Monday. Back at work. Damn.
Heck, it's only for a fortnight. I'll cope.
The weekend disappeared rather quickly. Saturday, I took Nat & Fox back to Lincoln and then called in at Reg's to wish her Happy Birthday.
Good to pick Jack up on the way home.
Yesterday, H popped into Lynn with her sister, so I took Jack to Denver Sluice and back along the river bank. We had both worked up a thirst, so headed for the Livvy on the way home.
All in all a good day.
This week sees me being on duty at 10pm tomorrow. That should make the rest of the week somewhat tiring.
H is heading to New York early on Friday which should be great fun for her.
More to follow!
Monday, July 30, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Hundred
Well nothing too adventurous going on since last post. We headed off the a large supermarket and stocked up on various stuff (alcohol included). Today we're doing the same. My poor car will be straining under the weight!
Yesterday morning, we paid a visit to mother's sister, who lives about 7 miles away. They only moved here about three weeks ago so are in a state of unpacking. Still quite a lot to do on their house too, but time is one thing that they have lots of!
The rest of the day was spent lounging in the sun interspersed with dips in the pool to cool down.
Yesterday morning, we paid a visit to mother's sister, who lives about 7 miles away. They only moved here about three weeks ago so are in a state of unpacking. Still quite a lot to do on their house too, but time is one thing that they have lots of!
The rest of the day was spent lounging in the sun interspersed with dips in the pool to cool down.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Sam's Town
So it got around till about 10.15 last night. Nat had been busy looking up riddles on t'interweb. She finished, put down the laptop and went to stroke Tessa, one of the dogs. Tessa had been asleep and was startled by Nat. She immediately snapped at what she thought was something maybe attacking her.
So Nat went down with her hands to her nose. We thought that Tessa has maybe just caught her. Then Natalie said that her nose was bleeding. G'ma became chief nurse and went for the nose with tissues. Whilst Natalie held these against her nose, G'ma shot off upstairs. On her return, she promptly stated that I wouldn't like what she was about to do. I asked what it was, "Aloe Vera" was the reply.
Now my mother has all good intentions at heart, but she does seem to latch on to any old "old wive's" remedy that someone might suggest to her. For the last five years or so it's been Witch Hazel. What Witch Hazel can't fix isn't worth fixing! Well it seems as though Witch Hazel has been knocked off it's pedestal by Aloe Vera.
After a liberal application, much to Nat's concern, she popped off into the kitchen to fetch something else. Enough was enough and I expressed my opinion on home-made remedies quite vocally.
I had a look at Nat's nose and what initially I though might have been a graze, turned out to be a rather nasty split on both sides of her nose. At least I can profess to have been professionally trained. Stitches needed. I asked Mr B senior where the nearest A & E was. His shrugged shoulders and my realisation that every single one of us had had a few glasses of wine put that idea to bed.
In the meantime Mme B happened to mention that she thought she had some steri-strips. Ah ha! At last something useful.
So Dr Tom went to work on the split nose. The bleeding had stopped, and after some careful cleaning and quite a bit of wincing from Nat, I managed to close the cut and hold it together on both sides of the nose.
So, pics!
Note how Natty was not so pleased at me taking the second one. I did say that she'd be glad of the photos later, even if she didn't appreciate them at the time. I think she swore at me!
So Nat went down with her hands to her nose. We thought that Tessa has maybe just caught her. Then Natalie said that her nose was bleeding. G'ma became chief nurse and went for the nose with tissues. Whilst Natalie held these against her nose, G'ma shot off upstairs. On her return, she promptly stated that I wouldn't like what she was about to do. I asked what it was, "Aloe Vera" was the reply.
Now my mother has all good intentions at heart, but she does seem to latch on to any old "old wive's" remedy that someone might suggest to her. For the last five years or so it's been Witch Hazel. What Witch Hazel can't fix isn't worth fixing! Well it seems as though Witch Hazel has been knocked off it's pedestal by Aloe Vera.
