Wednesday, 14 November 2012
14 November 2012
mail I just can't believe how busy we seem to be the day I hardly get 5 minutes to myself which is why these posts get further and further apart I am trying to be clever and use this little 10 tablet to dictate this post in a bid to save a bit of time 2 day is a typically busy day jenny harris had a taster day for sixth form rosie has had a regular school day followed by a running club but won't be at brownies tonight as they are swimming again d g jazz been in school and then a training event in norwich now she has taken gentoo netball and is off to her book club I spent the day working in norridge and then visited mum who is sadly in hospital againlater I have to go and get jenny from her nipple club and hope to watch some of the england gamepoor old man was taken police on saturday so went by ambulance to the norfolk and norwich where she is still waiting to come back to sheringham hopefully she will get over a bout of sickness and will be back by the week end but she will really need to pick up soon my old dad has finished his key mo farah p treatment and balls he is very poorly at the moment we hope he will start to improve quite quickly now billy is visiting this week end so we will have a meal together and try and cheer the old boys up a bithad a good day at the races with jim and some friends yesterday 1 of the friends with us appeared on pointless on tv today goto he didn't win any money at the races or the tellynot sure if any of this is making sense I'd better published now and be damned and I will write with more clarity and sense at the week end goodbye tool pictures
Sunday, 28 October 2012
28th October 2012 - Clocks go Back
Well I have decided to put my extra hour to good use/stupid use this morning. I was laying in bed feeling a bit down because the long winter nights have now begun and thinking what a summer it has been and remembered that I haven't posted an update for a while.
So as the rest of the house wisely sleeps through the bonus hour I have been up around the house re-setting clocks (why so many god damned clocks?) I am wide awake and getting creative. That and the fact that the local animal life aren't aware that it is really only just past 6am. The farm up the road has beef cattle in a barn being fattened for the plate and the poor buggers have been singing their heads off this morning. Our chimney has become a top spot for the owls to sit and twit-twoo as well. A lovely sound but not this early on a Sunday.
It also meant I got to listen to the excellent Non-League Football show on Radio5. Not much about Luton but great that the minnows of the Footy world get a chance for debate/review/report
So wh'appen since the start of term?
Norwich's season really started to kick off - been stop start because of the international games and only a few home games for us to go to. A poor start under Hughton (Hootun as they say up here) but signs of recovery and better play - which culminated in a fantastic win over Arsenal. Everyone says how poor Arsenal were but Narge played them off the park. We went en-mass (en mass?) to Villa Park yesterday to see another great performance that should have been a win but for a sloppy goal and poor crossing into the box. This was Rosie's 1st away match (and the 1st for DG for years). A long drive for a game of football but that's part of the fun of living on the edge of the country - every where is a long way a way. Norwich's local derby is now West Ham!
We also took in the England U21's at Carrow Road. A lot less "lively" affair than the return match in Serbia a few days later.
Rosie and DG had a great day in Cambridge with Gdad and Valerie, Jim and Hayley. Rosie was very worried about Chris's attempts at punting and was relieved to reach dry land. A slap up lunch at Browns and a tour of John Lewis's made up for everything though. Their trip home was a nightmare though - cancelled trains, missed connections and a call out to me to collect them from Norwich to get them back. Would have been a 5 hour journey and it's only 80 miles away. Must get DG to drive more often. Being away from proper roads for so long has dented her confidence of busier places.
We've had a few visits from Billy and Lynn as they were hoping to get their own gaff locally. The plan was to get a bolt hole for weekends till they can be up here more permanently. After a few highs and lows and let downs - it now seems that it is out of the question for now. Though they will try and get up and around as often as possible, not least because it means they can visit poor old mum and poor old dad more regularly - which will take a bit of pressure off me. Mum is fairly stable though frail in her Sheringham home. She managed a visit to Bessingham for lunch last week which we all enjoyed though it is difficult to cater for her needs while away from the home. Now that winter is well on the way she struggles more as she can't get out in the garden and there are fewer visitors generally. The phone calls have started to ramp up and demands for visits get a bit difficult to handle.
