Monthly Archives: January 2007

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition…

“Get some day nurse & night nurse“- was the request from karen, just entering the early stages of a cold that I am beginning to shake off. “Tell them we both have colds so we can buy some to have … Continue reading

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Summit to shout about

Last Friday’s Summit was standing room only down at the Rugby Club. It was front page news on the front cover of our weekly paper but didn’t appear on the website until yesterday. Rather than rehash it, you can read … Continue reading

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Gallows Humour

Back at the Leeds Grand, this noose welcomes visitors to the fly floor. The sign on it says “Feel free!!” The staircase continues onwards and upwards to the Grid. This is an overhead view of the fly floor, where the … Continue reading

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Shades of Grey(s)

Karen suggested the blog name be tweaked. Our old purple fiesta battlebus has now been replaced by a not quite so old Fabia- official color Stone Grey. My other car is an Octavia- Dark Blue which isn’t a shade of … Continue reading

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Poppa’s taking us to the Zoo tomorrow…

David is absolutely fascinated with animals. It is a strange mixture of fascinated and terrified- he spots every dog on every journey but cowers if they sniff him. He has previously declared that he is going to be a Vet … Continue reading

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