down the road from Ann’s office as they had a much better range (with some …
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Meal with David and Val
We returned to our fave Chinese restaurant – Han – in Market Harborough tonight. It was quite busy when we got there, but an hour later, it seemed that everyone (apart from us) was leaving at the same time! Still, it was a great experience and the food, as always was excellent! We skipped dessert …
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‘The Wheatsheaf’ with David and Val
We took a drive over to The Wheatsheaf at Titchmarsh, near Oundle, for our monthly dining-out experience. It was only our second visit (we’d tried it out back in July on recommendation, and the food and service then was excellent). David and Val had also visited there for lunch once before. The small bar area …
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Mazza’s
We’d both had a very busy and stressful week, so we decided to take a trip to our fave Indian restaurant, ‘Mazza’s‘ – we couldn’t believe we haven’t been there since January! When we arrived around 7.30, the place was packed, and remained much the same throughout the time we were there – another example …
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Because I’m Worth(ing) it…
We travelled down to Worthing to see Ian and Sharon. ‘Plan A’ was to attend the Foster Carers’ annual bash, but for some reason it had been cancelled and moved to early next year. Still, we already had Edwardian Dreams B and B booked, so we thought we’d make a weekend of it anyway. FridayWe …
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Meal with Mags and Ian
I drove over to Stratford and dropped into Ian’s beforehand to solve a few little niggles on the new Netbook he’d bought for (his) Ann. That went pretty well with email up-and-running and all their photographs transferred across without a hitch. Restaurant-wise, Mags had booked the imaginatively titled: ‘1 Shakespeare Street’ in Stratford. I think …
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Peter J’s 80th Birthday
I took a drive to Peter’s – we’re going out to The Chateau in Coombe Lane to celebrate his 80th (from a few weeks ago). It was Wendy’s idea to do it, and Isabel, Margaret and Pauline (from The Old Croydonians) were there too. It’s the first time we’ve got together a group like this …
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Dinner at ‘Thai Gardens’ with Paul and Sue
It was good to catch up with Paul and Sue tonight. Coincidentally, I’d also been doing some work for Sue at a clients today too! We haven’t been to Thai Gardens in Rothwell for ages. In the past, one of the disappointing things was that it was always difficult to get our table on time …
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Return to ‘The Pheasant’, Keyston
We took a return trip to our favourite restaurant, The Pheasant at Keyston to celebrate Ann’s last day of unemployment before she starts her new job on Monday. At the start of her ‘rest period’ we’d also eaten there. It was already busy when we arrived at 7.20…and it got busier! . After a glass …
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Short break: Portsmouth (Day 4)
I got up at 7 so I’d have time for a shower before heading up the road to get a ticket for the car that we couldn’t park near the hotel last night. Ooooo…I’ve noticed I’m a bit pink this morning after all that exposure to the good weather yesterday – they’ll be no chance …
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Short break: Portsmouth (Day 3)
I didn’t get up until 8am!! Looking out the window, the weather looks good at the moment although the forecast is cloudy. We plan to primarily use today to take photographs and try out our new camcorder. 9.00am. We got down to breakfast and found it a lot quieter than yesterday. The service was still …
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Short break: Portsmouth (Day 2)
6.30am. I was up with the sound of birds and the faint sound of a hovercraft! A bright blue sky outside suggests today might be a fine day weather-wise. 8.30am. Breakfast calls, so it’s a short walk across the road (!) and in through the back-door to the breakfast-room. It wasn’t a very big room, …
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Short break: Portsmouth (Day 1)
We’re off to Portsmouth for a few days. We left around 8.30 and popped into Central Garage on the way out to have a look at their used and new car stock as part of getting a car for Ann. After much discussion with Paul, we narrowed the selection down to possibly a new Fiesta…but …
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80th Birthday get-together for Denis
We both slept well at L and B’s, although Ann reckons there was a party going on nearby with live singers – I was vaguely aware but it didn’t interrupt me getting off to sleep. In fact, I slept right through to 7.30 (lazy bugger!). I had a quick shower and tucked into brioche and …
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Meal with Ian and Mags
I met Ian and Mags at Babe Blooz, Market Harborough tonight as part of our normal three-monthly catch-up. Because Ann is still between jobs (but that’ll change on the 10 August), she came along too! – Nice! We hadn’t been there for around 6 years and we were wondering what it would be like as …
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The Wheatsheaf at Titchmarsh
We decided to act on Steve S’s recommendation and try out The Wheatsheaf at Titchmarsh. We were seated promptly and the restaurant soon filled up. It’s obviously a popular place! We went for starters, mains with a cider each. The food was especially good, although the service was slightly sluggish. All-in-all it’s definitely worth another …
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Lunch with Steve S
I drove over to Oundle for lunch with Steve S. We normally catch-up every three months, but for one reason or another, we haven’t seen each other since January. We visited our normal haunt – The Swan Inn just on the outskirts of the town. The service, as always was excellent, and so was the …
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Cats in… Mum out…Jo & Janet up
Biscuit and Bon-Bon went in for their six-weekly service with Patsy today. We popped into Waitrose on the way back for a few bits for the picnic tomorrow. We took Mum down to The Star at Geddington for lunch. Once again the portions were massive and none of us could manage dessert nor coffee! The …
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No more ‘Lui’s’
We had it confirmed today – our fave Italian Restaurant in Kettering – Lui‘s has closed down!!! We’ll miss your excellent steaks! 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 …
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Party Party!
The neighbours came round for our ‘Italian Evening’. Tom and Julie; Jo and Janet; John and Trish; Stefan and Debbie; David and Rosi and Paul and Karen were all there. We hadn’t got together like this round here for quite a while! Ann had spent most of the week getting prepared for today by scouring …
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Brown’s for lunch
I met Sally B today at Brown’s in Cambridge for lunch. Because we’ve both been busy, we haven’t done this since September last year! It was great to catch-up and Sal is certainly enjoying her work at the moment. We chose to sit outside as the weather was so good, but an hour later it …
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Meal with David and Val
We went to The Old Bakehouse in Rothwell tonight. The service is always good and they’ve just updated the menu too! It was already busy when we arrived but the service was, as we expected, so we didn’t have to wait long for the menus. It was a warm evening but they’d thoughtfully opened the …
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Saturday at Nicki’s
I was up first at 7.15. Although I slept well, I seemed to be suffering from sort of sinus problem (which began earlier this week), so I was totally bunged-up. Nicki was up next, closely followed by Ann. It was a gorgeous day here and so we still planned to go to Windsor Castle. We …
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Chelsea Flower Show 2009
We went to the Show today. It’s been a few years since we last went, so we weren’t sure what to expect! All the omens were against us! Firstly, just as we parked at the station, the heavens opened – good job Ann packed an umbrella! Next, the train was late leaving Kettering because it …
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