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Just wind (except for the rain)
Not many updates recently because we haven't been out and about much in the UK but I can do a couple of quickies just to bring things up to date.
We had enjoyed our early Norfolk trip quite a lot so decided that it would be nice to return to Hunstanton. I was having some repairs done to my central heating system on the morning of Sunday 28th, having been without heating or hot water which is an unattractive prospect as ...
Bloomin' Egyptian Geese
... appearance suggests and the food was better than expected too. Julie had liver, bacon, onions and mash which were quite tasty and I had lamb chops with mash that were also very good. There was a band on playing rock music who were competent but a bit pretentious, to the extent that much of the time it felt like they were giving you a lesson in music that you've missed. They did covers of Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Rolling Stones, Cream ...
Last week in Bucknall, Woodhall Spa
... dinner in the cafe Petersburg just next to the hotel last night. 2 lovely mains and a bottle of Aussie Shiraz was about $76. We went walking and found where the cruise terminal is and walked around the Kastellet(Fort) and the Amelienborg Palace and then the rain started so that put paid to the bike hire idea and we had to take shelter and bought another umbrella before heading back to our hotel. After a rest the weather cleared and we went up the street ...
Learning about Autism
We are in the last home in the Skegness area. Elizabeth and Mark are our hosts. It's their second marriage and due to early menopause, they adopted. Their son Wayne was 2 and they found out he had a brother also up for adoption. They ended up with both boys and both boys turned out to have autism. Wayne, the older, was not here when we arrived, they had finally gotten him into a "college" to help him become independent, he's 17. When we arrived, ...
4 Weeks in Bucknall, Woodhall Spa (Week 3)
... enjoyed the experience - an awesome atmosphere and the photos struggle to do it justice. Definitely worth a visit. By the way the old jail in the Castle was used for the jail scenes in Downton Abbey. Apparently The Cathedral was used in the Da Vinci code as Westminister Abbey Wet and cold we trudged down the hill looking for lunch. Found soup and roll in a pub 'the Witch and the Wardrobe' and the bonus was the 20/20 between NZ and Bangladesh ...