Category Archives: General

Seasons Greetings

We wish past and future guests a merry Christmas. It was a quieter than usual 2010 for us mainly due to a very quiet Spring caused by a number of well documented reasons. In spite of this we have managed … Continue reading

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Rain, Rain, Rain!

Great day here yesterday, it rained all day. Got up around 4:30 and watched the end of the Cricket. Did a couple of hours work on the day job. Looked at all the snowy pictures on Facebook. Watched SIX episodes … Continue reading

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Easyjet baggage allowance

Apparently they have now stopped the 32 Kg in one bag trick that I mentioned here a few months ago…beware.

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Warning over holiday villa online booking scams

BBC news ran this article yesterday warning people to be careful when booking a property online. It is good advice and the industry really needs some regulation to give holiday renters some confidence that the holiday apartment or villa they … Continue reading

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Back from the UK

We’ve just been back to England for a long weekend mainly to celebrate Florrie’s, my Mum, 90th Birthday. What a great time we had, all the family had worked so hard preparing fantastic food. We stayed in a lovely B&B … Continue reading

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Web site a work of fiction?

Came across the website “I write like”   http://iwl.me/ the idea being you paste some text you’ve written and it “Checks which famous writer you write like with this statistical analysis tool, which analyzes your word choice and writing style … Continue reading

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World Cup Winners

I expect most people saw it, it was like watching any team managed by Sam Alardyce kick Arsenal around the pitch. Anyway the good guys won and Spain partied!

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Sizzling summer has started to fizzle.

After the no show of the Football team my mate John told me the Cricket team are unbeatable.  I watched them stutter yesterday and wondered if Fabio had given the team talk. All we need now is for the English … Continue reading

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Just go with the Flo

Went back to the UK through an ash window for a couple of days to collect my Mum for her annual visit. Had a good time but wow that traffic! Went to a pub in London to meet my daughters … Continue reading

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Booted Eagles

Saw an amazing sight this morning, nine Booted Eagles hovering over Stig’s favourite Rabbit patch. The air was still, not a sound. All wildlife that knew what was good for them were laying low.

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