Friday, 15th October 2010 – Monaco, Antibes, Day 3 Friday morning I got up relatively early and went for a swim in the hotel pool – which was heart-stoppingly cold that early in the day. The sun was just coming up behind the building and hadn’t hit the water, but I soon warmed up and…
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Travel 2010 – Monaco, Days 1 and 2
Wednesday, 13th/Thursday, 14th October 2010 – Monaco, Days 1 and 2 I’ve been missing in action for such a long time now that it’s very hard to know where to start, so I’ll make it simple and go with where I am right now and what I’m doing. After a long complicated summer, Lynne and…
Running 2010 – Northampton 10K, Northampton
Sunday, 3rd October 2010 – Northampton 10K, Northampton Today I ran the Northampton 10k – it was great fun. Here’s how it went. I woke up a bit later than I’d intended to (set the alarm for 7am then didn’t switch the on switch, so I woke up at 7.20 instead). I lurched around getting…
Running 2010 – Race for Life, Silverstone
Wednesday, 9th June 2010 – 10K Race for Life, Silverstone So finally 9th of June rolled around and all the training I had done was going to either pay off and I might be able to call myself a runner, or I was going to be horribly shown up as a fraud and end up…
Food 2010 – Whites, Beverley
Saturday, 30th January 2010 – Whites, Beverley So, Saturday night (on a visit to Hull to see my Mum) we went to Whites in Beverley for dinner. I’d been once before and was sufficiently impressed to want to go back for a “proper” run the what looked to be very good cooking (despite a slightly…
Food 2010 – The Roade House, Roade
Friday, 22nd January 2010 – Burns Night Supper, The Roade House, Roade For the last couple of years we have been trying (and failing) to get a table at the Burns’ Night Dinner at one of our favourite local restaurants, the Roade House. Well this year we managed to get a table, and so we…
Food 2010 – Recipes (Vegetable Stir-Fry, Maki Sushi, Miso Soup, Tempura Vegetables with Chilli Dipping Sauce, Cauliflower and Potato Fritters, Sweet Curry Sauce, Thai Green Curry Paste, Sauce Épice, Thai Green Chicken Curry, Exotic Fruit Gratin with Coconut Rice)
Monday, 19th January 2010 – Recipes (Vegetable Stir-Fry, Maki Sushi, Miso Soup, Tempura Vegetables with Chilli Dipping Sauce, Cauliflower and Potato Fritters, Sweet Curry Sauce, Thai Green Curry Paste, Sauce Épice, Thai Green Chicken Curry, Exotic Fruit Gratin with Coconut Rice) Vegetable Stir-Fry Makes: 4 servings Preparation Time: 10 minutes Ingredients: 2 tablespoons (30 millilitres)…
Food 2010 – Recipes (Pasta Dough, Scallop Mousse, Crab and Scallop Ravioli, Lemon Grass Scented Crab and Ginger Bisque, Crab with Tamarind and Curry Leaves)
Sunday, 18th January 2010 – Recipes (Pasta Dough, Scallop Mousse, Crab and Scallop Ravioli, Lemon Grass Scented Crab and Ginger Bisque, Crab with Tamarind and Curry Leaves) Saturday, 17th January 2010 – Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons Recipe Dinner, Towcester I cooked this menu for 16 of my friends to celebrate my own birthday… Birthday Buffet Menu…
Travel 2009 – Faro, Tavira, Days 6 and 7
Wednesday, 16th/Thursday, 17th September 2009 – Faro, Tavira, Days 6 and 7 By Wednesday we were becoming very relaxed indeed. Again we breakfasted late and had to fend off the friendly cat. He became even more of a pest as we wandered around the hotel gardens, which are a major part of the attraction of…
Travel 2009 – Faro, Estoi, Milreu, Sao Bras do Alportel, Alte, Day 6
Tuesday, 15th September 2009 – Faro, Estoi, Milreu, Sao Bras do Alportel, Alte, Day 6 Tuesday the weather had improved immensely, which was a relief. After all, what are you going to do in a place that geared for being outside if the weather turns against you? We got up late, and meandered down to…
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