Struggling to find somewhere to pop in for a warming cup of hot chocolate and a snack lunch that wasn’t full of bored/irate/suicidal shopper on Saturday mid-afternoon we headed down Broughton Street. Ended up in a wee place called Pani Solinska that is a Polish (can’t you guess?) restaurant. Freshly…
Mr and Mrs Creosote
A weekend of busy-ness for us – including too much food, hence the post title and image… When I say too much food, I’m not sure that is poss… Anyway, Friday night was round and friends, thanks H+A for delicious meal and chat. Saturday afternoon found us getting all American…
Football clubs owe tax millions
Outrageous! My tax pounds are getting used to pay for footballers overinflated salaries. See the following article on the Beeb to see what I’m on about BBC NEWS | UK | Football clubs owe tax millions. In summary, basically football clubs get to pay salaries and player transfers before they…
I just noticed…
…that Torchwood is an anagram of Doctor Who!
Climbed Everest (well my bit)
Finished my 74 ascents of our stairs at work today in our charity effort to climb Everest. Not too late to donate!
Bute
Just back from a long weekend on the Isle of Bute celebrating a chums big birthday. Walking/Eating/Drinking/Chatting/Playing(Backgammon/Risk/Cranium/Guitar) We were staying in a Landmark Trust Property called Ascog House. Basically a 400+ year old place but with decent heating (mostly) and a well kitted out kitchen. Thanks to everyone else who…
Off to a flying start!
15 times up and down the stairs today in the office means I’m on track to do my 75 in a week – just realised I’m off on Friday so need to step up the pace to do it in 4 days! It’s never too late to donate.
Some web is better than none (only just…)
Having no internet at home on Friday and Saturday was odd. We are so used to just being able to check email, backgammon games, weather website, etc… We had a fault on our BT line (we are on ADSL) that meant Lorraine’s phone wasn’t working and we had no internet…
Our pumpkins
Here they are, can you guess who did which one?
Ultimate geek pumpkin
I’ll post our pumpkin efforts here in a moment – once Lorraine has finished – but check this out for a proper geek pumpkin! Carving the Death Star. Wow!