Month: September 2003

  • We both enjoyed Averill’s visit. She arrived on Mon. afternoon and left on Fri. about 4 PM. We caught up on lots of news and went shopping in Reading. Also took her to Goring and the area around the Thames there. On Sat. Dave had a reunion with the Halton Apprentices. It was their 40th…

  • No I didn’t forget it was Sept. 11th. I remembered all those people, in Philadelphia, Washington, DC as well as NY. I still think the war in Iraq was unnecessary. I cooked the meal for Bernadette, Graham and their families. It was roast lamb and everyone loved it. Mind you, it was a bit chaotic…

  • Third year in design has begun. The first week went… well, just went. I was late for two classes because the double cohort has increased traffic along the road I take to school tenfold, plus there’s construction. Now a journey that should take 20-35 minutes, takes an hour or more. There’s no more direct route,…

  • Driving to Knott End was uneventful and only took 5hrs. including 2 stops and an accident. I went home because mum was supposed to be having a bunnion operation on Tues 2nd Sept. But it turned out to just be a consultation with the surgen about what is involved. Now we know all about it…

  • More about our holiday w/e. On Sat we went into Basingstoke to a swimming place which was great fun, it had lots of slides and a lazy river that you swam in, it had a currant which gently pushed you around in a windy stream. It was indoors. On our return Nick disovered he had…