26th May 2009

Tuesday after a Bank Holiday is always a bit of a downer....today was no exception...it bucketed down with rain all morning before clearing in the afternoon...we are going out for dinner tomorrow evening at the Bluebell, to celebrate Frank Sinclair's 66th birthday..it also happens to be the final of the Champions League...forgot about that when Frank planned the date...still, I hope we have a nice evening..fingers crossed

24th May 2009

we were in Lincoln for the week end...came back today..there must have been an accident at King Lynn between the roundabouts on the A149,,,we were all re-directed onto the A47 towards Norwich... it was very ho today, probably hottest day of the year so far..we're looking for rain tomorrow...Liz weeded the garden when we got home...

20 May 2009

Arrived back from Olu Deniz, Turkey, yesterday morning after a week away...excellent holiday..recommend it to everyone...very warm (around 30 deg) ..good for May...didn't like Gatwick Airport...there were no staff avialable to unload the aircraft on Monday evening...we thought we were going to miss our coach back to Norwich...but it turned out ok and we got to Norwich around 9.30 in the morning

8th May 2009

Today started dull, with a drop of rain, but now it's turned nice...a wee bit of a breeze but sunny and feeling warmer.
Our cases are almost packed and they are both well under our 20kg limit..so that's ok.
We might go out for a pint this evening to get in practice for the next week...I wonder what kind of drink we can get in Turkey..never been there before.

6th May 2009

Well, Chelsea found out tonight that it's not over till the fat lady sings. Barca scored the important goal in the 92nd minute and sickened all the blue fans. I hope Drogba gets done for his antics after the game and swearing at the tv camera.
It was another warm day, after being a bit cooler yesterday.
We're getting things together for our hols at the weekend...of to Olu Deniz until the 19th...looking forward to that..

4th May 2009

well, Bank Holiday Monday has arrived, it's a bit of an anti-climax. the weather is not the best, quite dull really. Liz did a washing. I cleaned the patio slabs with the power washer...first time in a few years...they came up not too bad.
Found a little starling in the garden, it obviously hadn't flown very far and probably stopped on the fence for a rest and had fallen in. It's mother was flying around looking for it and making a lot of noise. We tried to get it out so she could find it but what else could we do. We rang the RSPB and they put us on the the RSPCA . They said to leave it where it was, we said what if the cats found it. They said that's nature, and they weren't going to do anything.
Seems sad, but there it is.

3rd May 2009

This doesn't feel like a Bank Holiday weekend. I had a go at fizing my decking which was starting to feel it's age. I put it down 10 or 12 years ago.
Liz did some tidying up around the garden. We took a wander downtown and came home to watch the football on the telly. Liverpool had a good game but the 'Jambos' didn't do very well against the 'Gers. Then we went down to the quiz in the Bluebell. Steve and Karan were there as usual, but Jan and Paul were over as well, so that was a surprise. We hadn't seen them in a few weeks. The quiz was not very good last night and not very enjoyable, so we had a few pints and went home.

2nd May 2009

We went to Norwich showground so that Liz and our daughter, Suzie, could run, with thousand of others, in this years 'Race for Life', in aid of breast cancer research. The place was packed, the roads leading to the showground were chock-a-block, and it took us an hour and a bit to get there.
They did the 5 km (walking) in around 45 minutes. It was very warm out there.
when we left, it took us nearly 45 minutes to get out the ground. This is a photo of Liz and Suzie before the start.
We didn't go out in the evening.

1st May 2009

We did a fair bit of work today.. Liz painted the barbeque stand and the gate..I demolished some of our decking and hopefully will put it back together over the weekend...went to the finals night of the Monday night league..I was playing in the singles..our pairs got knocked out in the first round, unlucky...I got knocked out in the quarter finals, beaten by a super leaguer and the eventual winner, so, not to bad...we didn't win anything in the raffle either..