We headed down to Salisbury on the Thursday, stopping off at Figsbury Ring. A hill fort being grazed by cattle. From here you could see the spire of Salisbury Cathedral, and the planes landing at Sarum airfield. Lovely sunny day … Continue reading →
Rosemary and I were invited by Ravi for a meal at Clare College, Cambridge University, where Ravi is a Fellow. On the way to Ely we stopped of at the Emmaus shop which solid “preloved” furniture and goods, where we … Continue reading →
We went on a sailing holiday to Turkey with our friends Richard and Andrea. They own a boat which is harboured in Marmaris. They were already out there and we were to meet them at Fethiye. The flight was early … Continue reading →
Another lovely day after our Oxford day out. Today we visited Waddesdon Manor. It was heaving with people. We ate lunch in the Stables. There was a wait to be seated, difficultly in finding a table for the six of … Continue reading →
We met up with Norman, Valerie, Viv and Bill to see the Degas to Picasso: Creating Modernism in France exhibition at the Ashmolean. Lovely sunny day with lunch at the cafe in the crypt of the University Church of St Mary … Continue reading →
I had to update the default character set to utf8mb4 on my mysql server. I was getting quite a few submissions on my tomcat hosted systems with emojies like the 💩 symbol being inserted. These always failed with a database error. Reading up about … Continue reading →
Our second campervan trip was to Fforest Fields in Hundred House. This was the campsite where I had stayed when I learnt to paraglide at least seventeen years ago. The same family own the site, though they no longer teach … Continue reading →
Our VW T5 campervan conversion was completed earlier this year. Rosemary and I decided we wanted to travel more, and not be tied to hotels or tents. We decided on a small campervan which is as easy to drive as … Continue reading →
Last weekend the laptop, a many year old Dell E6520, decided it should update Windows 10 to the anniversary version (1607). There was much churning of wheels. The machine restarted and displayed a blue screen, with the wonderful words that an … Continue reading →
A Buzzard visited our garden, sitting on the fence between the paddock and the garden. As I approached, the bird flew off and sat on the fence further into the paddock. It then flew into the next door field. In … Continue reading →
We had a lovely weekend in Leicester staying with Valerie and Norman, along with Bill and Viv. The visit started off with a chainsaw massacre in the garden with a little bit of pruning. After this hard work, our thirsts were … Continue reading →
On Thursday I traveled to London to visit the Proud Gallery on King’s Road to see an exhibition of photographs of David Bowie. The gallery is a small gallery and had a selection of photographs of Bowie priced from a … Continue reading →
We had an invitation to see the New Year in with Richard, Andrea, Norman and Valerie. R and I travelled over, stopping off at Hatfield Forest for a soup lunch. The day was miserable, but still there were many out … Continue reading →
We treated ourselves to a Lidl Spanish Serrano Jamon for Christmas. I had always wanted one! The day came and I carved a thin slice. It was disgusting. So the Red Kites, Magpies, Crows & Jackdaws had an early Christmas present. … Continue reading →
The Berkshire Cambridge Society (BCS) 2016 Lunch was held at the Henley Business School. Members from both the Oxfordshire and Berkshire societies attended the lunchtime meal. The dinner was a buffet dinner, like the previous year, with very clever carved vegetable … Continue reading →