So long...

...and thanks for all the fish, was what my final email to colleagues last Friday started with. I was astounded, when I checked, that the book was published 30 years ago! Watch out for the Vogons coming, and Don't Panic! lol.

New Adventures

After nearly 8 years working away from home in Shropshire and over 7 1/2 years at The Barn, it is time to move on. Tomorrow will be my last day working for Capgemini. So what next week? Well the car gets its MoT on Monday morning. I hope it doesn't need too much doing. I've had it for nearly 11 years now, and it only needs another 7,000 miles to reach 250,000. But I wont be doing that driving along A14/M6/M54 and back every week any more!

So time to explore new things. Keep track of my ideas and adventures here! And leave comments or email me if you like.

P.S. You may find some earlier-dated posts appearing as I try and catch up!

Halloween Fun 2014

While Young Miss and friend...

...went trick or treating, I was left to handle the hordes who came knocking on the door. It has become a regular thing for me since Halloween 2008 (when I'm at home) and this year my role-playing was further embellished. Dressed all in black and with an academic gown as I cape, I open the door to greet them with "Good Efening. My name is Count Dracula. Velcome.You have come to join my party and brought me some treats? That sort of flumoxed them. "No? Vell Ve haff a special treat for our visitors... bat sandviches. Vould you like some?"

  

Of course they are only bacon sandwiches with tomato sauce in a homemade bread that had a lot of black food colouring added, but the take-up from the younger visitors was low. To keep me going I had a few glasses of a rather nice Aussie cleanskin red wine, so I was able to greet the adult chaperones with "And for the adults ve haff some bat's blood to drink if you like".  But I had no takers for that.... which left more for me the missus, who stayed lurking in the study.

Job done, once the girls returned and polished off the remaining sandviches, they dressed in their giraffe onesies and had fun with sparklers with young W.....

 

 in front of the chiminea....
 

 I left them to their all-night horror movie marathon.. enough was enough for me. So. How can I add to the entertainment next year? Any ideas?