Posted in Countryside, Friends, Travel on March 31, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Drove down to Somerset to see dear friends S & K, at their lovely new house. And to go to a lecture! A perfect day; I left Hereford in a right grump and feeling very unsettled and by the time I got to Somerset I was chilled out, calm and happy.
The acid test for visiting friends [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on December 21, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Referring back to Tempting Fate, a recent post, I found myself in the grip of my usual stress-malaise this morning. We were packing to leave for work, as we’re travelling straight down to dad’s after we pick up R - not going home again. R was clambering all over the assembled bags, hooting with excitement, [...]
Posted in Friends, Travel on November 25, 2007 | 2 Comments »
So this is not about the egregious peer-tracking site but about me and my friend C, who met up this weekend to go to the Bike Show at the NEC.
I had a wonderful day; it was not without it’s moments of bittersweet comedy; it was excellent to see him again.
I nearly bought a very expensive [...]
Posted in Friends, Travel on October 5, 2007 | 2 Comments »
What a charmed life I lead, the weekend was amazing and perfect in every respect!
We arrived after a 40 minute delay, but because the weekend was perfect we arrived at the hotel within 5 minutes of our stated arrival time and our hosts were there to greet us. Fiona and Colin and their two charming [...]
Posted in Travel on September 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Well, lovelies, we’re off to the ‘burgh and I will be out of commission for a couple or three days.
Mum has already started exclaiming about how much things are going to cost, as if she wasn’t planning to spend a gazillion quid on clothes in Harvey Nicks and Jenners.
She’s offered to pay for tea at [...]
Posted in Niceness, Travel on August 28, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Mother and I are heading up to Edinburgh at the end of September, to celebrate her Birthday and get in some tres serieux shopping for the Winter.
I have spent the last few days hunting up restaurants and fun things to do… of which, of course, there are loads.
I’ve booked us a champagne tea at the [...]
Posted in Family, Food, Friends, Travel on August 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Yon smaller brother gets hitched on t’weekend and we are REALLY looking forward to it!
I have both a hat of gargantuan proportions (which comes complete with penguin, raffia, ice sculpture, electrically illumimated windmill and a brace of Ziegfeld Girls) and a fascinator for evening wear wot I made m’self.
My dress is a symphony in pink, my [...]
Posted in Family, Travel on July 23, 2007 | No Comments »
.. looking at the new header pic makes me remember nice things about the holiday so it couldn’t have been all bad. And I did bring back a huge bottle of my favourite hierbas ibicencas which is a digestif liqueur made almost entirely of fennel with other herbs thrown in. It’s deliciosus.
Moving on, we had [...]
Posted in Travel on July 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »
So back from the Island of Lost Souls once again.
It was great to see the family. Hark at the ‘but’ coming, like a runaway train careering towards the hapless damsel pinioned to the tracks.
I shall not expand on this, except to say that Rowan had a splendiferous time, meeting his cousins, eating three dinners every [...]
Posted in Family, Travel, Weather on June 15, 2007 | No Comments »
So it would appear that this weekend we’re all due to be washed out to sea.
We’re supposed to be driving down to Sussex to see the parents. This is, according to the AA, A Bad Idea. The roads to Brighton are festooned along their length by rain warnings. The roof of the unit is currently [...]
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