Dad is coming to the end of a 2nd year of very intensive treatment for cancer. We won't know how successful the treatment has been for a few months and he is rather poorly just now due to the culmination of everything the poor old bugger has been through these last few months. Everything piles on top of everything else and at the moment he is struggling to wander about home. An intense zap of radiography last week is expected to help him back on his feet soon - but he has to get over the zapping effect 1st. Having been with him many times when we've seen the specialist at the Norfolk and Norwich hospital, I am confident that he will be fine (in time).
Talking ailments - I had an MRI scan on my back on Friday. I hope to get a diagnoses once and for all and then start treatment for a more stable condition. I really want to be able to get back running - but if it means biking and swimming, I can live with that. The MRI scan has now ranked No 3 in the most horrible thing I have ever had to endure. No1 was a lumber puncture and 2 was having wisdom teeth out. Being in such a confined space for the best part of an hour nearly freaked me out. If I ever get asked to go for another one, I think I will say I'm doing my hair instead.
Other high points of the last few weeks? Rosie had a great birthday - including a mas sleepover and a roller-disco. Yup roller-disco's have arrived in Norfolk, 50 years after they went out of fashion in the real world. Jenny was a star pupil again at the awards night at Sheringham High School. She is the Queen of English. We've been planning for Jen's 6th form years (starting next September). looks more likely that she will be moving schools to a college in North Walsham (Nazza Wazza as the youf say). DG and me have thrown our selves into our work. Her school work seems never ending. I am now surveying everything from Wisbech to Horsey and Cromer to Norwich, an area equating to about 4 surveyors workload. Could absolutely work 24/7 and only scratch the surface. On the plus side, I am in the throws of choosing a new car for the next 4 years. I've decided that I need fat tyres and a high driving position so I can see over the hedges.
Well that was a cathartic hour (never written that word before). Apologies to my readers for going on a bit. That will teach me for leaving big gaps between posts.
Here's to a jolly winter. I'm off out with Rosie later this morning with no greater intention than catching leaves.
So as the rest of the house wisely sleeps through the bonus hour I have been up around the house re-setting clocks (why so many god damned clocks?) I am wide awake and getting creative. That and the fact that the local animal life aren't aware that it is really only just past 6am. The farm up the road has beef cattle in a barn being fattened for the plate and the poor buggers have been singing their heads off this morning. Our chimney has become a top spot for the owls to sit and twit-twoo as well. A lovely sound but not this early on a Sunday.
It also meant I got to listen to the excellent Non-League Football show on Radio5. Not much about Luton but great that the minnows of the Footy world get a chance for debate/review/report
So wh'appen since the start of term?
Norwich's season really started to kick off - been stop start because of the international games and only a few home games for us to go to. A poor start under Hughton (Hootun as they say up here) but signs of recovery and better play - which culminated in a fantastic win over Arsenal. Everyone says how poor Arsenal were but Narge played them off the park. We went en-mass (en mass?) to Villa Park yesterday to see another great performance that should have been a win but for a sloppy goal and poor crossing into the box. This was Rosie's 1st away match (and the 1st for DG for years). A long drive for a game of football but that's part of the fun of living on the edge of the country - every where is a long way a way. Norwich's local derby is now West Ham!
We also took in the England U21's at Carrow Road. A lot less "lively" affair than the return match in Serbia a few days later.
Rosie and DG had a great day in Cambridge with Gdad and Valerie, Jim and Hayley. Rosie was very worried about Chris's attempts at punting and was relieved to reach dry land. A slap up lunch at Browns and a tour of John Lewis's made up for everything though. Their trip home was a nightmare though - cancelled trains, missed connections and a call out to me to collect them from Norwich to get them back. Would have been a 5 hour journey and it's only 80 miles away. Must get DG to drive more often. Being away from proper roads for so long has dented her confidence of busier places.
