Showing posts with label Norwich. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Norwich. Show all posts
Monday, 18 February 2008
Friday, 15 February 2008
Norwich with Boy Bishop
We had a super day out in Norwich with Owen, Charles, Linnie and Wanna. Picked everyone up and then went first to Linnie's shop 'Second Hand Rose'. 
Its closing down end of Feb due to various reasons, not least of which is lack of customers due to the economy etc. Met her business partner Jane (?). She's the blond one sitting in the middle of the photo, not the bald head (thats Charlie) on the left!!! Then off we went to Norwich for lunch at Waggaworld. A sort of Japanese/Vietnamese/Thai/Laos/Cambodian type of place serving mixed noodle and rice dishes sort of stuff if you know what I mean...?... Anyway it was good.
Its closing down end of Feb due to various reasons, not least of which is lack of customers due to the economy etc. Met her business partner Jane (?). She's the blond one sitting in the middle of the photo, not the bald head (thats Charlie) on the left!!! Then off we went to Norwich for lunch at Waggaworld. A sort of Japanese/Vietnamese/Thai/Laos/Cambodian type of place serving mixed noodle and rice dishes sort of stuff if you know what I mean...?... Anyway it was good.
Monday, 11 February 2008
Big Mac's, HDTV's and fishing
After the excitement of Ipswich Football club it was back to Thetford and a trip to MacDonald's. That was via hte Thetford Museum. 
Both the museum and MacDonnalds are experiences not to be undertaken to often. We had a takeaway at Mums house and Wanna got to see some family photos. Why is it parents always seem to keep pictures of us when we were little kids?...
This afternoon was spent helping Mother in choosing a new HDTV. Drama there!!!! Which one to choose. What colour? Do the sticky labels come off? Will the stand fit in my room? Will it work properly? Does it get the golf, etc etc….Difficult decisions so we had to do a trip back to the house to measure what was there and see how well and bigger and more modern TV would fit in? Finally got it sorted out so everyone happy. My blood pressure now back to normal!! Also I can say with conviction it is now safe to leave Mum at home for the weekend. The latter part of the afternoon was taken up with a spot of fishing and we caught a few small ones. Some big ones got away. (Have you noticed it's always the big ones that get away). Check out the big catch below. Wanna still not happy with the maggots!!!
Both the museum and MacDonnalds are experiences not to be undertaken to often. We had a takeaway at Mums house and Wanna got to see some family photos. Why is it parents always seem to keep pictures of us when we were little kids?...This afternoon was spent helping Mother in choosing a new HDTV. Drama there!!!! Which one to choose. What colour? Do the sticky labels come off? Will the stand fit in my room? Will it work properly? Does it get the golf, etc etc….Difficult decisions so we had to do a trip back to the house to measure what was there and see how well and bigger and more modern TV would fit in? Finally got it sorted out so everyone happy. My blood pressure now back to normal!! Also I can say with conviction it is now safe to leave Mum at home for the weekend. The latter part of the afternoon was taken up with a spot of fishing and we caught a few small ones. Some big ones got away. (Have you noticed it's always the big ones that get away). Check out the big catch below. Wanna still not happy with the maggots!!!
Sunday, 10 February 2008
Owens neighbours.
Owen has a great location in Thetford which is made even better as he has some really good neighbours. We've met 3 of them. 
Two brothers Paul and Andy (Twins!) living in separate houses. Well Paul tells me he is 15 minutes youngere than Andy! Also Doreen. Seems a really good street.
Paul owns a Lotus Lotus 'ESPRIT' V8 SE and he took Wanna for a spin. 150 miles per hour down one of the country lanes. She loved it.
This was followed by a much more pedestrian trip in Owens car to the maggot dispensing machine. That’s right! A maggot dispensing machine. The idea it that anglers ill buy these and use them for fishing. Must work as the machines appear to be doing good business? There Wanna was not so impressed. "Ugh!" was the reaction when the tin was opened to reveal a bunch of wriggling little maggots. We even ended up having to fix the maggots to the fishing hooks for her. That’s another story.
