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 On
Friday 21st December
I went to a superb concert of 'Christmas Music by Candlelight' given
by the renowned Ex Cathedra choir @ St Paul’s Church,
Birmingham city centre - yet another springboard into the Christmas
festivities ..
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 Walking
over Kinver on Thursday 20th December and I bumped in to Santa
and his crowd. A Nice festive walk it turnout to be!!
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 Festival
of Nine Lessons & Carols
at St Thomas's in Stourbridge on Sunday evening 16th December - I
took this YouTube video .. sadly the Choir's singing is somewhat
diluted by the congregation in this 58 second clip but we were
invited to join in!! The church was totally candle-lit which played
havoc with my camera's light settings as you'll see ... view it
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 walking
the woodland over Kinver Edge - thinking it would protect us
from the heavy rain .. it didn't!!
More photos here
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 Meeting
up for a pre-Christmas lunch at Joys & Lynton's on Monday
10th December. Yum .. !!
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 At
church on the evening of Sunday 9th December some of the members of
Halesowen Choral Society came to sing festive music during
our Advent service. And good they were too
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 Our
last event of the year on Saturday 8th December with our
Christmas Concert at Holy Trinity, a super night of carols &
festive music and where our great young people's choir 'Pure
Harmony' added to the evening with their own unique style ..
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 Swans
and a dredger on Netherton canal .. !! Seen here Thursday 6th
December.
More photos here
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 From
the football this afternoon, 1st December, I left, seamlessly,
within 50 minutes of getting home to go hear the local choir ‘Colla
Voce’ sing Handel’s Messiah at Christ Church. It was a superb
performance – how eclectic am I? - and a good (traditional) start to
Christmas! Advent starts tomorrow.
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 At
the Hawthorns Saturday 1st December for the WBA v Stoke City
game. Not the result I wanted!!
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 Walking
from Droitwich towards Worcester @ 8.73 miles (I have an iPhone
app for that!!) but on the flat. A cold but sunny autumnal day ...
29th November 2012. ore photos here
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 Yes,
I KNOW I’m living in la-la-land if I think we can keep this going but
for now I’ll settle for the fact Albion is 3rd in the table .. my
cup runneth over .. best position for this time of the season for 59
years
(Saturday 24th November 12) |
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 walking
through very wet Wyre Forest and the mud-churned Dowles Brook
there - 22nd November. More photos here
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 A
rather poor copy of an item taken of the Mayor of Sandwell's blog
about his coming to VIH's Festival of Remembrance on 10th November. |
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 popping
in to see my niece Amie on her 22nd birthday
- Sunday 18th November. More photos
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 beating
the European Champions Chelsea by 2 goals to 1 @ the Hawthorns today
17th November was no mean feat!!. So tense were the last 10 minutes that
even I burst into song - and considering I went with Stephen, my Choir's
MD, that was one brave move. More photos
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 A
pair of cormorants at Sandwell Valley Park - 16th November 2012. |
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 at
the annual Festival of Remembrance with our Choir and the
Salvation Army band held on Saturday 10th November where - the RBL,
local youth groups, the Mayor, local civic dignitaries and local Member
of Parliament attended.
See more photos
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 A
lovely Autumnal day, Thursday 8th November, where we walked over
Kinver Edge before making our way to Kinver for a well deserved cup
of tea and a sausage sandwich!! See more photos
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 On
Friday 2nd November I went to the wedding of my Godson Adam Weston
to Jen Connor, followed by their reception at the Four Stones @ Clent.