After a liberal application, much to Nat's concern, she popped off into the kitchen to fetch something else. Enough was enough and I expressed my opinion on home-made remedies quite vocally.
I had a look at Nat's nose and what initially I though might have been a graze, turned out to be a rather nasty split on both sides of her nose. At least I can profess to have been professionally trained. Stitches needed. I asked Mr B senior where the nearest A & E was. His shrugged shoulders and my realisation that every single one of us had had a few glasses of wine put that idea to bed.
In the meantime Mme B happened to mention that she thought she had some steri-strips. Ah ha! At last something useful.
So Dr Tom went to work on the split nose. The bleeding had stopped, and after some careful cleaning and quite a bit of wincing from Nat, I managed to close the cut and hold it together on both sides of the nose.
So, pics!
Note how Natty was not so pleased at me taking the second one. I did say that she'd be glad of the photos later, even if she didn't appreciate them at the time. I think she swore at me!
Music Is Power
Right. Got to try and catch up here.
The weather forecast wasn't so good for yesterday, so we decided to head to FUTUROSCOPE.
Give it a look. A brief description though is that it's a visual based theme park. A lot of the attractions use film in one way or another. The park itself is visually stunning...
The first ride that we went on, for example, involved two IMax screens the first in the traditional place. The second though was beneath our feet. The seats were built upon a glass platform. This experience was pretty damn amazing, but quite difficult to describe."
The only ride, in normal sense that we went on was "Dance With Robots". It was situated in a large hall where there were ten large robot arms. Attached to the end of each were two seats. You get the picture. Yous sat in the seats and were flung all over the place for two minutes. I'm currently uploading the video to Facebook, then I'll link to it.
A lot of the rides were 3D and of course involved wearing the stupid goggles...
All in all, it was a good day and we could have quite easily stayed for a few more hours. Unfortunately time caught up with us.
Okay, more later. Most importantly, my exploits as a top surgeon!
The weather forecast wasn't so good for yesterday, so we decided to head to FUTUROSCOPE.
Give it a look. A brief description though is that it's a visual based theme park. A lot of the attractions use film in one way or another. The park itself is visually stunning...
The first ride that we went on, for example, involved two IMax screens the first in the traditional place. The second though was beneath our feet. The seats were built upon a glass platform. This experience was pretty damn amazing, but quite difficult to describe."
The only ride, in normal sense that we went on was "Dance With Robots". It was situated in a large hall where there were ten large robot arms. Attached to the end of each were two seats. You get the picture. Yous sat in the seats and were flung all over the place for two minutes. I'm currently uploading the video to Facebook, then I'll link to it.
A lot of the rides were 3D and of course involved wearing the stupid goggles...
All in all, it was a good day and we could have quite easily stayed for a few more hours. Unfortunately time caught up with us.
Okay, more later. Most importantly, my exploits as a top surgeon!
Monday, July 23, 2007
Everyday People
Where did I get to?
Ah yes (that's me just looked rather than recall my memory). Yesterday lunchtime.
After a lovely lunch, we chilled again. Some nice sunbathing followed by a bit of a dip in the pool and more of the same.
Mme Brown did a slap up roast for dinner which went down a storm too.
Pics...
An hour or so after dinner, I really did feel the need to expend some energy. Veering off on a tangent for a minute though, I have been keeping the running up. On Saturday I did two runs, firstly round half of the village. This was not quite long enough. The second was to the next village and back. At about 3.4 miles, this was better. I did this again yesterday. Today, I've slacked and not done anything. I have been active in other ways though! I'm determined to not bang on any weight, but at the same time enjoy the food here.
Right, where was I? Yes, yesterday evening. Took a walk out and father chose to come too. Another venture with the camera...
Which brings us on to today. But this post is way too long, so more later, or even tomorrow...
Ah yes (that's me just looked rather than recall my memory). Yesterday lunchtime.
After a lovely lunch, we chilled again. Some nice sunbathing followed by a bit of a dip in the pool and more of the same.
Mme Brown did a slap up roast for dinner which went down a storm too.
Pics...
