So, here we are in Cape Canaveral almost a day ahead of schedule due to some nifty seamanship by the Captain! In reality, we think they got the timings wrong in terms how long it would take to get us all through US Immigration (in our experience, they’re very, very, very fussy) AND fit in …
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Holiday: Cruise to America – Days 5 to 10: All at Sea
We said goodbye to land yesterday evening, and we are now at sea for six days. Next stop – Port Canaveral, on the east cast of America. So, now it’s just a question of keeping ourselves occupied on-board until we reach the USA next Thursday! DAY 5 – FRIDAY Up at 7.30… Breakfast in the …
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Holiday: Cruise to America – Day 4: The Azores
So, here we are in Ponta Delgado, some 700+ miles off the west coast of Portugal. We arrived around four hours earlier than planned due to a medical emergency on board a few days ago. It was obviously serious enough for the Ship to proceed at full tilt. The Ship actually docked around 1am and …
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Holiday: Cruise to America – Day 1, 2 and 3: All at Sea
The food in the restaurant last night was excellent and although our request for a ‘table for two’ got lost in the administration, we did end up on a table for (just) six – all of whom seemed ideal table-partners* (I HATE being sociable with strangers when I’m on holiday! – Ann is all I …
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Holiday: Cruise to America – Day 0: Arrival and Departure
So, here we are, it’s just before 7.45am and we’re all packed and ready to head off for our Cruise. This time, we’re travelling all the way to Southampton by public transort – and that’s a first for us. David was good enough to act as taxi-driver and took us to Kettering Station. It was …
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Return to Titchmarsh
With everything packed including the kitchen sink, in preparation for our holiday tomorrow, we took a drive over to Titchmarsh and the rather splendid Wheatsheaf Pub and Restaurant. Apart from the obvious attraction to great pub-grub, The main reason was to catch-up with Jane and Mick for the annual girlie-pressy-swap and a catchup with each …
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5ive do Pizza
It was down to London for me this afternoon, for my semi-regular meet-up with Trainers past-and-present, Angela, Antoinette, Carey, June, and Rick. Almost a full-house then with only Philip not being able to make it this time aorund. We call ourselves ‘The 5ive’, because there’s seven of us (yep, I know… and I’m supposed to …
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Film: Star Wars – The Force Awakens
Lucky me. Jo and Janet were going for a second time – and I was invited (I think I’m the last fan in the world to see it!) Even if you’re not a Star Wars fan, it’s defnitely worth going to see it. In short – BRILLIANT!
New Year’s Eve – 2015
This year, we stayed over at the Kettering Spa Hotel. Janet had helpfully done all the arranging, so all we needed to do was turn up! We arrived around 3pm, checked-in and (shock horror!), we used their Gym. Then it was back to the room, to get ready for tonight’s celebrations. The View from Room …
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John Lewis – Birmingham
Having retail in our DNA meant that a visit to the new John Lewis in Birmingham was too hard to resist. It took us a while to get round to it, but todayo was the day! A short drive to Rugby Station and then onwards to Birmingham New Street courtesy of Virgin Trains – and …
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Family Bond!
Having left Christmas behind at ours on the 27th (after a great day with Nicki), we headed off in the XKR, to spend a couple of very nice days with Roger, Jane and Oliver. We arrived just after 4.30 and spent the rest of the evening chilling-out – the big day was tomorrow, the 28th, …
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Doctor Who Christmas Special 2015 – The Husbands of River Song
The Who Christmas Specials, are by design, a different beast from their episodic counterparts. They have to be; The audience is probably family, rather than dedicated fans; and the storyline needs to be easily understandable to the majority, who are probably nursing a full stomach and packet of aspirin! I still recorded it and watched …
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Christmas 2015
Christmas EvePretty much a lazy day here. Lee was with us and we spent time catching up with missed TV programmes and looking out for bargains on the ‘net.Ann cooked a rather delicious Chicken and Chestnut pie yesterday and we made light work of it for lunch together with almost a whole bottle of a …
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Computer Coaching: Introduction to Windows 10
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: This has been the final class for 2015 with lessons resuming in February 2016.With the vast majority of the Class now having upgraded their laptops to Windows 10, today, we looked at the key features of this new OS. We also discussed the pros and cons of making the …
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Computer Coaching: Class of 2015 – Final Class
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: It’s the final class for the majority of the Learners today. Since March, we’ve covered a wide range of day-to-day computer operations and we finished today by looking at ‘online shopping’ before presenting their Certificates. The new ‘Monday Class’ will begin in February, 2016. Filed under: Delivery, Feedback, Salvation …
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Tablet Coaching: Core Apps and Browsers
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: In this final lesson of 2015, we continued our look at core apps for Tablets including the range of popular mobile browsers. Classes restart in February 2016. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer
Computer Class: Monday Class Success
Today, the first group of Learners completed their Programme. Well done (L to R, holding their certificates): Lin, Pam and Roger.