See more photos here |
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been QR'd ... !! |
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 I
was a talk Thursday 25th October on ‘Cradley before Anglo-Saxon
Times’ that featured small finds that have been made in Cradley from
the Stone Age to Romano-British times. Interesting to think that circa
8000 bc nomadic Mesolithic communities camped on our hills (oh how
intelligent that last sentence makes me sound!!).. More photos here |
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 As
if we needed proof that autumn is definitely here .. photos taken while
walking through Haden Hill Park today, 25th October, on a carpet
of leaves. More photos here |
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 Now,
that's what I call fish & chips!! Lunch Wednesday 24th October 2012 at
the Station Inn @ Hagley with Joy & Lynton Weston. |
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 I
went to meet up for a coffee with Paul Bond, my former boss & now
friend, and his wife Margaret at their home on Friday 19th October. A
good chat come gossip was had. He showed me this painting which a friend
of his had done of him. |
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 Taken
off BBC Midlands 8th October, the photo shows the Baggies had 11
different nationalities in our Team’s line-up for Saturday’s game v
QPR .. and the win means it’s been our best start since 1919 .. we’re
rockin’ & rollin’ .. |
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 At
the Hawthorns today for a game v QPR. A good 3 points but my life
we made hard work of it. My heart seems stronger, though, thanks to its
workout!! |
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 Almost
famous! While finishing off our Birmingham-Worcester canal walk 4th
October (walking the last segment from Droitwich to Worcester) in
the middle of nowhere we stumbled across news teams from the BBC & ITV
interviewing on the tow-path members of the Environment Agency about the
recently discovered shrimps from Eastern Europe which are destroying the
indigenous ecology of the rivers!! You may have seen the reports that
did appear on TV. Oh, and we walked a total of 12.06 miles [accuracy
courtesy of my iPhone walking app!!!] way more than our norm. Exhausted
is an understatement!. See
more photos taken
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 Cal
(the boyfriend of a daughter of friends of mine - oh do keep up!!) held
his first paintings' exhibition in Dudley on Friday evening,
28/09/12. It was good to go & support the event. The food (courtesy of
Judith & George) was good too. See the photos taken
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 walking
with my neighbour Terry through Nimmins Wood on Thursday 27th
September .. ending up at its cafe, one of our favourite places for a
door-stop style sausage sandwich!! Calories galore. See the photos taken
here |
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 A
5-day break in Amsterdam with Joy & Lynton and Lynne & Ian, staying
in an apartment
@
Keizersgracht
within the city's Canal Ring.
Like most of the old buildings alongside the
canals it was quite narrow - my bedroom was on the top .. 88 steps up!!
The bonus for me was the roof terrace at the rear was outside my
bedroom, affording superb views of the city. See the photos taken
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 Walking
over the Clent & Walton Hills on Thursday 6th September to
maximize this lovely sunny & warm weather we're currently having. More
please!! |
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 my
mother's 90th birthday - celebrating first at her church, Short
Cross Methodist, and then on to a family & friends party held at Barrie
& Jane's. Sunday 26th August 2012. More photos
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 a day out with Judith & George,
first to the lovely town of Marlow, on the Thames, and then on to the
Odney Club @ Maidenhed for the bulk of the day where in glorious warm
sunshine we drank Pimms, slept, walked and explored. A good day out.
More photos
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went with Belinda, Shirley & Paul to
watch Team GB play South Korea in the men's Olympic football at
the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. My first time at that stadium
and it being an Olympic was quite unlike any 'normal' football game. We
lost on penalties, but hey we always seem to!! A late night back @
2,30am but a good time out!! My third and final Olympics event. More photos
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 My
second time out this week to go to an Olympic event, this time going to
the Olympics Park with my sisters Bev & Belinda and meeting my
nephew Ali when we got to London. It was a great day out and luckily the
sun shone most of the day enabling us to sit out with hundreds more
watching live action on the big screens! We saw two Team GB gain
two gold medals - the crowd made it a really exciting day. More photos
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 to
Stratford upon Avon canal walk then . More photos
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Olympic Rowing . More photos
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Torquay . More photos
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 Taking
the train to Lapworth then walking following the
Birmingham/Stratford canal to Wootton Wawen (a superb
little village which has the dual honour of being mentioned both in the
Doomsday Book and Yes Minister!!)
where we caught the
train home .. Thursday 19th July. More photos
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 I
went with friends to see the musical Footloose Tuesday 17th July
@ Halesowen College. Excellent production .. good local talent in our
midst |
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 photo
of Rev Paul & Mary Donnison @ Short Cross Methodist on Sunday
morning 15th July - it was Paul's last service there before he moves
away to take up his new appointment in Wales. They'll both be missed .. |
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 Dead
chuffed tonight, 12th July 2012, to be given this Boys’ Brigade badge
[issued nationally to all members] to recognise the Queen’s Diamond
Jubilee, while at 1st Lye Company’s annual Awards Night |
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 I
took these during the Queen’s visit to Birmingham as part of her
Diamond Jubilee tour of the UK - Thursday 12th July 2012. See photos
here If only Snow Hill station was
always that clean!! |
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 My
niece Abigail Sian Bevan got married on Thursday 5th July at
Windsor Methodist Church.