An hour or so after dinner, I really did feel the need to expend some energy. Veering off on a tangent for a minute though, I have been keeping the running up. On Saturday I did two runs, firstly round half of the village. This was not quite long enough. The second was to the next village and back. At about 3.4 miles, this was better. I did this again yesterday. Today, I've slacked and not done anything. I have been active in other ways though! I'm determined to not bang on any weight, but at the same time enjoy the food here.
Right, where was I? Yes, yesterday evening. Took a walk out and father chose to come too. Another venture with the camera...
Which brings us on to today. But this post is way too long, so more later, or even tomorrow...
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Is It Any Wonder?
Meant to put this in yesterday's. A little bit about the language barrier.
Mon pere is pretty good at French. Mine is passable. Here's an example of how it can slip though.
At the meal yesterday, five of us wanted aperitifs. The restaurant does both alcoholic and none. Of course, we all wanted the boozy one.
So the waiter asks what we want. Dad says "cinq" and I say "cinq". I'll blame it on him, but "cinq" sounds somewhat like "sans" if you don't hit that "q" fairly hard. So what the waiter hears is "cinq sans". In other words "five without".
Curses!
On to today. Up at 9-ish. Breakfast and then hit the sun loungers. It's absolutely lovely today. The sun is very hot and we're all working hard on the tans.
Mon pere has just been very good in dishing out the chilled sauvignon. Top bloke.
More later.
That pool is going to be very welcome. The temperature is not going to peak until about 4pm.
Mon pere is pretty good at French. Mine is passable. Here's an example of how it can slip though.
At the meal yesterday, five of us wanted aperitifs. The restaurant does both alcoholic and none. Of course, we all wanted the boozy one.
So the waiter asks what we want. Dad says "cinq" and I say "cinq". I'll blame it on him, but "cinq" sounds somewhat like "sans" if you don't hit that "q" fairly hard. So what the waiter hears is "cinq sans". In other words "five without".
Curses!
On to today. Up at 9-ish. Breakfast and then hit the sun loungers. It's absolutely lovely today. The sun is very hot and we're all working hard on the tans.
Mon pere has just been very good in dishing out the chilled sauvignon. Top bloke.
More later.
That pool is going to be very welcome. The temperature is not going to peak until about 4pm.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
In The Morning
Eeeek! That's a while since the last post.
Ne'er mind, who's counting.
Well, posting now en France.
I picked Nat and friend (Fox "don't call me Foxicles") up on Thursday afternoon. We all headed off for an early night (after some medicinal alcohol to help us sleep) ready for an early start.
Friday morning and my alarm went off at 4am. I had been beaten to the bathroom by the Fox (she's 18 and supposed to have lie ins! What's that all about?). Myself and H decided it might be a good time to start packing. On the road by 5.10.
Torrential rain in England yesterday, but we missed the most of it by arriving at the Chunnel by about 7.45. So that got us on an earlier shuttle at 8.23.
If you've never been on this crossing, it really is very good (says he, who's only done it twice). You barely know it's moving, it's that smooth. It's also very quick, we were hitting the French motorways by just after 9 (stick an hour on for the time difference).
Good old Tom Tom comes to the rescue at driving in a different country. Totally takes the stress out of driving leaving you to remember to drive on the right.
We were making good progress, but hit quite a bit of traffic on the outskirts of Paris. That cost us about 50 minutes, but it really wasn't that bad. In the UK, you can crack along nicely at 15 mph over the limit (not that I do of course). They do say that the French police are a little keen, so I didn't take so many chances, sitting not much more than 140 kph.
So we arrived at les parents at about 6pm local time.
For those who don't know, here's a link to where they are...
CLICK ME!
So that was yesterday.
Today, after a much needed early night, we got up and wished the old man Happy Birthday.
I the spent the next couple of hours sorting out Father's wi-fi connection. For the past 6 months, he's had a wireless router and still used his laptop wedged in the corner of the kitchen with an ethernet cable stretched across a table. Not anymore!
