18 August 2009
My 75th birthday today. As it coincided with the Tuesday Geriatrics I did my usual walk round the golf course and bought a kummel or glass of port for those who wanted it. ‘The girls’, at the club, were extremely kind and produced a wedge of chocolate cake with a single candle and a large […]
9 August 2009
Off by train today to spend a couple of days with my sister and brother-in-law in Cornwall. As it is my brother-in-law’s birthday today, mine on the 18th and my sister-in-law on the 19th, my dear wife offered to take us all to Rick Stein’s restaurant for a celebration lunch. Sadly we were unable to […]
21 – 25 July 2009
Off to Bwlch Uchaf, our Welsh cottage for a week. We stopped en route, in Church Streeton with my mother and Richard, we fed and watered them and left after breakfast on the Tuesday morning. I must say apart from my mother’s early onset of Alzheimer’s, which is barely noticeable, for a couple of nonagenarian’s […]
20/22 May 2009
Al and I went to stay with Chloe and family overnight in preparation for Al’s 70th birthday celebrations. On Thursday morning we boarded the river bus at Westminster pier and enjoyed a 40 minute journey, with commentary, to Kew Gardens (Al’s Choice). At lunchtime I took the whole family out for a decent lunch and […]