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Remembering 2011...
Remembering 2011
Pangbourne walk, The King's Speech, Russian New Year, Matthew Bourne's Cinderella, Fat Duck taster menu, Burns Night, Nirvana Spa, The Glasshouse, True Grit, Paul, Calke Abbey, Carmen 3D, Henley walk, The unbelievable truth, Sanctuary spa, Classic FM live, Cake, Eastend geekend, Sydney, Sydnety Harbour Bridge Climb, Balletboyz, ( Read more... ) -
Since May I've read ...
It's been a good year for reading. My aim to read consecutively through British history has taken me upto Ricard III. However in recent months I've been a little side tracked by some good recommendations from if0x. Since May I've read (non-fiction in blue) ...
Alison WeirKatherine Swynford: John of Gaunt and his scandalous mistressVariousThe Hereford ( Read more... ) -
Recipe recommendation ...
I made this recipe for curried roast parsnip soup yesterday ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/curriedroastparsnips_84173
... and it was bloody delicious. Got to admit I didn't bother with the vegetable crisps (too time consuming) but just the main body of the soup was scrumptious. Boy concurred.
We scoffed it down whilst continuing our House ( Read more... ) -
Garden success
The gardening guys worked wonders in the back garden, I'm very pleased ( Read more... ) -
Game of Thrones - spoiler free
Had a lovely evening around at ReadingS's, eating, drinking and watching telly. She made a delicious weightwatchers sausages and balsamic roasted vegetables meal, filling and very tasty. Then we settled in the for the latest two episodes of Game of Thrones.
I'm really enjoying this adaptation. The whole thing has been brilliantly cast and the ( Read more... ) -
Birthday weekend
Birthday weekend started on Saturday morning with a nightmare on the trains, severe signalling problems near Reading. Once we finally made it into London we ducked into an Italian restaurant for a quick tasty lunch. Then we dashed around the corner to the Wyndham's Theatre in time for the bell to take our seats ( Read more... ) -
Books, glorious books ....
Reading list for this year to date, non-fiction in blue:
TacitiusThe annals of Imperial RomeAsserThe life of Alfred the GreatMichael WoodIn Search of the Dark AgesNeal StephensenSnow CrashTom HollandMilleniumC J SansomHeartstoneKaren ArmstrongMuhammedMichael CookKoran: A very short introductionChristopher BrookeFrom Alfred to Henry III 871-1272 ( Read more... ) -
I'm seriously failing at posting ...
Since my last post I've ....
Spent two weeks in Oz visiting my brother and family with side trips for hiking and wine tasting
Had a sf weekend with friends overdosing on True Blood
Seen the Balletboyz at Sadler's Wells
Read 21 books
Had a long weekend in Bath
Celebrated my anniversary with new!boy at the Fat Duck
Had a girls weekend away with my old Uni ( Read more... ) -
Amazon Fail
Amazon, in their infinite wisdom, have decided to remove the "Rate this item" box from their product pages. I queried them and they replied ...
"You are no longer able to "Rate This Item" but instead you can write a review about a product.
To write a customer review you must have used this account to complete a purchase of an item from Amazon.co.uk ( Read more... ) -
Favourite thing of the day ...
Favourite thing of the day ...
http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2010/10/vintage-posters-discovered-abandoned-london-tube-station/