Monthly Archives: August 2007

Yesterday was another TRNC holiday with military parades etc. The holiday is really only for government workers, banks etc so I went over to see some of our suppliers in Nicosia. I had forgotten about the road closure for the parades, so ended up having to drive miles around to get to the other side … Continue reading »

Today is our 27th Wedding anniversary so a day out on our own has been planned. We had decided to go over to the South and visit Governers Beach. For those of you who don’t know it this beach area is half way between Larnaca and Limassol and is a popular tourist spot. there are … Continue reading »

One in the eye for the Greek Cypriots. The Famagusta Municipality Folk Dance group represented Northern Cyprus at an International Folk Dance Festival held in Poland. The so called “Greek Cypriot Mayor Delegate” of Famagusta, wrote to the committee saying that the group should not be accepted by the Festival. The answer he got was, … Continue reading »

I know that it is actually one week later than this date, but this week it has been almost impossible to upload the pics on to the site. I have tried very early and very late as well as in between time and the average download time has been around 20 minutes per pic. You … Continue reading »

Started to pick up on all the mail that was sitting in our in box and after eliminating 684 items of rubbish we were ale to get a look at some of the sensible ones. One that struck me as being very sensible for all us owners out here is attached as follows:- Please email … Continue reading »

Up very early this morning so that we could leave at 6.30 a.m. This because the weather was still bad and we were not sure how long it was going to take to drive down to Stanstead. As it happens we had a reasnable journey and we got the hire car back at 9.30 a.m., … Continue reading »

Last day in the UK for this trip. Bill proposed a trip out to the Wensleydale cheese factory to watch cheese making and of course to buy a few samples to take back with us. The factory is situated in the village of Hawes, so we just had to take a walk down Hawes High … Continue reading »

Joan and I went off for a day in York all by ourselves. This allowed Bill and Margaret to get on with some of their own personal things and us some extra time to visit some things we missed on Saturday. First we went to York Minster again because Joan had not been inside at … Continue reading »

Oh boy, is it raining today. As it was Sunday, Bill, Margaret and Joan went off to church, leaving me to try to pick up on one of the wireless internet connections from the area. But no such luck, signal too weak or the only one that had a decent signal had password protection. Never … Continue reading »

It didn’t look too clever this morning, sort of overcast and promising of rain, but didn’t stop this little fellow coming along to say where’s my breakfast. Bill and Margaret curse them, because they spend lots of time scampering around and digging holes in the lawn, but they are nice to see when you are … Continue reading »