Salvation Army Carol Concert – 2015
As is customary at this time of year, we headed for The Citadel in town for our yearly pilgrimage to the 6.30pm performance of the SA’s Carol Concert. Normally, this would have been our FIRST opportunity to test our singing voices (scary!), but we’d also been to another a week-or-so ago in town, recommended by …
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Pre-Christmas Get-together with the Neighbours
Sometimes, all the signs are that it’s probably best to stay under the duvet. This morning was one of those times! We retrieved the Polo from five-days of ‘intensive care’ at the garage, only to find that after taking it for a spin, the exhaust system fault light re-appeared. Then, just as we were heading …
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Bathroom Makeover
We finally finished the Bathroom makeover today. Ceiling and skirting repainted, ‘Audrey Hepburn’ wallpaper, new loo seat, radiator reattached (thanks Phil!), new soap dispenser, loo brush and mirror rehung. We’re sorted! Posted using my Galaxy Note III
Test OLW – 003
Testing OLW from Laptop.
Test OLW – 002
Testing second post.
Test OLW Nightly Build – 001
This is a test of the nightly build of the new Open Live Writer, showing soime basic text (this line) and a photograph (below), and finally an emoji. I have been able to succesfully add two blogger accounts to #OLW. Example graphic Example emojis Thanks Guys! This is a great start!
Computer Coaching: Recap – Sending Attachments by eMail
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: Today we recapped how to send an attachment with an email. Filed under: Delivery, Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer
Our Anniversary 2015
It’s Sunday afternoon, 2pm and we’ve just arrived at The Crown, Stamford on the eve of our 4th (31st in ‘old money’) Anniversary. Ralph and Karen arrived just before us, and after Ann and I checked in to room 14 (with a great view across Stamford town)… The View from Room 14 . ..the …
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Computer Coaching: No Class
Auto cross-posted from my WordPress Blog: There was no Class today as I was away celebrating my Wedding Anniversary. Filed under: Salvation Army, Skills Development, Volunteer
Our First Carol Concert for 2015
Normally, our first Carol Concert in December is the Salvation Army event in town at The Citadel. Their event is next week, but it was ‘pipped at the post’ by this rather impressive celebration (that we only found out about earlier this year, courtesy of Valerie). David was good enough to chauffeur us there and …
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Bye-Bye WLW, hello OLW
I’m posting this, in case there are any other Windows Live Writer (WLW) users out there experiencing the same problem. On, or around 9th December, my version of WLW stopped working. I had the same problem back in May, when Mr Google faffed about with some security protocol which stopped WLW ‘talking’ to my Blogger …
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Lunch at The Hare
We caught up with Geoff, Rhonda, Paul and Sue at the Hare in Loddington today for lunch. We’d originally tried to get in this evening, but they were fully booked! It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas!🙂 Unfortunately, we had to rush off, after about an hour-or-so (as Ann was due at the Job …
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Christmas Begins
We’ve all got different triggers for when Christmas officially begins – is it when the Supermarkets start putting out their Christmas lines, your first Christmas lunch, the BBC Christmas ident is seen for the very first time, or when a bit of tinsel starts appearing on a website. For me, it’s when the Christmas TV …
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