Monthly Archives: August 2008

Last day of another month and still we swelter in high humidity. It seems to have been more prolonged this year, or is it just the old age catching up. There I am complaining and yet next month we are going to UK, where I am sure it will be cold and wet and then … Continue reading »

Wedding anniversary day for Joan and I, so as per tradition we went for a boat trip, with lots of friends. Amongst these are of course the four grandchildren of Anne and Jeff, who are still here on holiday. Before any good boat trip you have to have “Pirate Stories” because you can’t set sail … Continue reading »

Joan went down town to get an MOT on her car, which is needed every three years here. I did Roger’s car last month, because he was in UK, cost 42 YTL. Joan just paid 150YTL, based on the new tax charges introduced this month and the fact that she has a Suzuki Jeep, which … Continue reading »

This evening , Joan and I went to Ercan to collect Barbara after her five weeks in UK. She seemed very glad to be home again and for sure her cat Dusty was very pleased to see her. On Wedneday we will be doing the run all over again as we collect Bryan and Pat, … Continue reading »

Sunday has been dedicated to some general house maintenance. We have had a few settlement cracks appear in some of the downstairs walls after all the work we had done last year. Just hairline cracks in the plaster work, but needing a finger of polyfilla, which dries in about 30 minutes maximum, and can then … Continue reading »

This evening a group of us went to see a performance by the Dance of Cyprus at Girne Castle. This was a performance by a team of professional dancers, enacting an interpretation of drug abuse and addicition using various styles od dance. Before the performance proper we were entertained by the childrens group, who are … Continue reading »

Yesterday evening, because Joan and I did not really feel like cooking anything, we went to a new Bistro which has opened up on the main road in Alsancak. It is a sort of combination between an Italian delicatessen during the day and a restaurant in the evenings, called Guido’s. Have to say that it … Continue reading »

Today is a very sad day in our lives. At midday today we attended the funeral of a wonderful man, Jeff Lloyd, who died at Cyprus Life hospital early on Tuesday morning. Joan and I have known Jeff (thats him third from the left in the stripped job) and his wife Ann since they had … Continue reading »

On 14th August I posted a special for all you moon watchers. Now I feel a chump for not checking out the information as it seems that this is a sort of regular hoax. I have recieved two e-mails telling me that I am a silly boy and that the following website tells me why.www.snopes.com/science/mars.asp

Oh boy is it very humid today and the pool thermometer is even showing 90 degress in old money, it’s lke swimming in bath water. We got up sort of early for a Sunday to tackle another section of our lantana hedge that has grown a bit wild. It took 4 hours to do the … Continue reading »