We then headed out to the Cheval Blanc, a really nice restaurant about 20 minutes away. What we had was a fixed five course meal. As I'm a food buff, and want to make you jealous, read on...
Aperitif to start was a juicy number with lots of fruit.
1st course, vegetable soup with warm bread rolls
2nd course, tomato cakes with jambon slices
3rd course, sliced steak with roast potato and stuffed tomato
4th course, cheese*
5th course, apricot with cream and pastry
* French cheese is just awesome. We're not talking a few lumps of cheddar and some Jacobs crackers. The cheese trolley had about 30 different cheeses on it. You have these as a separate course. No biscuits unless you specifically ask for them.
We got there at about 12.10 and left after about 3.5 hours.
Back home and the temperature had improved somewhat. Now hitting about 24, but feeling a lot warmer. The youngsters (only here, can I call myself a youngster!) hit the sunchairs and took in some rays. Nat and Fox braved the pool, but not for long.
So here we sit, out in the veranda at 8.25, blue skies, very warm, drinks in hand, typing a blog, 50m from the, now working, wireless router.
I've earned my keep already.
More tomorrow. Did I mention that it's going to hit 30+ degrees?
Photos...
Ne'er mind, who's counting.
Well, posting now en France.
I picked Nat and friend (Fox "don't call me Foxicles") up on Thursday afternoon. We all headed off for an early night (after some medicinal alcohol to help us sleep) ready for an early start.
Friday morning and my alarm went off at 4am. I had been beaten to the bathroom by the Fox (she's 18 and supposed to have lie ins! What's that all about?). Myself and H decided it might be a good time to start packing. On the road by 5.10.
Torrential rain in England yesterday, but we missed the most of it by arriving at the Chunnel by about 7.45. So that got us on an earlier shuttle at 8.23.
If you've never been on this crossing, it really is very good (says he, who's only done it twice). You barely know it's moving, it's that smooth. It's also very quick, we were hitting the French motorways by just after 9 (stick an hour on for the time difference).
Good old Tom Tom comes to the rescue at driving in a different country. Totally takes the stress out of driving leaving you to remember to drive on the right.
We were making good progress, but hit quite a bit of traffic on the outskirts of Paris. That cost us about 50 minutes, but it really wasn't that bad. In the UK, you can crack along nicely at 15 mph over the limit (not that I do of course). They do say that the French police are a little keen, so I didn't take so many chances, sitting not much more than 140 kph.
So we arrived at les parents at about 6pm local time.
For those who don't know, here's a link to where they are...
CLICK ME!
So that was yesterday.
Today, after a much needed early night, we got up and wished the old man Happy Birthday.
I the spent the next couple of hours sorting out Father's wi-fi connection. For the past 6 months, he's had a wireless router and still used his laptop wedged in the corner of the kitchen with an ethernet cable stretched across a table. Not anymore!
We then headed out to the Cheval Blanc, a really nice restaurant about 20 minutes away. What we had was a fixed five course meal. As I'm a food buff, and want to make you jealous, read on...
Aperitif to start was a juicy number with lots of fruit.
1st course, vegetable soup with warm bread rolls
2nd course, tomato cakes with jambon slices
3rd course, sliced steak with roast potato and stuffed tomato
4th course, cheese*
5th course, apricot with cream and pastry
* French cheese is just awesome. We're not talking a few lumps of cheddar and some Jacobs crackers. The cheese trolley had about 30 different cheeses on it. You have these as a separate course. No biscuits unless you specifically ask for them.
We got there at about 12.10 and left after about 3.5 hours.
Back home and the temperature had improved somewhat. Now hitting about 24, but feeling a lot warmer. The youngsters (only here, can I call myself a youngster!) hit the sunchairs and took in some rays. Nat and Fox braved the pool, but not for long.
So here we sit, out in the veranda at 8.25, blue skies, very warm, drinks in hand, typing a blog, 50m from the, now working, wireless router.
I've earned my keep already.
More tomorrow. Did I mention that it's going to hit 30+ degrees?
Photos...
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