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Sun: Lunch with Sue, James, Becky & Ed:
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Mon: Potter
Tue: Coffee with G&P, choir in evening
Wed: Hospital day at Mt Vernon, Patient Engagement seminar then Board meeting
24 - 29 Nov:
Sat: 7am breakfast, checked out, walked into town for the farmers market.
Coffee at Namur bakery. Bus to airport, 11:25 flight to City, then as Met line closed, caught DLR to Canning Town, Jubilee to Green Park, Victoria to Euston, train to Watford Junction, taxi to Chorleywood, then I drove to St Mary's Ricky in time for 1:45 rehearsal! Which went better than I expected for me without any practice since the last one. Back home to change, pick up Nigel, then to concert proper - Son of God Mass, Ubi Caritas by Meallor, Eternal Light Mass by Howard Goodall. Beautiful pieces, wonderful words.
Rained all the time when in UK. Busy day.
Sun: Lunch with Sue, James, Becky & Ed:
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Mon: Potter
Tue: Coffee with G&P, choir in evening
Wed: Hospital day at Mt Vernon, Patient Engagement seminar then Board meeting
Sun: Lunch with Sue, James, Becky & Ed:
Mon: Potter
Tue: Coffee with G&P, choir in evening
Wed: Hospital day at Mt Vernon, Patient Engagement seminar then Board meeting
19 - 20 Nov: Xmas Spectacular
Mon: Up to Norfolk with G&N, stopped at Ely for coffee and independent bookshop browse, excellent shop Topping & Company:
Called into Pete & Mo's for quick lunch bite, then off to Thursford for the Xmas Spectacular
What can I say. Bizarre yet so British. Just like the Olympic opening ceremony.
Back to Blakeney Hotel for usual dinner.
Tue: C&I went swimming before breakfast, then off shopping to Holt. Weather was grey and a but damp, back home at 3:30.
Back to Blakeney Hotel for usual dinner.
Tue: C&I went swimming before breakfast, then off shopping to Holt. Weather was grey and a but damp, back home at 3:30.
12 - 18 Nov
Mon: Mrs M left her coat in Farnham at the weekend, so I drove down and back through drizzle to pick it up. Generally pottered around, shopped at Waitrose, fixed new shower door roller. Confirmed Burgundy price with Bernard, so that tour is on (july 2013). Have also provisionally booked Bike Adventures for May to do Pisa to Sicily down the coast.
Tue: BMW in for service and MOT at Hyde Heath. I waited while it was done for a couple of hours, then popped into see G&P for coffee and to critique their patio, v.nice. Choir in evening - usual tetchy behaviour from Michael as its only a couple of weeks to go and we are still a bit dodgy in a couple of places.
Wed: Swam 60lengths at WP first thing. Lunch at Bedford Arms as guest of Bill S at 1969 "gentlemans monthly luncheon club" - not sure about joining as I seemed to be the youngest there!
In evening, took Nigel to CW Litefest talk on Underground by Sam Mullins (runs LT Museum) - very informative and he had a dry ironic sense of humour. Nigel bought the book though he was loath to part with his money!
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Tue: BMW in for service and MOT at Hyde Heath. I waited while it was done for a couple of hours, then popped into see G&P for coffee and to critique their patio, v.nice. Choir in evening - usual tetchy behaviour from Michael as its only a couple of weeks to go and we are still a bit dodgy in a couple of places.
Wed: Swam 60lengths at WP first thing. Lunch at Bedford Arms as guest of Bill S at 1969 "gentlemans monthly luncheon club" - not sure about joining as I seemed to be the youngest there!
In evening, took Nigel to CW Litefest talk on Underground by Sam Mullins (runs LT Museum) - very informative and he had a dry ironic sense of humour. Nigel bought the book though he was loath to part with his money!
Thu: Dr M went up to London for a meeting. I went to WP for spin class. Saw "We will rock you" with Eddie & Shirley at RMS, Ella was the Killer Queen. Very lively and polished performances all round.
