Well, not really! As far as Ann knew, we were going ‘somewhere’ for lunch – just the two of us. In reality, I’d booked The Pheasant at Keyston for 12.30 and the surprise for Ann was going to be 12 others joining us for lunch. So, when I planned it all those weeks ago, I …
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Category:Restaurant
Trip to The Pheasant
Ann and I decided to go to The Pheasant at Keyston to celebrate Ann’s new-found freedom! 🙂 Weather-wise, it wasn’t a particularly nice evening (it was raining again), but was good to mark the event!!! We arrived just before 7.30 and unusually, it was difficult to find a parking space! Strange! When we got inside, …
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Lui’s with the Neighbours
We joined Karen Paul, Debbie, Stefan, Rosi and David and headed for Lui’s in Kettering to celebrate in advance, Karen’s Birthday – we haven’t been there as a group since 13 May 2007 – and that was for Karen’s Birthday too! Julie and Tom couldn’t make it. We were a little early for our table …
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Meal with Mick and Jane
We met up with Mick and Jane for a meal at the Benefield Wheatsheaf in err… Upper Benefield. It was a nice location, perhaps a bit remote, but the interior and exterior looked good. The Bar was empty when we arrived and the bar-tender made us feel very welcome. Jane and Mick arrived slightly late …
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Family get-together
We set off for Mum’s quite early – 7.30am! – in order to get to hers for around 9.15 (our best journey for ages). She’s got some problems with her bank account and we’ve promised to take her into Bromley to get it sorted out. The mission to the Nationwide appeared to be successful, and …
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Catch-up with Ian and Mags
I drove over to Coventry tonight to meet up with Ian and Mags – it’s our normal get together/catch-up – the last time we all saw each other socially was at our Christmas ‘do’ on December 15th last year. We went to Aqua Food and Mood in Coventry. It’s a Lebanese Restaurant (that also does …
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Meal with David and Val
We went back to Edwards Restaurant tonight with David and Val for our regular monthly meal. For the past few, we’ve been eating-in together, so it was nice to see Edwards again as the food is always superb – especially the chips (which I’ve given up for Lent!) We left a little earlier than normal …
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Visit to London
I took the early train to London with Ann this morning. I met up with Anthony from A2O to discuss display stands for the OCA (err, that’s enough abbreviations!). We kicked off early and were finished by 11.15. I then jumped on the Tube and headed for London Bridge to meet Keith from the OCA – …
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Roy and Susan’s for the weekend
We drove over to Roy and Susan’s Saturday afternoon. It was Roy’s birthday yesterday and we’d been invited to theirs to help him celebrate! We stopped of in Huntingdon on the way through and picked up a new cat-carrier. We were a little too early for Roy and Susan’s so we remained in the car-park …
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Angela’s 60th
Although it was a few weeks ago, some of ‘the old team’ met up in London today to celebrate Angela’s Birthday. We all planned to meet at the Thistle Hotel, Lancaster Gate for a few drinks before heading off for Halepi’s, the Greek restaurant opposite. We used to frequent this restaurant quite often when we …
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Mazza’s with Jo and Janet
We met up with Jo and Janet and headed off to Mazza’s. We haven’t been there since May 2008 – we’ve missed their excellent curries! When we arrived around 7.30, the place was moderately busy. By 8.30 the place was heaving! If there is a recession on, then someone forgot to tell the good folk …
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Meal with Mick and Jane
We met up with Mike/Mick and Jane at The Montagu Arms in Barnwell. We haven’t seen them since June last year and it was good to catch-up. The food was, as always, excellent and the portion sizes enormous. The service was good too. Jane and Mick were a little late arriving as they had to …
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Met Steve Sillett for Lunch
Steve popped over and we went for lunch at Hobson’s Choice in Kettering. We had a lot of catching-up to do as we hadn’t seen each other for quite a few months. Steve’s gardening business is doing well although his consultancy business, (like mine), is a little quiet. Steve PalmerI got into blogging quite late …
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Meal for 6 in Worthing
We travelled down to Worthing today late morning on Saturday. The reason? Back in October, we went to a Charity-do for Foster Carers, something that Sharon’s involved with. Our table won the ‘we-come-round-to-yours-and-cook-a-full-meal’ prize. As it turned out, it was Sharon who was offering the prize and so we booked a night’s stop-over at Edwardian …
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Tech afternoon/Christmas Do
I drove over to Ian’s this afternoon to spend some time sorting out some techy issues on his PC. I then headed for The Lamport Swan as it’s our Christmas ‘do’. Ian gave Mags a lift and they arrived just after me. We eventually sat-down around 7.20. Mags hadn’t been there before whilst Ian and …
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Anniversary Weekend in Manchester – Saturday
