This is for one of my very good friends Carole, we had coffee together this morning, she mentioned the state of the roads, so this rant is sounding off for her. I have got to agree with Carole, we both have to be on the roads most of the time as it is part of …
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Month:April 2009
Doubletree Castle, Orlando
We stayed on International drive in Orlando, our first drive in the states along International Drive was quite scary, huge roads, traffic everywhere and we were looking for our hotel also it was getting dark, panic had set in but the fact I had booked us into a huge pink castle for our first 2 …
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Red Nose Red Wine
A soft sultry sexy wine that leaves you wanting far more than is safe to drink, flavours of the hedgerows, bramble, rosehip and sloe berries all add to the fusion of flavours. I could see my self sitting on a french mountain side eating fresh cheese and bread and a bottle of this wine by …
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Vondeling Erica
Before you ask no I have not won the lottery, on special occasions I like to have a really special wine and sometimes you have got to pay that bit extra, this one is well worth the extra. Erica is a South African wine named after the flower Erica hippuris which grows on the side …
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Sarasota
I never imagined parts of Florida to be chic, but Sarasota is that, a bit like Henley on Thames but in the states? It has the inland water ways that make you realize how close to the keys you are, and the pelicans that sit on every post they are far more interesting than sea …
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Center Parcs
A family favourite for over 25 years, I took my daughter there as a little girl and now we take her children there. We tend to go as a large group; we take a couple of lodges close to each other which means on an evening if we choose not to go out, we have …
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Happy Easter
Well I am definitely going to have a nice Easter the fact that I have 3 days off could be something to do with that. Things could be better, it would have been nice for John to have had a job by now, but we are making the best of this time, enjoying each others …
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Value’s & Budgets!
Reading yesterday’s paper an article caught my attention, it suggested we need to all come together to survive the current credit crisis as people did during and just after the war, it went on to discuss the value’s that people had then, I thought to myself, yes that sounds great, but I think first we …
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Ethical Times
Reading the papers this week I have moved between periods of disbelief and total dismay, I came across a professor who had been suspended from the university because he was inciting a violent march in London against the bankers, in fact he had the slogan behind him “Hang a banker” and the image of a …
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Pentewan Sands
The first time I saw Pentewan Sands in Cornwall it was from the car window high up on the hill top leading to Mevagissy it could have been anywhere in the world that day, the wide stretch of silver white sand set in a classic half moon crescent gently sloped to meet a vivid blue …
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April Fools Day
I am one of those annoying people that loves April fools day, as my daughter said to me the other day” Mum I think you spend all year thinking of April fools wind ups” well not quite but I do enjoy it. Anyway this year it arrived Wednesday morning, rushing around as usual getting ready …
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Where’s My Keys?
Where’s my keys was the words hurling around the kitchen 7 am on Friday morning, John could not find his keys for the car and was due to leave for work. Panic started to set in as we checked all the usual places, then it was, “you most have moved them”, errr sorry I was …
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