One of the pleasures of Sky Digital is having TV5 available. Years ago when I had an analogue dish there were a few European channels available free on the Astra satellite – RTL4, Rai Uno, Sat1, and a few others, as well as MTV Europe when it was pan-European and had quite a few non-British […]
Entries from August 31st, 2005
Driving in the country
August 30th, 2005 · Comments Off on Driving in the country · Life
Mental note to self: dont go visiting places when it is going to involve driving home in a westerly direction around 6pm when the sun is getting low in the sky. What a nightmare it was coming home from Penshurst today! We were going through a series of tiny roads, not quite as wide as […]
Another day, another ancient church
August 30th, 2005 · Comments Off on Another day, another ancient church · Life
We spent this morning the same way Jayne spent Friday morning – waiting in for a maintenance man who never arrived. After that we headed out to Kent. Yesterday I promised Jayne a cream tea and , in my opinion, the best cream tea to be had is in Quaintways tea shop in Penshurst, Kent, […]
Tags: Buildings·Class Warfare·Cream Tea·Food·Holidays·Kent·Nostalgia·Photos
Bank Holiday activities
August 30th, 2005 · Comments Off on Bank Holiday activities · Life
We made the most of the sunny bank holiday by going round a few of the tourist attractions of the Crawley area. First of all we went out to Tulleys Farm where they have a large maize maze every summer. We spent an hour or so going round the giant maze and then another hour […]
Cloud photo found on Flickr
August 29th, 2005 · Comments Off on Cloud photo found on Flickr · Life
Heavenly sky, Khao San Road, Bangkok Originally uploaded by grant_online. I really like clouds, and I really like photos of clouds. This picture is astonishing.
Presidential candidate
August 28th, 2005 · Comments Off on Presidential candidate · Politics
Forget Hillary Clinton going for the democratic nomination, or the clever spoof of Christopher Walken running for president, the really exciting one is George Weah for President of Liberia. It appears that the decision to run was clinched when he realised that the shirt number he always had with Milan (9) and the shirt number […]
Lots of Yes
August 28th, 2005 · Comments Off on Lots of Yes · Music
One of my guilty secrets is that I still have a fondness for the band Yes, who were the first band I ever saw play live, and although Jayne can’t stand them she indulges me and yesterday bought me their 35th anniversary DVD set as a present.
GCSE Results
August 26th, 2005 · Comments Off on GCSE Results · Life
I spent a lot of Thursday not knowing whether to be proud of our boy or to lament falling standards in the exams. I know he did little work at school, hardly any homework and next to no revision. We were frequently told by his teachers how he had the intelligence to pass the exams […]
Tags: Education·Family·Schooldays
Doctor Who
August 26th, 2005 · Comments Off on Doctor Who · Life
I have been telling myself to resist the temptation to buy any of the new Doctor Who on DVD. As far as I can see they just have 3 episodes per disc and no extras at all, so I was keping my fingers crossed that they would eventually be released with all the episodes of […]
Holidays
August 25th, 2005 · Comments Off on Holidays · Life
Tomorrow is my last day at work, then I’m on holiday for a week and a half. Unfortunately we are not going away, Jayne and I are both taking some time off durng the school holidays so we will see a bit more of the kids. There might be a few day trips out for […]
