We were due to drive up to Lincoln and have a large gathering of the clan for lunch. Mae decided she wouldn’t be able to cope with the numbers, so Ann offered to do it all at ours! I then had to drive to Crewe for the Course I’m running on Monday… Phew!!! – Don’t …
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Busy Blog
Here we go then, on our mega-busy weekend… Me – Peterborough haircut, then home. Pick up cats take them to the Groomers Ann – Northampton shopping to get the food in for tomorrow’s big family get-together Both – Pick up cats from the Groomers Both – Planned to go Stratford-upon-Avon to see Merchant of Venice …
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Busy Weekend ahead…
Our mega busy weekend begins… Off to ‘The Pheasant’ at Keystone with David and Val. A superb meal as always!
Decorating Blog and Snooty Fox
We 99.9% finished the single bedroom today – a beautiful combination of two yellows (on the walls) and eventually a green carpet, with complementary curtains and bedding. Went to ‘The Snooty Fox’ tonight for a Neighbours’ N.O.S.E.B.A.G. Things didn’t start off too well. Some of us couldn’t make it, but didn’t let me know and …
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School Re-Union Blog
Attended the annual school re-union last night. Ninety plus ex-pupils attended – a great turnout! Popped in to see Andy McMillan on the way. Wow! Alexander has grown and it was good to meet Christine again too!
Day at the Races
So, we went to Market Rasen today with Nick and Celina. The weather was disappointing and although it didn’t rain, the temperature was much, much lower than of late. Not a great day for winning either! We bet on four races in total, and the first three produced no winnings at all. Our horse ‘You …
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Horse Blog with Nick and Celina
Off to Nick and Celina’s today. But first, we plan to stop off at Peterborough for a spot of serious clothes shopping! We’re then stopping overnight with N and S as we’re all off to Market Rasen tomorrow for an afternoon of horse-racing!
Short Break – Day Three
Cor, what a scorcher! Very, very hot today. We started off by visiting Norfolk Lavender and then went onto Holkham. Finally onto Welles and a postcard-perfect seaside town. Bright blue sky, a sea breeze and lots of ‘sea-sidey’ type shops – Fifty eight different types of bucket and spade sets plus an even greater selection …
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Short Break – Day Two
As planned, we took a drive to Holt today, where we bought some bits for the kitchen, some cool cat cards and some shorts, socks and tops for me. We also treated Mum to some toiletries and a toilet bag for her forthcoming Birthday. Popped into Lee and Bertie’s for a cracking lunch of home-made …
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Short Break – Day One
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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World Cup Blog
Round to Tom and Julie’s for a mega-BBQ and to watch the England match on their new 37 inch Plasma TV. Food was excellent, so was the TV… Pity about England’s performance. We won (1-0), but what a lack-lustre performance by our national side!
Prepare for Holiday
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)
TGI Blog
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!
World Cup Blog
Round to Rosi and David’s tonight to watch the England game and sample some fine cuisine! Excellent!!! (England won, but we were crap!)
Biscuit and Bon Bon – 1 year on…
It just doesn’t seem like the cats have been with us for a whole year. It’s passed really quickly. We’ve always felt that cats’ behaviour changes in LARGE steps rather than gradually. For instance, Bon Bon now rolls on her back quite regularly but up until a few week’s ago, that’s something that she would …
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Weekend Away – Holt
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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EV 5ive Blog
The 5ive went to EVs in The Cut tonight. It’s been a while since we, as the original 5ive, got together. Rick also joined us later in the evening – Brilliant!
Italian Blog
We spent most of the day in the garden, tidying up and pressure washing the patio. It’s really made a difference! Paul and Sue came round for a meal in the evening and the glorious weather meant we could sit outside and eat – perfect! Feels like Summer has finally arrived – which means it’ll …
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Weekend Away with Karen and Ralph
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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Lunch Blog
Met up with Dave B in Market Harborough for lunch (well, an ‘all day’ breakfast actually!). I haven’t seen him since the TfL project ended last year. He was this way on business for a few days. Loved his new car! (a Saab convertible).
Hammock Blog
We assembled the hammock today – excellent!
Montagu Arms with David and Val
Out with David and Val tonight to the Montagu Arms to sample their excellent menu!!! Picked up the repaired lawn mower today – all sorted and it only cost £30 to put it right!
Mower Man
Took the lawn mower to get it repaired today. Cripes, it won’t fit in the Mondeo boot either! Looks like it’ll have to go on the back seats. Should be fixed by Friday.
Lawn Mower
The new petrol lawn mower arrived! Hurrah!!! I quickly assembled it and filled it up with oil – that’s good! 👍 Err, …in the PETROL tank – that’s bad! 😟😟😟 Luckily, I found a local company to fix it. I’ll take it down there tomorrow as it’s too big to fit the boot in the …
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Clean Cats – Second Visit
Took the pussies back to the cat grooming place in Brigstock for their second wash-and-brush-up. See HERE for their first visit. Apparently they were quite aggressive whilst being washed and combed out (they hate it – that’s why WE don’t do it!)
Nicki…
Ann’s friend Nicki came to see us today. Great to see her, as always – and her chocolate brownies always get a great reception!
Karen’s 50th
We all got together at Lui’s in Montagu Street to celebrate Karen’s 50th birthday. Food was out of this world – Probably the BEST steak I’ve ever tasted! Rosi, David, Julie, Tom, Debbie and Stefan, Paul and Karen were there. We all went back to Karen and Paul’s afterwards for a few drinks. Good to …
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Monitor Blog
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.
Sorted! Blog
Wow! Got the car back yesterday! excellent news! They had carried out a really good job on the dent/scrape. Almost 1600 pound’s worth of damage was caused by the accident a week-or-so ago. Glad I wasn’t paying and thank heavens for ‘protected no-claims bonus’ too!!! Finally got everything working again on my XDA. Had to …
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A Stressful Friday!
The Jaguar should have been repaired by today…but it hasn’t been as they’re still waiting for parts. Hopefully it’ll be ready by Monday. Finally installed the last piece of software on the new PC – Phew! Still can’t get Calendar to sync with Outlook though! Bugger! We seem to be suffering from random power cuts. …
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