At last, my new car is here. It’s been worth the wait though!!! It’s a bright sunny day, probably the best day we’ve had for a while – perfect driving weather… I picked it up from the local Ford Dealership at 5pm. It’s got a great engine, lots of whistles and bells and it’s a …
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Doctor Who – Series 4, Episode 3
Just watched last night’s episode on Sky+. This was another really good episode with the excellent David Tennant as well as Catherine Tate once again demonstrating her confidence and competence as a serious actress. Apparently, David Tennant did his own stunts in this one too. A nice twist at the end and what about that …
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Neighbours – Italian style…
Jo, Janet, Debbie, Stefan, Rosie, David, Karen and Paul came round for one of our Italian Evenings. As always, the food was great! (Ann did most of the cooking and I just cleared-up the mess). Everyone was in really good spirits and the fact that we hadn’t all seen each other as a group for …
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Car Update
The Dealership confirmed the registration number today. Gone are the days when they were allocated a block of numbers and you got to choose. No choice, this is it!!! Still, it’ll have the personal plate on it in about three weeks!
Car Update
The car arrived at the Dealership today. They need a few days to get it ready and then add the body kit. If all goes to plan, I should be picking it up on Tuesday. 🙂
Car Update
Heard today that the car is on its way – should only be a week or so now!! :))
London Marathon
We spent most of the day in London to support our friend Karen who was running in the London Marathon. Ten years ago, at 40, she did it in 4 hours 20 minutes. Ten years later, she did it in 4 hours 10 minutes!!! The weather deteriorated. It started off OK but then there was …
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Doctor Who – Series 4, Episode 2
I really enjoyed this episode. A good solid script, fine acting and a chance for Catherine Tate to show that she’s a great actress. The CGI effects were outstanding and the pace of the story kept me on the edge of my seat. Some sad moments too – namely the Doctor declaring that he can …
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Swedish Blog
I’ve been in Sweden most of this week. I stayed at the snappily titled ‘Hotel Quality 11’ and it was grat in all respects. Nice view from the restaurant window too!!
Lunch with Roger, Jane and Oliver
We woke up to snow today – in April? – But it wasn’t much, just a dusting… About mid-morning, we set of R, J and O’s for lunch. Unusually we’re went out to the local pub – ‘The Sow and Pigs’. The pub was very busy, but Roger is obviously well-known there! The meal was …
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Clock this!
It’s been a wintry day here today, such a change from the last three days where it’s been quite warm. We thought we’d ignore the weather and so we finally got around to putting up the clock on the side of the house. We’ve had it for months, but the weather had been so bad …
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Meal with David and Val
Off to ‘Edwards’ tonight for our normal monthly meal with David and Val. Looking forward to their chips! (again!!) 🙂 Arghhh! When we got there, they informed us there were no chips! However, the rest of the meal was excellent! We got home about 11ish.
Car Update
I heard today that my shiny new Mondeo is on ‘gate-release’. That means that it’s built and waiting to be exported to the UK. Two-weeks to go then…
Car Update
Today’s the day when they begin building my Mondeo. If all goes smoothly, it should be about three weeks before I can take it home!
Curry and Cats…
I took the cats in for their six-weekly wash and brushup. Actually, it’s been longer than six and their coats were getting quite knotty. Ann picked them up in the afternoon – they looked great! Jo and Janet came up to us tonight for a curry evening. We had a great time catching-up on this-and-that. …
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Doctor Who – Series 4 Preview
Here we are then – the trailer that’s been showing only in cinemas…
Ashes to Ashes – Final Episode, Series 1
Well, the first series ended tonight. It’s too early to get any figures on how many watched it, but I guess it’ll be high – see below for an update on audience figures. It was a bit of anti-climax given that most of the papers had disclosed that a second series had been commissioned – …
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Easter Holiday – Day 3
Ann’s birthday today! ..when we woke up around 7am, it was snowing. I co-ordinated the family and we all clubbed together to her the top-of-the-range Tom-Tom portable sat-nav. Separately, I bought her a leather case and a docking station, so it can be charged outsde the car. Nicki C bought her a beautiful necklace. So …
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Easter Holiday – Day 2
Wow! We both had a really good night’s sleep. We woke late – 7am. There had been a light dusting of snow overnight, but nothing too serious. We headed down for breakfast. I went for the ‘full-English’ (or should that be full-Welsh?). The weather forecast is ‘sunny’, so we took a drive to Llandudno along …
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Easter Holiday – Day 1
After heavy snow, we decided to hang on and not rush out. The snow started to melt, and by the time we left, it had begun to melt. So, we packed up the car and left just after 10.30. Once we got on the road, the weather improved dramatically – in fact, it was a …
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Snow!
Woke up today to find it was snowing. I think that’s the first we’ve had in 2008. We’re of to Wales later. This’ll make the journey interesting!
Wall hanging – Ann’s Office
Finally, we located a suitable wall-hanging for the Office downstairs – we think it looks great! After many shopping trips we finally tracked this down on the ‘net. It was reasonably proced and a breeze to hang.
New Car – Official!
I heard today that Ford have allocated a chassis number for my car. Apparently, that’s a good sign and roughly speaking, the car should be with me in around three weeks! 🙂
Lee and Bertie return home
Lee and Bertie returned home today. They were all packed by 10am, and it’s fair to say that their car was ‘fully loaded’! We heard from them in the afternoon – around 2ish, so they’d had a good run back and managed to stop off in Tesco’s along the way. The house feels strangely empty …
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Meet Nicki in Stratford…
We left at around 7.45 to meet Nicki in Stratford. The weather looks cold and misty but that won’t stop us doing what we do best – shopping! We got to Stratford around 8.45 – Nicki arrived soon after. We parked up and had a mooch around the town. We stopped off at a couple …
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David and Val round for Lee and Bertie’s final meal
The tile sounds quite dramatic, but that’s not what was intended! 🙂 Lee and Bertie return to their caravan home on Sunday and we thought it would be nice to have David and Val round to dinner, so they could say good-bye (until January 2009). We decided to keep the food simple – It’s Friday …
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Birthday Blog – The Cats Three Years Old
Biscuit and Bon-Bon celebrated their third Birthday today. Whereas this time last year, we were saying that Biscuit is the more sociable-one, Bon-Bon is turning into a real ‘cutie’ and is becoming almost the same.. They still hate being bathed and now when we take them to the local beauty parlour for their six-weekly ‘service’, …
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Anti-Social Geek!
I spent most of today re-installing everything on the laptop. It all went pretty smoothly with only a few minor niggles. By 9pm it was all working fine and seemed to be faster too – but maybe that’s my imagination!!!
The Old Bakehouse
We went to The Old Bakehouse in Rothwell tonight for our normal monthly ‘eat-out’ with David and Val. It was SUPERB!!! Great food and great hospitality too – I definitely think we’ll be going back there again…
Today’s ‘Top-Techy-Tip’
I used the Laptop today at a client’s workshop – all was fine. By the time I got home and began to empty my bag, I noticed everything was a little damp and that included the laptop! Anyway, all seemed to be OK and then the hard disk started to make a clicking sound. The …
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