I’m gradually building up my camera kit after ditching the Olympus E20p. This new flash gun from Canon is consdiered to be best in class
Double Celebration Blog
Off to Denis and Mae’s for the weekend to celebrate their Silver Wedding and Denis’ Birthday. A great party Saturday night, an overnight stay and a visit to the ‘Billingborough Arms’ for some top nosh for lunch on Sunday. (First use of the EOS20D. A little restricted without the higher power flash and the zoom …
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Camera Blog – 1
Started to piece together the bits and pieces needed to replace my ageing Olympus E20P Digital Camera. Looks like the best choice is going to be the Canon EOS 20D
Mother of all Blogs…
Ann picked Mum up today. She’s with us for a week or so…
Kittens in the Garden (2)
We let the kittens into the garden today – their second visit to the outside world! Boy, are they inquisitive? They’re far more adventurous that Mumsie and Bubsy and we’re sure they’ll be climbing the fence pretty soon! (which is worrying!!!)
Tong Thai – Thai restaurant
We checked out Tong Thai, (geddit?) a Thai restaurant, a few miles away. Everyone raves about it around here, but it’s taken us this long to get there… Excellent service, very efficient, very nice people and the best chilli beef I’ve ever had (new tongue please, phew!!) Price for two came to around 50 pounds …
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St Pancras problems…
Well, just when we thought life was returning to normal, some jerk causes a bomb scare at Luton, that as a result, caused a cancellation of ALL trains out of London, St Pancras! Where am I? Er…St Pancras. Bugger! Looks like another late night So, after hours of waiting, the announcement comes…”NO services out of …
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Kittens go exploring…
The kittens took their first steps into the garden today. Biscuit first, followed eventually by Bon Bon. Although Biscuit confined herself to the immediate area, Bon Bon surveyed the whole garden, and was in and out of the flowers and shrubs very quickly…
London on Alert!
What a stressful day today! Firstly, the train broke down and we all got turfed out at Luton. Then, as we approached London, there was news of explosions on the Tube system and a bomb on a bus. As the day progressed, things got much, much worse. More explosions, the Tube system shut down completely …
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Mazza Blog – The Return
Off to Mazza’s for the second time. On this occasion, it was a N.O.S.E.B.A.G. ‘do’ with our great neighbours, Jo, Janet, Tom, Julie, Paul, Karen, Rosi and David. They were certainly busy! – again! but the service was good, and although Julie’s main course wasn’t up to scratch they soon refunded the money and were …
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Ralph’s progress
We spent the weekend with Ralph and Karen. Ralph has made fantastic progress, since the diagnosis that he had throat cancer. The subsequent operation was a complete success. His only concern? That when they grafted part of his arm onto his throat as part of the reconstruction surgery, he now has a hairy throat whilst …
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Biscuit and Bon-Bon Blog: 2 weeks on
Well, 2 weeks after picking up Bon Bon and Biscuit, we’re happy to report that they’re settling into their new home really quickly. They’re already very affectionate and enjoy each others’ company as well as their new owners’! We’re treated to a regular event at around 9.30 each night of ‘play-fighting’ where throats, legs and …
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Batman Blogs…
Off to see Batman Begins with Jo, Janet and Ann tonight A great film!
Speeding Blog
Bugger! Got caught by a fixed GATSO doing 55 in a 40! last week. I know because the paperwork came through today. My own fault really. I knew the camera was there…just a momentary lapse in concentration – and BANG! Interestingly the Notice of Intended Prosecution doesn’t give the option of paying the fine straightaway …
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Mazza Blog
We tried out the new Indian restaurant ‘Mazzas’ tonight. Service was, good food was excellent with a very unusual menu full of unique dishes that we’ve not seen anywhere else …and it was very VERY busy. They’ve done well, in the short time they’ve been open We’re planning a N.O.S.E.B.A.G. event there in a few …
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Italian @ West Kensington
Angela and I chilled out for a nice Italian meal just down the road from our clients in West Kensington. A great time! ..and a long day. Up at 4am…in bed by 11.45pm Eeek!!!! Getting up on Friday’s going to be difficult!!!!
Windsor PC Blog
Off to Sue and Max’s to attempt to fix their sick PC. Intermittent connection to the Internet plus one or two other irritations. Hope to instal new scanner too!
The Kittens arrive…
They’re here… Biscuit and Bon Bon – June 2005Got back from Janet and Nigel’s at around 1.45. As expected the kittens were very cautious at first, but after an hour or so of ‘casing the joint’, the seemed more relaxed. Janet and Jo came up for Dinner and we all spent ages kitten-watching. It’s always …
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Prep for Kittens…
We spent the day preparing the house (and ourselves) for the imminent arrival of the two kittens…
Sin City Blog
Went to see ‘Sin City’ last night with Jo (too scary for Ann!) ..maybe not-so-scary…but definitely violent! A stylish film shot mostly in black and white with colour splashes – strangely watchable and enjoyable too
Sith Blog
We went to see ‘Star Wars Episode III – Revenge of the Sith’ Fantastic special effects, but over-long, a poor script and wooden acting (sorry George!)
Lamb Blog
Off to our neighbours, Karen and Paul for a SUPERB Lamb Dinner. Rosi, David Rhiannon, Stefan and Debbie were also there – it was great to catch up with everybody – feels like we haven’t seen them for years!
Kitten Pics
Janet sent us through the latest pics of the kittens, Biscuit and Bon-Bon Ahh…
End of Project Blog
Well, we finally got to sign off the project today! Phew it was a toughy! I couldn’t have done without the team, Denise, Ian H, Ian McL and Dave! Thanks everyone!!! We all went for a meal at Market Harborough – Han, a Chinese restaurant Excellent food as always…
Lunch Blog
Mae and Denis visited us for lunch today. Good to see them both…
Holiday Blog – Day 7
Last full day at the hotel today… Last night’s ‘Sardinian Feast’ was exactly that! More suckling pigs than you could shake a Sardinian shepherd at! Decided to do more of the North-east coast today. Porto Rotundo (very nice), Golfo Aranci (yuk!, very run-down) Back to base for a final lounge round the pool, and then …
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Holiday Blog – Day 6
Our first meal in the Hotel last night was excellent. Proper food! ..and a really efficient waiter/waitress service too Looks like it’ll be a ‘scorcher’ today! It’s very warm already and it’s only 7.45. Nice breeze fortunately… Took a short drive to Porton Cervo – where the rich people keep their boats. Yes please!Nice! Traditional …
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Holiday Blog – Day 5
..and so, off to our second hotel, the ‘Hotel Rocce Sarde’ in San Pantaleo. Very exclusive, very private and the weather is very hot! How about this for a view from our room? More photographs here
Holiday Blog – Day 4
Back to Palau today – such a nice town. Started off with a cappucino to make postcard-writing marathon a little smoother! 🙂 We discovered a beautiul little ‘square’ with a picture-postcard view – ‘Porto Raphael’ More photographs here Finally finished ‘The Cracking Code Book’ by Simon Singh …excellent!
Holiday Blog – Day 3
Looks like it’s going to be a really hot day! We’re planning to do a trip round the islands today. Jumped on a ferry and took a look around The island ‘La Maddalena’ Today’s ‘room’ challenge is to attempt to get the hotel to change the bulb in the bathroom. Currently, this request is beyond …
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