Happy New Year 2010

Cheers n a merry crimble from us all






Just what you need. Marion's pressie to Jean. It may look like a big cuddly doggie but it's actually a hot water bottle - just what you need in current day arctic Britain!









After the trip North it was down to London for a theatrical break. Starting with Dick Barton @ the Croydon Warehouse - the theatre in the attic.

Sister Act @ the Palladium. What energy - Patina Miller is just amazin, n Shiela Hancock put in a good performance too. The casting was excellent.


Then on to Glen Miller @ the Barbican for some of the best swing music ever.

Didn't make the fireworks. Standing in sub zero temperatures hemmed in by seething masses - not us, warm hotel room, bottle of champers n saw it on the telly :)







But did get to Winter Wonderland on New Years Day. A Hyde Park extraveganza complete with singing Moose -







What a finale!

Birthday, Bath n Beckford Tower

It started on the rooftop Thermae pool in Bath.
Quite an experience n we reckon the views must be panoramic if the mist ever lifts.

Then on to Beckford Tower, a Landmark Trust - our third and most luxurious yet, a real des. res!

If ever you needed a landmark to your bed on the way home from the pub on a dark evening the tower has to be it.

The Scarlet Drawing Room was incredibly atmospheric, warm and comfortable. All creature comforts were catered for - and the key to your own tower thrown in for good measure, though there were 154 steps to the top:

then the Belvedere with panoramic views over Bath (when the mist lifted :)

The Start of It

Woolley, aparently, does not directly relate to a shepherd but rather describes a wooded area on the ley of a river - and here it is. One of a number of Woolley's but we suspect this might be the original from the Doomsday Book. It is a bit odd walking through a village that has your name scribed everywhere - on houses n churches:

Autumn Arrives Again @ Westonburt

Richard n Jean

Had a great weekend with old friends from Leicester. Did Malmesbury gardens and . Richard found this amusing sign :)





"Historic Church and Toilets"






n saw a little water vole eating floating weeds in the river







Really was a fabulous day

Brizen Young Peoples Centre

Another community resource centre opens, just a little one this time, but v popular n met with bags of enthusiasm.

Mo's 60th

Yes, another 60th, time of life ;) Venue this time was the Brush Club Loughboro and the group the amazing Salmagundi - ever heard Egyptian Ska :)



Thanks Mo - great night, great spread :-p

n thanks Sue for the bed n breakfast :)