It was my privilege to escort her down the aisle. See photos
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 It
was my auntie May’s funeral today, 2nd June, and she may have
been 102 years old but it was nonetheless a sad occasion and upsetting
for my mum as she watched the last of her 4 sisters buried. The photo
shows mum with her 4 sisters though not sure about the date of it. |
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 So
after the Olympics relay, it was time to celebrate my sister Belinda's
birthday!! So we gathered at hers on the night .. se a few more photos
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 The
Olympic torch relay run came to Dudley on Saturday 30th June 2012
- a once in a lifetime opportunity
for us to see it. A great atmosphere ..
more photos
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 The
staying with friends at Llandanwg, North Wales from 26th - 29th June
2012. I went by train which a most scenic coastal run as you approached Barmouth. The weather was wet but we did see the sun - a bit!! You can
see
more photos
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 So
near .. yet so far!! Watching the England v Italy Euro 2012
quarter final - 24th June 12. See other photos
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 the
sad news today that my auntie May died this afternoon 21st June at the
grand old age age of 102. It was good that her remaining family, Stevie
her granddaughter and Tarra her great granddaughter, we with her. She
was a lovely lady - this leave my mother as the matriarch of the family. |
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 Walking
over Kingsford Forest Park & Kinver Edge 21st June taking these
rather poor images taken on my mobile .. but when is summer coming!! - other photos
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 Watching
England play Ukraine on Sunday 17th June at Belinda's ..
thankfully we were celebrating with one another not commiserating!! |
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 Singing
with Voices in Harmony choir today as part of Dudley’s ‘Songs of Praise’
@ Baggeridge Country Park. It was wet, cold & miserable but a good noise
was made to the brave folk who ventured out 17th June
2012 - other photos here |
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 a
gentle stroll for a couple of hours through the 'countryside' of
Netherton [it is actually quite surprising the amount of greenery
and fields alongside much of the canal] on Thursday 14th June 2012. Just
one more photo here |
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 I
came of age today in the twitter world .. I had my first
're-tweet' which considering the nonsense & gibberish i generate is, for
me, quite an achievement!! |
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 Getting
soaked through to the skin during a 2 hour walk over Kinver Edge
today, 7th June, thanks to relentless heavy rain .. the trees offered no
protection!! More photos here |
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 Overend
Methodist Mission's Jubilee 'Big Tea Party' was held on Tuesday
5th June - sensibly held indoors in view of the poor weather!! Games,
quizzes, food and a sing-a-long ensued!! 'twas good. More photos here |
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 A
good day yesterday in London for the Jubilee river pageant – pity
the weather didn’t behave as well as the crowd who were amazing (not
quite sure why I was surprised at the spread of ages & ethnicities of
everyone near me who were enthusiastically joining in, but I was) and we
had a group of people who belonged to a choir near us who kept us
entertained throughout. A lovely [but damp!!] atmosphere. I was near
Vauxhall Bridge just down from the MI6 building – shhh I didn’t tell you
that! More photos here |
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 At
a Jubilee event today where Pure Harmony, the Juniors’ choir that
I sing in, were performing a couple of times. An excellent start to the
long Jubilee weekend! To see a YouTube video of PH singing
the Jubilee Song click
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more photos here |
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 Picking
up my mum this afternoon [30/05/12] from Short Cross Methodist church,
the folk there were starting to decorate the church for their Jubilee
service this coming Sunday |
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 Over
Clent Hills on Sunday 27th May with mum, Bev & Archie to remember my
sister Barbara at the start of the week that sees the anniversary of
her untimely death and what would have been her birthday – it is on
these hills her ashes were scattered.
