Back on the allotment the water is running off - it will not be fit for working for weeks. I did manage to rake up the old raspberry canes that I had left on the ground after cutting them down some weeks ago, when it first started raining. But there is no way that I can start planting the new fruit bushes, which will save some money but will have to be done some time.
Christmas was family time. To Derbyshire to No/. 1 son the week before, to Dulwich to No 2 son for Christmas day, and a couple of days later Derbyshire came to Bidborough and bed and breakfasted while they visited the in-laws, who live in Beckenham, and surrounding parts. Finished with taking all 14 out to lunch....
Been to 2 pantomimes. Eastbourne was better - a nice little theatre, with roomy seats and very well run. You get lots of plays there that end up in the West End, and the advantage is that you pay lower prices than the £80 or £90 that is demanded in London. Snow White was on at Tunbridge Wells. They had real dwarves on the stage, and very good they were too.
Rotary has been busy. We ran the Tonbridge Marathon and raised about £9000 for a mixture of local and international charities, and I had the dubious privilege of occupying a post that was entitled "Race Controller". Too many 'fat' jokes around to make it enjoyable. The organised the Rotary Christmas Party, with the Charter Lunch to follow in February. I must get out more.
Bridge has also restarted. I get my regular Monday Night handbagging for playing like a wally and not communicating with my partner, but it is all part of the fun.
No holidays fixed up - apart from a cruise on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in June. More of that later.
Was put on to a good film clip by a friend in cayman. Go to
and see the Ipad that I really wish I had been given for Christmas.
And finally:
Girl lies
seriously injured following a road accident in Essex.
Paramedic
approaches.
"Where
are you bleeding from?"
"Romford."
And then
there was the dyslexic Yorkshireman who couldn't understand why people looked
at him curiously when he walked around with a catflap on his head.
Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year to you all.