Fri: Acted as chauffer to Dr M and Theo (sister from MVH) to King's Lynn Hospital. I took brompton and cycled into the city, nice historic quayside but deserted and cold:
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| Excellent breakfast as greasy spoon cafe |
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| Mist over the river Ouse |
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| High water flood marks on cathedral door pillar |
Much nicer town than I was expecting!
Sat: Took Granny down road for coffee with Nigel, then into Watford. As bearable as it could be - I bought a "country casual jacket"
In evening off the Dr Challoner's Anniversary dinner/dance with S&B, G&C.
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Good evening of chat, food and drink, though the music was inspiring enough to get us to dance.
Cherry was in a scrap book being passed around:
Sun: Built up energy reserves for the Granny outing tomorrow.
5 - 11 Nov:
Mon: Nothing exciting, just walked to vill for shopping, the update meeting with Chair and CX of Hillingdon Hospital....oh and Guy Fawkes night so lots of bangs and wizzes during the evening
Tue: Booked 9:30 spin class. Cold and frosty morn as they say in the carols, but clear and sunny to start with, so ran to William Penn, swam 50 lengths, then found the spin class was cancelled due to instructor being sick. All my good intentions to do a min-tri thwarted! Jogged back home via shops, buying a partridge to roast tonight. Choir later, only 3 weeks to go to the concert, as usual one wonders if we will be ready as some bits are still scrappy.
Big day 26 years ago, Jon was born:
Granny came round in evening for a Facetime call with Jon in Kabul, and we then got Lulu on the other iPad from a party in Newbury. Amazing technology and telecommunicatons
Tue: Booked 9:30 spin class. Cold and frosty morn as they say in the carols, but clear and sunny to start with, so ran to William Penn, swam 50 lengths, then found the spin class was cancelled due to instructor being sick. All my good intentions to do a min-tri thwarted! Jogged back home via shops, buying a partridge to roast tonight. Choir later, only 3 weeks to go to the concert, as usual one wonders if we will be ready as some bits are still scrappy.
Big day 26 years ago, Jon was born:
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| He's just as sweet now! |
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Just because Facetime can't do more than a 1-1 video conference
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Wed: Spin 10:40, walked to vill later to return library (what an exciting day!), then to Mt Vernon in evening for Hillingdon Clinical Commissioning Group (HCCG) presentation. How it can work is beyond me. It is not possible.
Thu: Cycle ride with Mrs M to Ricky to pick up parcel, and breakfast at Cinnamon Square. Mtg with Nigel's care workers at Shepherd Day Centre, a very calm and respectful place, makes you want to provide more support to them rather than the cutbacks they are experiencing. Then up to London to see Twelve Night at the Apollo with Stephen Fry and Mark Rylance (who plays Lady Olivio though sometime relapsing into Richard III with his asides to the audience, loved his dalek glide around the stage) via shopping in Chilton Street and a cheese board and glass of wine at La Fromagerie just off Marylebone High Street, very yummy.
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Excellent acting and staging, but the play itself is rather vacuous in plot, compensated in part by the wonderful language and use of words. What an amazing man was WMS.
Fri: Drove Dr M up to a meeting at Edgebaston Cricket Ground. Took Brompton and I cycled into Birmingham, mega breakfast in a busy workers pub,
wandered round the Art Museum which was just the right size with a variety of non-religious paintings
Good collection of pre-Raphaelite
Then looked at shops, all the usual ones, it got cold and I was bored so cycled back to hear the end of the lectures. Drove home to go straight to hear Ben Elton at the Chorleywood LiteFest, absolutely brilliant and charming, able to answer any question by going off into a insightful yet funny commentary. A nice man who has done very well with his talents and just happy with his life (despite those who seem jealous of his success and claim his has betrayed his left wing alternative comedy roots - will his real roots are very upper intellectual and cospmopolitan middle class)
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In evening caught train into London for birthday dinner with Hannah at Kopapa in Seven Dials. Trendy asian fusion. Great evening with rest of family (Lulu came).