More photos
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all this heat, it was good to be able to sit outside for a meal -
on Saturday 26th May I met my former boss Paul together with Ian & Nando
for a meal. We meet up every six months or so. Good to catch up on the
gossip with a laugh in-between!! More photos
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 Even
Birmingham City centre looks good when the sun shines and the
temperatures rise! Seen here on Friday 25th May. The new library, still
under construction, is looking good. And how good 'for the working folk'
to be sitting out in the sun at lunchtime! More photos
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swelteringly hot day, so how typical it was the day we had planned
to do an 11 mile walk in the depths of Warwickshire [my GPS app clocked
it at 10.82 miles but who's counting!!] but when the heat is coupled
with the wrong boots and the consequent blisters it was a long, long
walk indeed. Not helped by the fact that when we finally staggered to
the rail station [in the middle of nowhere!!] to come home the trains
were only every hour - a 40 minute wait ensured!! Was I glad to step
into a cool shower when I got home!! More photos
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excellent
evening
of music @ the Lena Wood Memorial Concert held at St Thomas
church in Stourbridge on Saturday 19th May. Home-grown talent indeed ..
this YouTube video [click
here] is just a few snippets of the Fest we had but hopefully
a good reminder of the evening - with apologies to the soloist whose
head I’ve hidden with my finger!! |
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 Walking over a
Clent & Walton Hills on Thursday 17th May.
More photos
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People who had previously failed in
their bid to secure Olympics tickets
had from 1100 Thursday 17th May to try
again in a first come first served
online sale, before the remaining
tickets go on general release on 23/5. I
have, at last, Olympics tickets .. or
perhaps that should be Olympics-Lite!!
Having seen the ‘available’ list of
tickets included the closing ceremony I
thought I’d give it a go .. sa...dly
the only ones left were £2.5k each!! So
next choice was basketball – my one and
only ever basketball game was when I
took my nephew to the NEC some 13+ years
ago – which were available at a more
reasonable £45. Having pressed the ‘buy’
button I was then put in a queue for 15
minutes after which the screen told me
“no longer available.” After 2 more
similarly abortive attempts for diving
and volleyball I managed to get tickets
for entrance to the Olympic Park which
allow spectators to wonder around the
grounds, soak up the atmosphere & watch
the action on big screens but sadly not
to enter venues. Better than nothing I
suppose .. and on the plus side they’re
only £10 .. !!
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 No,
my mum hasn't taken up a new job as a DJ, but rather having her
hearing test @ Brierley Hill's Audiology Department this afternoon ..
15th May 2012 !! |
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 Walking
over a wind-swept Kinver Edge on Thursday 10th May, with my
neighbour Terry. More photos
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 In
London for the State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday 9th May -
thanks to a £8.60 return rail journey!!
More photos
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 Walking
part of the National Cycle Route 45, the Mercian Way, in the Wyre
Forest
on Thursday 3rd May 2012.
The path
is so named because it passes through what was once the ancient
Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia. To reflect its name a number of
waymarkers depicting Saxon warriors were commissioned and have been
placed along the route.
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 A few days away staying with friends,
and which included my birthday on 24th. A meal at
my house on Sunday 22nd; a day out at Stratford upon Avon & tour round
the newly rebuilt Shakespeare Theatre on 23rd (his birthday!!}
witnessing a rather horrific road accident where a car crashed into a
coffee house. A walk & a meal out on my birthday 24th climaxing with a
superb performance of Mrs Brown's Boys at Wolverhampton Civic Centre. More photos
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weekly walk on Thursday 19th April - by train to the Edgbaston
reservoir and then walking along the [long abandoned] single rail track
from there to Harborne. The railway was originally opened in 1874 and
closed to passenger traffic in 1934. More photos
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bitter-sweet and fleeting visit to Scotland 13th & 14th April for
the funeral of this family’s adopted auntie, Margaret McMillan. The
service was a lovely & fitting tribute to her. A big thank you to
cousins Morag & Bruce for their kind hospitality in putting me, Bev &
Belinda up at such short notice. More photos
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Easter Sunday I went to
Short Cross Methodist church for their morning service followed by a
fleeting visit to my brother Barrie's to pick up Katie who joining me,
mum & Belinda - we were off to lunch at Bev's . She had staying with her
my nephew Ali and his girlfriend Tig, Abigail and Amie and her boyfriend
Tom; not forgetting my great-nephew Archie, of course. We were also joined for lunch by my niece Jodie who was introducing
to the family her fiancé Simon [he recently proposed to her while on
holiday in St Lucia - as you do!!!].