We've had a few visits from Billy and Lynn as they were hoping to get their own gaff locally. The plan was to get a bolt hole for weekends till they can be up here more permanently. After a few highs and lows and let downs - it now seems that it is out of the question for now. Though they will try and get up and around as often as possible, not least because it means they can visit poor old mum and poor old dad more regularly - which will take a bit of pressure off me. Mum is fairly stable though frail in her Sheringham home. She managed a visit to Bessingham for lunch last week which we all enjoyed though it is difficult to cater for her needs while away from the home. Now that winter is well on the way she struggles more as she can't get out in the garden and there are fewer visitors generally. The phone calls have started to ramp up and demands for visits get a bit difficult to handle.
Dad is coming to the end of a 2nd year of very intensive treatment for cancer. We won't know how successful the treatment has been for a few months and he is rather poorly just now due to the culmination of everything the poor old bugger has been through these last few months. Everything piles on top of everything else and at the moment he is struggling to wander about home. An intense zap of radiography last week is expected to help him back on his feet soon - but he has to get over the zapping effect 1st. Having been with him many times when we've seen the specialist at the Norfolk and Norwich hospital, I am confident that he will be fine (in time).
Talking ailments - I had an MRI scan on my back on Friday. I hope to get a diagnoses once and for all and then start treatment for a more stable condition. I really want to be able to get back running - but if it means biking and swimming, I can live with that. The MRI scan has now ranked No 3 in the most horrible thing I have ever had to endure. No1 was a lumber puncture and 2 was having wisdom teeth out. Being in such a confined space for the best part of an hour nearly freaked me out. If I ever get asked to go for another one, I think I will say I'm doing my hair instead.
Other high points of the last few weeks? Rosie had a great birthday - including a mas sleepover and a roller-disco. Yup roller-disco's have arrived in Norfolk, 50 years after they went out of fashion in the real world. Jenny was a star pupil again at the awards night at Sheringham High School. She is the Queen of English. We've been planning for Jen's 6th form years (starting next September). looks more likely that she will be moving schools to a college in North Walsham (Nazza Wazza as the youf say). DG and me have thrown our selves into our work. Her school work seems never ending. I am now surveying everything from Wisbech to Horsey and Cromer to Norwich, an area equating to about 4 surveyors workload. Could absolutely work 24/7 and only scratch the surface. On the plus side, I am in the throws of choosing a new car for the next 4 years. I've decided that I need fat tyres and a high driving position so I can see over the hedges.
Well that was a cathartic hour (never written that word before). Apologies to my readers for going on a bit. That will teach me for leaving big gaps between posts.
Here's to a jolly winter. I'm off out with Rosie later this morning with no greater intention than catching leaves.
Sunday, 2 September 2012
Oh it's a long while from July to September...
So what's been going on????
My memory of events since going to ROTW has become a bit hazy
So I'm going to hopefully try and remember a few of the more exciting things (coz my life is one long roller-coaster of fun right?)
The school term ended fairly quietly for every one - had a lovely visit from Kate and Ed O'Hanlon from the old village. Jenny's birthday party wasn't quite so quiet but I'm sure she enjoyed having the garden full of noise and her friends.
We went to Sawtry to see Sophie G on her 18th birthday. 18? Where did those years go? It was a great afternoon catching up with Gillespie's and Jones's and Rogers's.
The bike ride came next - see the photo's here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwUbm2P6Guk&feature=g-upl and here http://www.flickr.com/photos/16311022@N07/sets/72157630455324006/
A very demanding 120 miles from Shillington to Bessingham with 9 other biker boys. We can all feel very pleased with ourselves for completing it (again). That turned into a top weekend including having the longest laziest lunch ever in Billy's holiday garden in Langham. Lunch lasted till the funny music started outside the pub at about 10pm.
At the end of July we started our Olympic Experience.
