Monthly Archives: July 2007

Today was George & Susan’s day for going to Ercan. We had agreed that the way to do it was for me to drive them there, bring the car back and then on the 8th, take and leave the car for them to collect on the 15th. Then they would come and collect us on … Continue reading »

News day again, but first a bulletin from Pat & Bryan, who left at 3.30 a.m. this morning to get the 6.45a.m. CTA flight to Manchester. At 8.15 we received a text message, which read “bring bacon butties and blankets we are freezing here at the airport”. After further delays they finally boarded at 9.15 … Continue reading »

The good news is that Anne managed to get a seat on our Pegasus flight on the 8th, so she gets a lift to the airport this end and as Jeff is in Chatham and we are going to the Romney Marshes, she can have a lift in our hire car at the other end. … Continue reading »

Start of the mass exodus time and sad news day. Many of the Layabouts went down to LDs as usual this evening and it will be the last time for a few weeks. They are all going over to Turkey for a much earned rest and will not be opening again for about three weeks. … Continue reading »

Big headline in today’s English newspaper. “LAPTA POWER FIASCO”. The crippling all day cuts are to last another month. This is apparently due to the installation of a back up system being installed at the transformer station, as part of upgrading work. All part of the new scheme which ultimately will reduce power cuts for … Continue reading »

Peace and Freedom Day. The 33rd anniversary of the day of the Turkish intervention. The whole gang had rebooked for another boat trip whilst we were on the Sandy organised one last week. Anne had some of her family over so we were accompanied by two little boys who thoroughly enjoyed the day. The whole … Continue reading »

Early morning start for Joan and I today. We had to be in Nicosia at the Immigration offices by 8 a.m.. We have applied now for permaent residency, so that we do not have to go through the rigmarole every year of renewing, this is possible after you have five residency stamps in your passport … Continue reading »

Sandy and John have their son and his fiancǸ over on holiday at the moment. Today is fiancǸ, Christine’s, birthday, so Sandy had organised an evening boat trip out of Girne Old Harbour for many of us, at Christine’s own request. As always we all had an absolutely superb time, which on this occassion started … Continue reading »

Another quite early start and then Joan had to go out to arrange some furniture deliveries, so Stewart and I treated ourselves to ham and eggs around 11 a.m. After that it was settle down and read today’s newspaper time. Another example of the Greek Cypriot attitude problem. Luton Town football club had come over … Continue reading »

For a number of weeks now, Barbara and Stewart, our next door neighbours, have been looking after some very small kittens on behalf of the Kyrenia Animal Rescue centre. Barbara does this from time to time when they have a space problem and especially when there is no mother to wean the kittens. These have … Continue reading »