Archive for May, 2008

It’s been a busy old time recently so here’s a little synopsis of how things have been going.
Our wedding was lovely. Jo looked spectacularly gorgeous in her red dress and I’ve never been so proud as when I saw her walking into our wedding. I was nervous, but proud and very, very happy. The day [...]

To the surprise of nearly everyone, including our families, Jo and I were married at Langar Hall at 11:30 on 22nd May. We had a secret ceremony involving only us and some very close friends at this lovely country house. Miraculously the sun came out and provided us with some exceptional weather for our special [...]

Jo and I had a fantastic meal out last night at one of Beeston’s finest eateries – the Library Bar and Kitchen on Wollaton Road. We’ve been here a few times before as the food is delicious and very well priced. It used to be termed a “Swedish Tapas Bar” but now seems to have [...]

I spent the best part of last Friday in the lovely Lancashire area of Tameside, where our band were taking part in the traditional Whit Friday Marches contest. For the uninitiated this happens every year (on Whit Friday, natch) and involves many dozens of Britain’s brass bands descending on Tameside and Saddleworth. Each band is [...]

A few months ago I took over the job of Public Relations from my old mate Ray at band. I took the decision to take the opportunity to update the band website and I’m close to getting the site how I’d want it.
It’s temporarily on a new domain while we get the old one transfered [...]

With all this (surely temporary) glorious sunshine around at the moment we decided that we’d be better off spending some time increasing our chances of skin cancer rather than moping around in the gloom of our appartment. With increased levels of UV radiation in mind we headed off to the coast yesterday afternoon.
Now, Nottingham is [...]

The weather has been outstanding around here recently so it seemed appropriate to enjoy the sunshine while we had it. Jo and I had bought a book last year, called “Pub Strolls In Nottinghamshire“, with the intention of spending more time getting out and about our local countryside. We had a good look at some [...]