Most of the rest of August (after Jenny's actual birthday) was spent in Lanzarote - soaking up the sun at last. We went all inclusive and eat and drank as much as possible in a bid to get our monies worth. Rosie loved all the clubs and Europop - I enjoyed the beach. DG and JP enjoyed an excuse to read and laze about without having to worry about anything back home. The holiday photo's are here http://www.flickr.com/photos/16311022@N07/sets/72157631349710416/ay
We celebrated Grahams birthday when we got home. A feast prepared by the old boy and Sue in Langham
As Septemeber started - we had more excitement. I was a guest of the England cricket team at The Oval to watch them beat SA. A bit tenuous but Richard managed to blagg a couple of hospitality tickets. And then back to Bessingham for the unveiling of our new village sign, a visit from Radio Norfolk's treasure Quest programme and a trip to Holkham Hall for the food festival.
Here's hoping for a spot of quiet living again for a few months till Christmas rears it's head.
Monday, 16 July 2012
Sunday, 15 July 2012
Sunday, 8 July 2012
8th July
8th July and it's raining. AGAIN!!!!!!!!!
To see the latest photographic content - go to Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16311022@N07/
I'm going to have to get slicker at blog posts. Writing once a month leaves me posting a "round robin" type letter that you get at christmas telling you that young Timothy got a 1st at Oxbridge, which was nice (etc).
Blog early and blog often. We'll see
So here's this month's round robin/rant
It has been raining lots. Not every day and not all the time, but often enough to not bother planning to do anything out-doors - though I have splashed out on a fancy new gas bbq, just in case.
Among he obvious high points from the last month have been seeing the Olympic Torch breeze through Norfolk. As I write I'm watching an old geezer carry the torch in Huntingdon en route to Letch/Nidge and Luton. DG and I were treated to supper at Morston Hall last week - an amazing eatery serving food you usually can only dream of.
Watching Rosie sing in the school talent show on Friday was a heart stopping moment. She was great. I sneaked out after her performance but apparently some of the other children were very good too.
We've also been to The Royal Norfolk show - an excellent day out, a beer festival in Haisborough - well worth the visit, seen the occasional sunset down at our beach hut and managed the odd swim in the sea!
Granny came over for Sunday lunch the other day. She is going through her usual highs and lows. As long as she is sensible about what she eats, she should avoid getting the occasional awful chest infections. She is always desperate to be out side and always desperate for visitors - no change there then. I do feel under pressure to visit her though DG Graham and Billy all tell me to only go when it suits. Saying that, I plan to go this morning as the Potty Festival is on in Sheringham (Morris dancing (not me - never confused)) and then pick Rosie up from Brownie camp.
I have been having a lot of trouble with my stupid back. A 3rd professional has now told me to stop running around so I think I can retire from competitive sport that requires training shoes!
Magic Darts
To see the latest photographic content - go to Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16311022@N07/
I'm going to have to get slicker at blog posts. Writing once a month leaves me posting a "round robin" type letter that you get at christmas telling you that young Timothy got a 1st at Oxbridge, which was nice (etc).
Blog early and blog often. We'll see
So here's this month's round robin/rant
It has been raining lots. Not every day and not all the time, but often enough to not bother planning to do anything out-doors - though I have splashed out on a fancy new gas bbq, just in case.
Among he obvious high points from the last month have been seeing the Olympic Torch breeze through Norfolk. As I write I'm watching an old geezer carry the torch in Huntingdon en route to Letch/Nidge and Luton. DG and I were treated to supper at Morston Hall last week - an amazing eatery serving food you usually can only dream of.
Watching Rosie sing in the school talent show on Friday was a heart stopping moment. She was great. I sneaked out after her performance but apparently some of the other children were very good too.
We've also been to The Royal Norfolk show - an excellent day out, a beer festival in Haisborough - well worth the visit, seen the occasional sunset down at our beach hut and managed the odd swim in the sea!
