Today I travelled down to Northampton to pick up Sarah (her bike) and our dog Zoe. They had been staying with my parents while Marta and I were in Alicante for two weeks. It also gave me the chance to visit a favourite greasy spoon cafe (on the A1 south near Stamford) for a coffee and a packet of crips!
3 July 2009
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2 July 2009
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17 junio – 1 julio 2009
Marta y yo hemos estado de vacaciones en Alicante durante dos semanas, nos quedamos con la tía y el tío de Marta. Las fechas fueron elegidas para coincidir con las hogueras, porque los diferentes distritos habian construido monumentos de muchos colores que quemaron después de unos días. Porque es muy caliente, hemos tenido que acostumbrarnos a una nueva forma de vida. Fuimos a muchos lugares cerca de Alicante, tambien la ‘British’ area de Benidorm, donde todo está en Inglés! Petardos son una parte importante de la fiesta, con mucho ruido de día y de noche en las calles. Nos gustaron ‘las mascletas’ todas las tardes durante cinco días, estos están diseñados para el ruido en vez de la luz – 130kg de pólvora en siete minutos! También hubo petardos en la playa a la medianoche por cinco días mas, así que tuvimos mucho que ver y hacer.
Marta and I have been on holiday in Alicante for two weeks, we stayed with Marta’s aunt and uncle. We chose the dates to coincide with the fiesta, when the different districts build huge colourful monuments which are set on fire after a few days. Of course it was very hot, and so we had to get used to a new way of life. We had a number of trips out to various locations around Alicante, including the ‘British’ area of Benidorm where everything is in English! Fireworks are a big part of fiesta, with noisy ones in the streets at all hours of day and night. Especially spectacular were the ‘mascletas’ every afternoon for five days, these are designed for noise rather than light – 130kg of gunpowder in seven minutes! There were also fireworks on the beach at midnight for another five days, so we had plenty to see and do.
14-16 June 2009
After leading worship at Sleaford Corps on our 29th wedding anniversary, it was time to start thinking about our holiday in Alicante. One of the jobs involved was taking Sarah (and her bike) and Zoe (our dog) to stay for the duration with my parents in Northampton. On Tuesday we travelled to Manchester to stay overnight with Roberto (one of Marta’s brothers) so that he could take us to the airport for 5.15 am.
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11-13 June 2009
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10 June 2009
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8-9 June 2009
Marta and I have started getting sorted out for our move at the end of July, so a highlight has been a trip to Gainsborough tip! Clearing out is so liberating, and I’ve had a good response for items I’ve offered free on FreeCycle.org
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6-7 June 2009
For the second time this year we travelled back to Wales at the invitation of a previous corps. It was an absolute joy to travel to Pentre in the Rhondda Valley where we spent five happy years between 1995 and 2000. Sarah came with us and we received such a warm welcome, it was great to meet up with so many good friends. Although it was a working weekend, it didn’t feel like it! The whole weekend was a real encouragement to us, and it was wonderful to see the fruit of our ministry in Pentre. Praise the Lord!
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Microsoft Invades Firefox!
On Tuesday I installed Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) on my desktop PC, and felt very pleased that it all went well with no problems – that was until yesterday! What I found was that Microsoft had sneakily installed an add-on to my Firefox browser!
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1-5 June 2009
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