Monday 17 September 2012
Feeling anything but groovy
Full of something which may turn out to be a cold. On the plus side I've remembered the password for this (neglected) blog and can access it from my phone. There may be more activity...
Sunday 29 May 2011
Sunday 4 July 2010
Jolly Good Show!
Some complimentary tickets courtesy of the sponsor saw us heading off on the hottest Friday of the year to The Oval to watch Surrey play Somerset in this year's seemingly endless Twenty20 competition.
This was my first trip to the Oval and I couldn't say it looks lovely from the outside, though the Hobbs Gates bring to mind a different era.
Once inside it looked great - though smaller than I'd thought from seeing it on the TV!
And, of course, this must be the most famous gasometer in the country!
The ground filled up, the skies cleared making it less humid and we watched a good game - Wilf was more than happy as Surrey scored a much needed win.
In the slow bits - and believe it or not there were some - we watched the planes coming low over the ground on their way to Heathrow.
This was my first trip to the Oval and I couldn't say it looks lovely from the outside, though the Hobbs Gates bring to mind a different era.
Once inside it looked great - though smaller than I'd thought from seeing it on the TV!
And, of course, this must be the most famous gasometer in the country!
The ground filled up, the skies cleared making it less humid and we watched a good game - Wilf was more than happy as Surrey scored a much needed win.
In the slow bits - and believe it or not there were some - we watched the planes coming low over the ground on their way to Heathrow.
Monday 21 June 2010
Umm. Hello...
Well, I am still here. And shamefully I realise it's over 12 months since I last posted.
Still summer begins today, and what a glorious day it is to dust this blog off and start again! No photos today, but there's cricket to come in a couple of weeks and then a fortnight of lovely laziness in Westward Ho!
Still summer begins today, and what a glorious day it is to dust this blog off and start again! No photos today, but there's cricket to come in a couple of weeks and then a fortnight of lovely laziness in Westward Ho!
Tuesday 5 May 2009
Spring on the Western Front
The maddest of mad ideas - a day trip to Belgium!
We left home with a glimmer of light in the eastern sky and after breakfast in the tunnel were in Calais before 9.30am! A quick whizz round Carrefour and we had some munchies for lunch, and all those essentials that are so much better value in France. Another hour and we were on the outskirts of Ypres.
So different in the Springtime. What would have been a bleak place ten weeks ago, was now pretty and peaceful.
The daffodils were gone, but tulips and irises had taken their place.
All around was colour and softness
Too soon it was time to head back to Ypres for fantastic steak, salad and frites followed by pancakes - tell me, what is wrong with jam and cream?!
Tired (15,000 steps), wind and sun burned we headed back to Blighty - planning our next trip as we went.
We left home with a glimmer of light in the eastern sky and after breakfast in the tunnel were in Calais before 9.30am! A quick whizz round Carrefour and we had some munchies for lunch, and all those essentials that are so much better value in France. Another hour and we were on the outskirts of Ypres.
So different in the Springtime. What would have been a bleak place ten weeks ago, was now pretty and peaceful.
The daffodils were gone, but tulips and irises had taken their place.
All around was colour and softness
Too soon it was time to head back to Ypres for fantastic steak, salad and frites followed by pancakes - tell me, what is wrong with jam and cream?!
Tired (15,000 steps), wind and sun burned we headed back to Blighty - planning our next trip as we went.
Saturday 7 March 2009
Peace & Quiet on the Western Front
Four people, four days, 34 cemeteries and many thousands of graves.
Large cemeteries with thousands of graves
or small ones with only a handful - it's hard to say which are more moving.
Row after row of identical stones.
Graves of those who were decorated for their bravery
And graves of those whose punishment needed its own kind of bravery.
The Cross of Sacrifice with the downturned sword showing the battle is over.
And the Stone of Remembrance whose inscription says it all.
And still we've only scratched the surface - we've not even finished Ypres yet. Our journey of remembrance has some distance to go.
Large cemeteries with thousands of graves
or small ones with only a handful - it's hard to say which are more moving.
Row after row of identical stones.
Graves of those who were decorated for their bravery
And graves of those whose punishment needed its own kind of bravery.
The Cross of Sacrifice with the downturned sword showing the battle is over.
And the Stone of Remembrance whose inscription says it all.
And still we've only scratched the surface - we've not even finished Ypres yet. Our journey of remembrance has some distance to go.
Friday 13 February 2009
Spring Offensive
At long last I can feel the spring is coming! Waiting for the train this evening, it was light! The air was much milder, the sun was poking through - and my spirits lifted!
And we're off on a sortie next week - Wilf and me, Gladys and Ernie are off to Ypres to carry on with our battlefield tour. Dispatches to follow.
And we're off on a sortie next week - Wilf and me, Gladys and Ernie are off to Ypres to carry on with our battlefield tour. Dispatches to follow.
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