Granny came over for Sunday lunch the other day. She is going through her usual highs and lows. As long as she is sensible about what she eats, she should avoid getting the occasional awful chest infections. She is always desperate to be out side and always desperate for visitors - no change there then. I do feel under pressure to visit her though DG Graham and Billy all tell me to only go when it suits. Saying that, I plan to go this morning as the Potty Festival is on in Sheringham (Morris dancing (not me - never confused)) and then pick Rosie up from Brownie camp.
I have been having a lot of trouble with my stupid back. A 3rd professional has now told me to stop running around so I think I can retire from competitive sport that requires training shoes!
Magic Darts
Saturday, 9 June 2012
9 June 2012
Feels like I have been neglecting the Blogg recently so here's a brief recount of the comings and goings of the Bessinghamites since the last post.
1st up - mother. Poor old girl (I feel like I have to say that a lot) had another spell in the N&N with a list of ailments. Happily back in Shezza now though she needs careful management at the moment. Fortunately the home has now got some really good staff and seem to be more concerned with care rather than profit these days.
Jenny has just got back from Barcelona (up the coast a bit) playing netball for one of the local rival High Schools. She is tanned and tired and had a great time. Jen has been full on with exams and revision recently so it was a very useful break.
Rosie is on her way to London today to see Matilda with her Nan. She has been really good lately, having to fit in around the rest of us. This half-term holiday was hijacked by the Jubilee - so there has been loads of things going on locally.
DG helped organise Bessingham's jubilee picnic on Monday - an excellent day getting to know folk in the village. She has now started report writing - spent all day Thursday and Friday tapping away - right up till about 2am the other night (just in time to pick Jenny up from Wells/Spain)
I've been fighting a bad back - Dr says my running around days are over - I'll try and prove him wrong but it means no cricket this year. Got to get out on the bike soon in readiness for July 26th and 120 miles. Trouble is the bloomin weather is still not playing fair. Today it is blowing a gale and rainy and I was hoping to get a few hours in.
We have had a great Crab and Lobster festival in Cromer/Sheringham, a vintage car rally with about 250 cars, a wonderful day at the test match in Nottingham (was that summer?), jubilee parties in East Beckham and here and a lovely day on the Broads with Graham, Debbie and Jess.
Hopefully there will be some pictures uploaded here soon when I can get Picassa to work, otherwise go and look at my Flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/16311022@N07/
1st up - mother. Poor old girl (I feel like I have to say that a lot) had another spell in the N&N with a list of ailments. Happily back in Shezza now though she needs careful management at the moment. Fortunately the home has now got some really good staff and seem to be more concerned with care rather than profit these days.
Jenny has just got back from Barcelona (up the coast a bit) playing netball for one of the local rival High Schools. She is tanned and tired and had a great time. Jen has been full on with exams and revision recently so it was a very useful break.
Rosie is on her way to London today to see Matilda with her Nan. She has been really good lately, having to fit in around the rest of us. This half-term holiday was hijacked by the Jubilee - so there has been loads of things going on locally.
DG helped organise Bessingham's jubilee picnic on Monday - an excellent day getting to know folk in the village. She has now started report writing - spent all day Thursday and Friday tapping away - right up till about 2am the other night (just in time to pick Jenny up from Wells/Spain)
I've been fighting a bad back - Dr says my running around days are over - I'll try and prove him wrong but it means no cricket this year. Got to get out on the bike soon in readiness for July 26th and 120 miles. Trouble is the bloomin weather is still not playing fair. Today it is blowing a gale and rainy and I was hoping to get a few hours in.
We have had a great Crab and Lobster festival in Cromer/Sheringham, a vintage car rally with about 250 cars, a wonderful day at the test match in Nottingham (was that summer?), jubilee parties in East Beckham and here and a lovely day on the Broads with Graham, Debbie and Jess.
Hopefully there will be some pictures uploaded here soon when I can get Picassa to work, otherwise go and look at my Flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/16311022@N07/
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