Monthly Archives: January 2004

For some few weeks now, a friend of Richard’s has been planning a charity 60′s and 70′s night in aid of the SOS orphanages over in Famagusta. So with that in mind we gathered a number of friends together and borrowed the school bus and driver from Sunny Lane Primary and set off for a … Continue reading »

A busy week clearing up the debris from the storm and yes I went to the bank to talk to the insurance department. I think I got an answer that was a little like don’t call us we’ll call you. They were trying to say that the gazebo was not included when they assessed the … Continue reading »

The cold, windy and wet weather has remained with us during the last few days, but not as severe as that on Thursday. Yesterday we were able to clear up some of the mess from out in the road, but it went very cold early in the afternoon, in fact there is a light sprinkling … Continue reading »

What did I say yesterday about going down for some more roof tiles, well this is where the gazebo once stood. Today we had a total turn around in the weather, it has been blowing a hooley all morning and when I picked Joan up from school, I said lets hope that all the roof … Continue reading »

Today we got our latest water bill, for the period ending 31st December. At this time of the year we do not need to water the garden, there is little or no evaporation from the pool, so our total usage was 8 tons, this equated to a total cost of

We had managed to get some kippers for breakfast from Bell Foods so this was a real treat to look forward to. Also we had noticed that our little orange trees, planted only last April had produced fruit, amazing, only just over two feet high and three juicy oranges for fresh juice and with it  … Continue reading »

For some time now, Joan and I have been talking about getting a small car for her to give her a little more independence, to and from work etc. At the same time we have been conscious of the fact that all the extra mileage I have been doing is showing in the petrol consumption … Continue reading »

So what has been going on this last week, not a lot really, except that I have been talking to one or two hotels etc about links on the website, to give you more information, but this has identified more problems. Some of the websites that have been originally designed out here, are not doing … Continue reading »

Last Wednesday, when Joan and I were in Lardy Da’s having a spot of lunch, Derek received a phone call, that his 98 year old mother had died earlier in the day, he was pretty cut up about this news and they are all planning to go to UK next week for the funeral. So, … Continue reading »

Really a pretty uneventful week, just doing the things we need to such as shopping etc. We did however go out to The Polar Cafe  this evening. Richard had spotted their fish and chips advert in the local English newspaper, so we thought lets give it a go. Brilliant is the only thing we could … Continue reading »