We woke to a cold, wet day. We tried the hotel’s café for breakfast and it was pretty good. Banana and Honey smoothie, Danish pastries and pro-biotic yogurts rubbed shoulders with more traditional sausage and bacon baguettes and haddock and poached egg, toast and preserves. We had a bit of each! We then headed into …
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Meal with ‘The 5ive’
I travelled down to London to meet up with Angela, Antoinette, Philip and June at ‘The Grand’ restaurant in St Pancras Station today. It’s the first time I’d been there. before meeting the gang, I met-up with Philip to set-up his net-book for him. A nice piece of kit…I’m very tempted. Free wi-fi at St …
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Paul and Julie’s Birthday Bash
It’s that time of year again when we celebrate Paul and Julie’s Birthday’s. Ann wasn’t feeling too well, so I went on my own. Karen, Paul, Debbie, Stefan, Bobby, John, Trish, Tom and Julie – the usual crew all turned-out. It kicked off at Karen’s for drinks around 7.30, then we planned to take a …
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Chinese with Jo and Janet
We felt like celebrating! No reason really, but it’s pay-day, the car’s sorted, Janet’s on the mend and I had a good meeting at my favourite client’s! So we picked-up Jo and Janet and went off to Han, – we reckon it’s the best Chinese restaurant in Market Harborough, Northamptonshire, err… anywhere! They were packed-out …
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A good meal in Staverton
John M and I went to The CountryMan in Staverton village for lunch. The place was deserted when we got there, but soon filled up. The food was excellent. John had the Steak and Guinness pie and I had the chicken smothered in cheese and bacon. I’m not sure of the health-value especially with the …
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Meal with David and Val
We decided last time that on this occasion, we’d slum-it and have a take-away. We decided on Chinese and David did all the fetching and carrying. We’d agreed to watch ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’ on DVD as part of the get-together. We all enjoyed the film – it held our attention throughout and Matt Damon took …
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Meal with Paul and Sue
We met up with Paul and Sue in Rothwell for our normal quarterly get-together. We had decided to try out Franco’s, a new Italian Restaurant in the Rothwell House Hotel. The food was good, but the restaurant was almost empty – which was a shame! The waitress worked hard but there were some fundamentals that …
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Meal with David and Val
We’re off for our regular monthly-meal with David and Val tonight. It’s a return to the excellent Han, a Chinese Restaurant in Market Harborough. Coincidentally, we were there with them both around the same time last year! As usual, the meal was excellent and so was the service. We left around 9.30 getting home at …
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Ralph and Karen for lunch
We met up with Ralph and Karen for lunch. It was good to catch up with them both – it feels like we haven’t seen them for ages. They were heading back from Matlock, so we arranged to meet at The Chequers in Swinford for lunch. The food was good (We both had the Steak …
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Alison for lunch in Peterborough
I drove over the Peterborough today to meet Alison W. We used to occasionally work together when running management courses for Nokia in the UK. We reckon we haven’t seen each other for almost 10 years!!Alison is now working part-time and has two kids – Rhys and Bethan. We had lunch at John Lewis’ and although …
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Trip to Lincoln to see Bev
We took a drive to Lincoln today to meet up with Bev, who we haven’t seen for a while. We arrived at 12.30 – after a frustrating journey that diverted us via Oundle. After a brief introduction to ‘Smokey’, Bev’s rabbit we headed for the Wharf for lunch. Bev suggested we tried ‘The Ultimate Burger’ …
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Birthday Meal with Jo and Janet
It’s Jo’s birthday today! We went to The Old Bakehouse in Rothwell for our table at 7.15pm. I think this is the third or fourth time we’ve been there. Service was excellent (as normal) – and so was the food! We got through two bottles of red wine plus a bottle of sparkling water …
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Meal with Mags and Ian
We met up at Georgetown in Stratford-upon-Avon. I’d been round at Mags’ helping her set-up her new laptop in readiness for her six-weeks of work in India. I’d not heard of the restaurant before and the decision to go there was based on Ian discovering it was 3 meals for the price of two! It’s …
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Trip to Worthing
We drove to Worthing today too have lunch with Ian and Sharon and to attend a ‘charity do’ that they’re involved in. We didn’t visit Mum on the way through as she’s got some sort of bug and so have we. None of us wanted to share! We stopped off at Pease Pottage Services at …
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Meal with David and Val
We drove over to Wollaston tonight to the ‘Wollaston Inn’. A short journey of about 30 minutes got us there in plenty of time. It was an unusual setting with the Restaurant ‘bolted on’ to the side of the Pub. It looks as if the restaurant may once have been a Bank or something similar. …
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