Monthly Archives: May 2008

Saturday again, doesn’t time fly by and why do we keep ourselves so busy, sometimes so busy that I keep saying… Must update the website today and then something else happens to intervene. Overall it has been a good week, especially the news from the UK Doc, that the waterworks are all OK and have … Continue reading »

Tuesday night we had our regular boys night out at The Ravine. This was enjoyable because we have been sort of short handed for a little while for a variety of reasons, but it is good to catch up and take the mickey out of one another, all in good fun. This evening a gang … Continue reading »

Lets see what the newspaper chat is now that we have come back to TRNC. Main headlines is Amaranta Valley again. Builders lorries and bulldozers have blockaded the site, why, well according to the press one of the contracting companies has not been paid. The Amaranta Buyers Committee which should approve all payments says that … Continue reading »

Up at 6 a.m. and on the road before 8 o’clock because it is still hosing it down. In fact it rained heavily all the way to Stanstead, not very pleasent driving conditions. However we made it back with the hire car nice and early, managed to get long leg seats by doing so and … Continue reading »

Saturday already and our last day in UK this trip, so it was an easy day with some advance packing to see if all the stuff madam has bought will fit in the suitcases. Then in the evening we took our hosts out to The Star at St Mary’s on the Marsh for a super … Continue reading »

Some time ago Les bought this big Kawasaki motorbike and Jill is not a huge fan, so when we go over to visit there is always a trip planned. this evening Joan got all kitted out and away they went off on the fish & chip run. Jill and I being the sensible ones got … Continue reading »

This evening we had a BBQ at home which was very good and included some apare ribs whch we had spotted in Tesco supermarket the other day. Now Les & Jil have this guy they call foxy who comes along to their garden most evenings, quite late I might add, to see what has been … Continue reading »

Joan and I had fairly early appointmenst at the surgery this morning, the usual things such as the testing of the waters etc. Slightly worrying as they want to send mine away and I have to call next Tuesday. After that Joan and I went over to Canterbury as we needed to go in to … Continue reading »

We awoke this morning to grey overcast skies and it was b….. cold. So Joan and I made our appointments at the quacks for an MOT and as Wednesday was the earliest, I took the girls off too Ashford for some shopping. I was allowed to spend some time in the DIY shop which was … Continue reading »

Here we go again, out of bed at 4 a.m., quick shower, coffee and cornflakes then off to collect Steini & Sigga for the trip to the airport. Going through Girne at 5.30 on Sunday morning meant getting pulled over by the police for a driving licence check and to ask if I had been … Continue reading »