The Sarah McLachlan concert was amazing – much bet…

The Sarah McLachlan concert was amazing – much better than anything we’ve been to before, just hope it’s not too long until she returns. Even getting soaked in Birmingham didn’t spoil things. And the support act – Butterfly Boucher was great. Everyone ran down to the lobby at the interval to buy the CD, myself [...]

Did my act of kindness last week – woman stoped me…

Did my act of kindness last week – woman stoped me in Tescos & asked if I could help her with some oil. No not like that! For her car – she completely ignored what I said, and went for the cheapest, biggest pack they had. She knew that her oil light was on, but [...]

Went to Nottingham at the weekend, bit of early Ch…

Went to Nottingham at the weekend, bit of early Christmas shopping. Haven’t been there for a while – used to regularly just jump on a train from Lufbra while there. They now have trams! Although we went to the Park & Ride at the racecourse which just has busses
Mike’s away in Florida, having [...]

Been trying out the Netvigator wireless service in…

Been trying out the Netvigator wireless service in Reading. After a bit of a dismal start (turns out it doesn’t like talking to a Mac, needs a PC first to get it going), it flies along nicely. A lot cheaper & certainly more reliable than Orange GPRS! Haven’t actually managed to get ‘full’ signal, yet [...]

Got missus car MOT’d (only failed on the brakes wh…

Got missus car MOT’d (only failed on the brakes which we knew needed sorting) & then let her drive though all the wind & rain to her parents. Bit of ‘excitement’ at the M62 junction with Morley, but otherwise no problems. Went to see Mike & had good fun pestering the people of Chester Saturday, [...]