More photos
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went to the Hawthorns on 7th April for the home game against Blackburn
Rovers - we beat them 3-0. A good day indeed .. perhaps a day to buy a
lottery ticket!! :) |
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time last week I was having to put suntan lotion on while out walking
for a few hours! What a difference a week makes. Today [5th April] is so
cold, wet & windy. i preferred last week!! |
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Wednesday evening 4th April I went to hear a local choir
Colla Voce sing
Stainer's Crucifixion at Christ Church - it was good to sit and listen
to it this time and not help sing it. |
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went with Judith & Peter to form part of a Choir singing Steiner's
Crucifixion at St Thomas's church in Stourbridge - Sunday 1st April
2012. While there I bumped into Daphne
with whom I used to work. |
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 Walking
from the Waterfront at Merryhill towards the Stewpony on a gloriously
sunny & warm Thursday, 29th March. I had to put suntan lotion on for the
first time this year. let's hope it's the harbinger of a great summer!!
More photos
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went to the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery on Friday 23rd March because
as
part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations, 10 drawings by
Leonardo da Vinci from the Royal Collection are being exhibited in five
galleries across the UK. The Birmingham exhibition ends this Sunday 25/3
so it was my last gasp chance to see them. I'm not an artist but even by
my amateur eye they were superb! More photos can be seen
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photo was taken today, 23rd March, by friends Judith & George while
travelling to London and emailed to me .. the Scottish saltire .. long
to remain part of the UK!!! |
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 With
my walking partner, Terry Curzon, we walked over both the Clent & Walton
Hills on a glorious morning - Thursday 22nd March. Seen here at the trig
point on Walton
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bless him, my great-nephew Archie in the colours of the true
faith .. a Baggies fan in the making!! Birthday & Christmas presents
assured .. !! |
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mum and the family on Mothering Sunday 18th March. First at
church, then all out for a meal and then back to mum's. See more photographs here
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took this
video clip off
my TV .. what a fab rendition of the Welsh anthem
Land of My Fathers / Hen Wlad Fy
Nhadau
... and beating
the French is just a bonus!! Well done Wales on your 2012 Grand Slam. To
see my YouTube clip see
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had an excellent four days break with Joy & Lynton and Lynne &
Ian. We stayed at the Guyers House Hotel in Wiltshire and where we
visited many local Nation Trust properties, including Lacock Abbey
[where the latest Harry Potter film was made], the village of
Avechurch [where the opening sequences of War Horse was filmed]
and also Castle Combe [where the BBC's To the Manor Reborn was
filmed]. See my photographs here |
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 I
am a very happy guy today, Saturday 3rd March 2012 - the Baggies beat
Chelsea by 1 goal to nil - that's three wins on the trot; 9 points
and a + 9 goals difference achieved. Happy, happy indeed!! |
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saw this wonderful sunset, not on a sun-kissed Caribbean beach
but on Tesco Extra's car park at Cradley Heath on Friday 2nd March.
Nonetheless a lovely sunset. |
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 This
was parked near my house this afternoon 2nd March .. I remembered
Genesis and how ‘God saw the wickedness of man and was grieved by
his creation, resolving to send a great flood to cleanse the Earth’
.. I do hope the cleansing isn’t anytime soon; and the fact it had
parked near me wasn’t indicative of any particular wickedness!! |
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 Walking
over Wazeley Park Friday 2nd March, in glorious sunshine. Why the
brolly? Well, do you believe the weather forecast?? |
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 I
met up in Birmingham with Graham Handley and Paul Bond on Monday
27th February - the photo shows the logo from Graham's MBE tie. An
anachronistic comment of course, but it still sounds good to me .. More photos
here |
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helped Adrian Sanger celebrate his 55th birthday on Saturday 25th
February. A good evening of good food, wine & friends! More photos
here |
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was Bethany's 17th birthday on the afternoon of Saturday 25th
February and as usual Barrie & Jane put on put on a good spread and a
good family time was had. See more photos
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had an email offering me this number plate at a cost of £7250 - I
like the thought of having 'wi11yum' on my car, so if anyone wants to
buy it for me I'd be eternally thankful .. !! |
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My
auntie, Gladys May Walker, celebrated her 102nd birthday on 19th
February 2012 at the home where she now lives. The family turned up -
and hopefully we helped her celebrate in style! More photos
here |
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 Oh
how my cup runneth over - the Baggies beat the Wolves by 5 goals
to 1 today, Sunday 12h February, Any addition comment would be
superfluous. |
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 Walking
in the Wyre Forest on Thursday 9th February, an ice-ridden & snow
placed area!! It was cold. More photos
here |
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 "the
King is dead; long live the Queen" - 6th February 1952.
