Day 4 Breakfast was again about 7.0 with the coach leaving at about 8.30 to drive to the village of Carrick, on the River Shannon. There was one available toilet there so there was a long queue as we waited for the boat to take our trip on the river. Once on the boat we…
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Holiday in Ireland I
Day minus 1 Take Sam’s cat to cattery. Day 1 Friend picks me up and we go to pick up Sam and go to the coach park to be picked up by a coach at 2.0 a.m. We travel to Andover, Chieveley Services, Didcot Parkway station and Bicester to pick up more people having to…
Go to a “Hundred” match
A friend phoned one day and asked if I would go to a Hundred match with them. I asked if I could think about it – but was told they were booking now. I said yes on the grounds that it is supposed to be cricket – a nice quiet game where I could gently…
Four more jigsaws
I have recently done more jigsaws. The one above was lent by a friend but the others were all Christmas or birthday presents. They were all 1000 pieces but not very difficult, They each took about 2 weeks. So? Fun to do and just the thing for the very hot weather but I probably ought…
Get some new furniture
I decided that my old sofas were getting very old. The bed settee was 40 years old – I got it when I moved into my first house. Although it still felt quite firm the arms were very worn and it was very heavy to move. The other sofa I got when I moved into…
Visit Mottisfont to see the roses
A friend and I went to Mottisfont to see the roses in the gardens there. They are quite famous as there are a lot of the old-fashioned varieties, which only flower once a year. They flowered early this year as it was so warm in May. As my friend still works (supposedly part time!) and…
Family Gathering
The whole family gathered to celebrate (late) my brother’s 70th birthday and to meet his granddaughter, my newest great-niece. We met in Maidenhead as it was about half-way from the most distant outposts of the family and we had a meal together. These are not the best photos but are the fewest which include everyone….
Easter Morning (in Lego)
Created at the Good Friday children’s event, when no children were using the Lego. How many women went to the tomb? Depends which gospel you read. And I do know the crosses would not have been left up like this!
Three visits to the theatre in two weeks
And what is more two of those were to see poets – and poetry is not really “my thing”! Lemn Sissay was really amusing with anecdotes about his life and pretending he would sue anyone who used his poems in public! He performed 3 of his longer poems, one of which I thought was really…
Two memorial services and a wedding blessing
Not quite 4 weddings and a funeral! None of the people involved were people I was especially close to and I was only there because I had been roped in (or volunteered?) to help serve coffee and tea afterwards and then help clear up. For the 2 memorial services we had to “de-stain” the mugs…