Monthly Archives: September 2009

Got Joan to the Kyrenia Medical Centre this afternoon and yes they x-rayed and the doctor confirmed a broken rib. So now she has to sit up to sleep, no lifting, no driving etc for a number of weeks. Just have to get her back on her feet properly before we go over to UK … Continue reading »

Yesterday evening Joan and I went round for Anne’s BBQ evening, which she organised before her friends went back to UK this evening. I believe that the guys had been roped in as chefs for the evening and a great job they did too. We all had a very fine evening with lots of laughter, … Continue reading »

Yesterday evening the “Layabouts” had a few hangers on to contend with making it a total of nineteen of us to go out for our Thursday evening jaunt round the trough. Anne has got 6 extra in her place this week, all old friends from way back, so that swelled the numbers just a little, … Continue reading »

Yesterday we went on one of our favourite summer trips. A day out on a gullet. Anne has some friends staying for this week and wanted to fill in a day of their holiday with a boat trip on our favourite gullet, Sakki. Our regular captain is ill at the moment so we had a … Continue reading »

Well it stayed dry last night, but doesn’t look as if it is going to stay dry today. Black clouds all around and thunder rumbling over the mountains. I fact we heard later in the day that Nicosia had a tremendous rain storm resulting in some flooding. Clearly a day to sit around, finish the … Continue reading »

The much awaited Starfever show is tonight at The Mountain View hotel. We have had tickets for this show for some weeks now and were looking forward to it. The show is outdoors at the back of the hotel and it has been raining quite a bit during the day so heres hoping. A great … Continue reading »

We use 3G as our internet connection and last weekend we were almost 48 hours without any sort of connection. It appears that Turkcell had problems with signal strength in Lapta, Alsancak and Karsiyaka areas. Lets hope that this does not repeat in the coming holiday weekend. I went over to Nicosia this afternoon and … Continue reading »

Joan has been struggling with these headaches ever since we got back from Dubai and has been, at the request of the doctor, monitoring her blood pressure 3 times a day all week. She also had some blood tests done on Tuesday so today we had the results. Strange what you find out. All appears … Continue reading »

At last there may be light at the end of the tunnel. Greek Cypriot newspapers claim to have got hold of top secret documents that argue that the real obstacle to peace on the island is not Turkey but the Greek Cypriot Administration. Is this at last a crack in the propaganda wall that the … Continue reading »

Some keep on going from strength to strength, In this case it was clear that Guess I will never catch him up despite trying. He will always remain 4 years ahead of me. ‘>Bryan’s 75th was a date to be celebrated. Pat put on a lovely buffet meal and we all did our best to … Continue reading »