Thu: Cycle ride with Mrs M to Ricky to pick up parcel, and breakfast at Cinnamon Square. Mtg with Nigel's care workers at Shepherd Day Centre, a very calm and respectful place, makes you want to provide more support to them rather than the cutbacks they are experiencing. Then up to London to see Twelve Night at the Apollo with Stephen Fry and Mark Rylance (who plays Lady Olivio though sometime relapsing into Richard III with his asides to the audience, loved his dalek glide around the stage) via shopping in Chilton Street and a cheese board and glass of wine at La Fromagerie just off Marylebone High Street, very yummy.
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Fri: Drove Dr M up to a meeting at Edgebaston Cricket Ground. Took Brompton and I cycled into Birmingham, mega breakfast in a busy workers pub,
wandered round the Art Museum which was just the right size with a variety of non-religious paintings
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| King Faisal of Iraq - I'd seen this picture in all the TEL books |
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| Degas |
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| One of 3 - A Lady of Shallot - on loan from Tate |
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| Has to be a northern Lowery! |
Then looked at shops, all the usual ones, it got cold and I was bored so cycled back to hear the end of the lectures. Drove home to go straight to hear Ben Elton at the Chorleywood LiteFest, absolutely brilliant and charming, able to answer any question by going off into a insightful yet funny commentary. A nice man who has done very well with his talents and just happy with his life (despite those who seem jealous of his success and claim his has betrayed his left wing alternative comedy roots - will his real roots are very upper intellectual and cospmopolitan middle class)
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Popped to Rootz Brassiere for pizza and wine afterwards, vg. An excellent day despite driving over 200 miles.
Sat: Went to Farnham for dinner with S&A, and J&W. Very pleasant evening, lots of red wine hence I fell asleep at 10pm. We stayed the night.
Sun: Lovely clear morning. Went for 20 mile bike ride with John to Hindhead Devil's Punchbowl. Observed 11 am mins silence enroute. Very slow service at NT Cafe. Super bike path down from Hindhead, running at end next to new A3. Got quite cold.
In evening caught train into London for birthday dinner with Hannah at Kopapa in Seven Dials. Trendy asian fusion. Great evening with rest of family (Lulu came).
29 Oct - 4 Nov: sniff sniff, I have a cold
Tedious week with a runny nose and cold that dragged on all week. On Wed went to HHFT Board meeting. In evening, Halloween festivities on Darvells Yard with what-has-now-become-a-traditional-party at Sylvie and Jamie's. On Friday decided that enuff was enuff, and I had to shake off the remnants of the cold so I went for 5km run on the Common in 40 mins (twice round), its a start, only just!:
Sat: "Come and sing" Hydn's Nelson Mass with Chorleywood Choral Society all day, Mrs M and Nigel came to the scratch performance at 4pm. Really enjoyed it, thought my sight reading was pretty good for someone who can't read music. I've done it before, but can't remember when, maybe Manama Singers Bahrain? as bits of the tunes were familiar.
Then great Fireworks party at another traditional Darvells event at Sean and Jeannie's.
Sun:
Up early to drive to Leighton Buzzard for their annual "reliability ride" with Chris and few of his friends. Very silly idea. It poured, and I mean poured, with globules of rain. The roads were awash, many deep puddles and torrential rivers on the hills. We got very very wet of course, with very very cold extremities. The best I can say was that it was nice when it was over. 61km in 3:20hrs
Then great Fireworks party at another traditional Darvells event at Sean and Jeannie's.
Sun:
Up early to drive to Leighton Buzzard for their annual "reliability ride" with Chris and few of his friends. Very silly idea. It poured, and I mean poured, with globules of rain. The roads were awash, many deep puddles and torrential rivers on the hills. We got very very wet of course, with very very cold extremities. The best I can say was that it was nice when it was over. 61km in 3:20hrs
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