Celebrating the Queen's 60 years on the throne. |
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 A
bitterly cold last few days, me thinks (oh how I miss the sun & heat!!).
This photo shows the scene from my front door on Saturday 4th February
after our first day of snow. |
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 Out
walking on Thursday 2nd February, walking from the Galton Bridge
along the canal towards Wolverhampton.
My
newly purchased app for my iPhone (Outdoors GB) showed we walked in
total 11.63 miles at an average speed of 3.1 mph .. on a bitterly cold
day.
More photos here |
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 A
good, long day out in London on Thursday 26th January, primarily to
visit the Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition at the National Gallery
(its websites says "the most complete display of Leonardo’s
rare surviving paintings ever held. This unprecedented exhibition – the
first of its kind anywhere in the world – brings together sensational
international loans never before seen in the UK."
I also did the usual 'touristy' bits and ended up for over an hour
in the Commons, listening to a debate of the Strategic Defence Review
[my sort of topic!!] but had to leave early evening to catch my train.
More photos here |
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 For
members of the SNP intent on breaking up the UK I would, on Burns Night
today [25th January] repeat here his poem 'The Dumfries Volunteers':
"O let us not, like snarling curs,
In wrangling be divided,
Till, slap! come in an unco loun,
And wi’ a rung decide it!
Be Britain still to Britain true,
Amang ourselves united;
For never but by British hands
Shall British wrangs be righted |
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 A
lucky escape for my niece Amie,
her boyfriend Tom & my
great-nephew Archie [aged
2] last Saturday, 21st January,
when, at no fault of Tom as
driver, his car was involved
in a bad accident causing it
to roll over 4 times, ending up
on its roof. Luckily all were
properly strapped in and escaped
serious injury – though Tom did
break his wrist!! The only
window not shattered was that
next to Archie’s seat so he was
protected from flying glass. As
you can see, the roof did cave
in over the driver’s seat but
luckily Tom had been thrown
sideways … other photos
here
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 In
this YouTube video, I'm singing with Voices in Harmony choir @ a
Festival of Remembrance last November - and just perchance you don't
recognise me when 'scrubbed up' I'm 5th from the left :) See the video
clip here |
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 We
started our walk in sunshine and 30 minutes later we were sheltering
from this blistering rain .. at least it did eventually stop so
we could continue walking around Kinver - Thursday 19th January 2012.
More photos here |
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 I
went with Stephen Bradley to watch the 3pm kick off of my beloved WBA
v Norwich at the Hawthorns on Saturday 14th January 2012. A good
game with the baggies having the vast majority of play - sadly Norwich
beat us 1-2 .. they seemed to have only three attempts at goal and
scored on two of them!! Our goal came from a penalty which I took on my
mobile and it can be seen on YouTube
here |
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 It
was ‘sore feet day’ for me today, 12th January, walking for just
over 4 hours, which is a bit longer than the norm!! We walked from home
to Saltwells Park, Netherton canal, merry Hill's Waterfront and back
home via Lye & Windmill Hill. More
photos here |
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 at
my niece Katie's - to celebrate her 24th birthday .. 5th January. More
photos here |
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 How
windy has the last few days been? Walking over Kinver Edge Thursday 5th
January 2012. More photos
here |
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A
lucky escape for my niece Amie,
her boyfriend Tom & my
great-nephew Archie [aged
2] last Saturday, 21st January,
when, at no fault of Tom as
driver, his car was involved
in a bad accident causing it
to roll over 4 times, ending up
on its roof. Luckily all were
properly strapped in and escaped
serious injury – though Tom did
break his wrist!! The only
window not shattered was that
next to Archie’s seat so he was
protected from flying glass. As
you can see, the roof did cave
in over the driver’s seat but
luckily Tom had been thrown
sideways … other photos
here
