Antiques Roadshow
Friday, July 29th, 2011 Posted in DIARY, My Writing Life, The Other Side Of Me | 1 Comment »Yesterday I was in York for the Antiques Roadshow, held in the Museum Gardens. I had two interviews which seemed to go OK. The interviewers were great and all the team most helpful and obliging. Fortunately I had appointments otherwise ...
Cataloguing Books.
Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 Posted in BOOKS FROM MY BOOKSHELVES, Books, The Other Side Of Me | 4 Comments »I'm having a thoroughly enjoyable time. I've recently got some software that enables me to catalogue my books. It's great. What pleasure handling them again. The software can generate so much information about each book and revive my experiences with ...
Banishing the gloom.
Sunday, October 31st, 2010 Posted in My Writing Life, The Other Side Of Me | No Comments »Bit of a gloom today. Middlesbrough were beaten yesterday by the bottom club and so are firmly placed in the relegation zone of the Championship. Two years ago they were Premiership. So sad. Backroom mistakes? Who knows? Only those in ...
Weardale
Monday, September 27th, 2010 Posted in DIARY, The Other Side Of Me | No Comments »[caption id="attachment_625" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="Weardale Vista"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_626" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Durham Cathedral"][/caption] Hexham Abbey View from the cottage [caption id="attachment_623" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="Anothe view from the cottage"][/caption]
Holiday
Thursday, September 9th, 2010 Posted in DIARY, The Other Side Of Me | No Comments »I've been away so no blogs. Now back in the saddle. I've had a long weekend with my eldest daughter visiting her yougest son and his wife viewing the house they have just moved into in the Lancaster area. Apart from ...
Sticking My Neck Out — An Evening Meal (2)
Friday, August 6th, 2010 Posted in BOOKS FROM MY BOOKSHELVES, Books, DIARY, The Other Side Of Me | 2 Comments »I stuck my neck out but I've still got my head on ! Following my last Post (Aug 4th) the meal was a success, yes, but I was not pleased with the Sweet course. It did not turn out to my ...
Sticking My Neck Out – An Evening Meal.
Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 Posted in DIARY, The Other Side Of Me | 2 Comments »I'm sticking my neck out tomorrow (Thursday). Two friends coming to an evening meal and the menu I've planned I have never done before !! Will I face total disaster or huge success? Look a fool in front of my ...
Lost 15 miles from home — impossible?
Friday, July 30th, 2010 Posted in DIARY, The Other Side Of Me | 5 Comments »Has anybody else got lost only 15 miles from home? I did last weekend. All because of these silly diversion signs that lead you nowhere or suddenly disappear from the route you were diverted to. Road closed - I followed ...
Ferry Delight
Wednesday, July 14th, 2010 Posted in DIARY, The Other Side Of Me | No Comments »Ferry for Unst, Shetland 1977 [caption id="attachment_535" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Our ferry for Tiree arriving at Oban 2010"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_534" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The old and the new 1977 Scalloway Shetland "][/caption] I read an article about the delight of using ferries around the British ...
Weekend Visits
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 Posted in DIARY, The Other Side Of Me | 2 Comments »Had a great weekend. Saturday:Took a friend to lunch at the Buck Inn, Thornton Watlass between Masham and Bedale in North Yorkshire. Excellent meal in a friendly pub. Pretty village. Its cricket field is the village green ! Yes it's big ...