Month: January 2008

So our new, new door has been delivered to the glaziers to have it’s double-glazed units installed, the exterior clear varnish has been purchased and it’s just a matter of waiting. Since in a former life I have hung a number of front doors, I did toy with the idea of hanging this one as…

With Christmas now a distant memory, and apart from the wife and MiL’s birthdays, January has precious little to commend it. Fortunately in the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton, we have a quality theatre within reach which always has a Christmas spectacular of some sort. This year is was the Wizard of Oz starring a bunch…

Not a great surprise given that yesterday evening the weatherperson said last night would be a dark and stormy night. Not a verbatim quote you understand, but that was the gist of it. Incidentally, why dark and stormy? Most nights are dark, it’s what makes them night by and large. Still I suppose it scans…

During a somewhat changeable day weather-wise yesterday, it became clear that there was to be no flooding in Lymington. At one point in the afternoon there was the most impressive rainbow over the town, at least as viewed from the car park behind M&S, and everyone knows that means there will be no flooding, right?…

Funny how every year, normally for a maximum of two weeks, normally sane people decide to change their lives drastically. Favourite resolutions are to eat less, drink less, exercise more and give up smoking. What is clear is that if your only motivation is that it’s a new year, you’re not going to make it.…

So the dust begins to settle on another festive season and it seems the only decision to make is when do the decorations come down. Well maybe not the only decision. Since late December the January sales have been in full swing in Lymington and visiting friends have already benefited with up to an amazing…