Two brothers Paul and Andy (Twins!) living in separate houses. Well Paul tells me he is 15 minutes youngere than Andy! Also Doreen. Seems a really good street.Paul owns a Lotus Lotus 'ESPRIT' V8 SE and he took Wanna for a spin. 150 miles per hour down one of the country lanes. She loved it.
This was followed by a much more pedestrian trip in Owens car to the maggot dispensing machine. That’s right! A maggot dispensing machine. The idea it that anglers ill buy these and use them for fishing. Must work as the machines appear to be doing good business? There Wanna was not so impressed. "Ugh!" was the reaction when the tin was opened to reveal a bunch of wriggling little maggots. We even ended up having to fix the maggots to the fishing hooks for her. That’s another story.
Saturday, 9 February 2008
Ipswich Town Go go.....
Owen had organized tickets for us to go and see Ipswich Town Football Club. 
ITFC !! . They were playing Watford at home. This was a Championship match. So great excitement. We, Owen, Charlie, Wanna and I to Ipswich. After parking we bought the obligatory hot dogs and paid a visit to the 'shop' (Planet blue…) where we purchased wooly ITFC hats. Then we looked the part, real supporters. 
The ground was packed full with an almost capacity crowd of 24,245 people. I didn't count but we were told on the tannoy system. It was real fun with the crowds around us really getting into the spirit of it all. 
Seems most people around me knew more than the referee on most of the 
decisions he made. Seems if they were to be believed he had not read a rule book for some time. They obviously had and kept trying to tell him so, but he did not seem to hear them!! Great fun. Unfortunately Ipswich lost 2-1. (Was a fair result if truth be told) Even Owen conceded to that.
ITFC !! . They were playing Watford at home. This was a Championship match. So great excitement. We, Owen, Charlie, Wanna and I to Ipswich. After parking we bought the obligatory hot dogs and paid a visit to the 'shop' (Planet blue…) where we purchased wooly ITFC hats. Then we looked the part, real supporters. 
The ground was packed full with an almost capacity crowd of 24,245 people. I didn't count but we were told on the tannoy system. It was real fun with the crowds around us really getting into the spirit of it all. 
Seems most people around me knew more than the referee on most of the 
decisions he made. Seems if they were to be believed he had not read a rule book for some time. They obviously had and kept trying to tell him so, but he did not seem to hear them!! Great fun. Unfortunately Ipswich lost 2-1. (Was a fair result if truth be told) Even Owen conceded to that.
Friday, 8 February 2008
Haircut Norfolk style… sort of…
One very interesting thing was getting a haircut at the mobile barbers. It seems some old chap has set 
himself up in business running a barbers shop. What differs from the competition is that he set it up on the road side. That's right. He has a truck parked on the road side. Seems he has fitted the bus/coach with a gas heater for warmth and an inverter on the battery to supply 240 volts. All you have to do as a punter is turn up and park your vehicle enter the truck and get a trim. Could not be much easier. Does cost you a fiver….but to hell with the cost, I also opted for a trim of my beard which was another 2.50 pounds. After this rash approach I realized it all soon adds up to a lot of 
money. 
But I consoled myself by telling myself I had offset the fact there is no need to book, you get almost 100% guaranteed free parking, that’s right no parking charge and no queuing for parking. So really the cost of a quick trim is not so bad. And it was quick, took all of 5 minutes. I worked it out 7.50 pounds per 5 minutes not bad. And there was someone waiting after me for a trim.
himself up in business running a barbers shop. What differs from the competition is that he set it up on the road side. That's right. He has a truck parked on the road side. Seems he has fitted the bus/coach with a gas heater for warmth and an inverter on the battery to supply 240 volts. All you have to do as a punter is turn up and park your vehicle enter the truck and get a trim. Could not be much easier. Does cost you a fiver….but to hell with the cost, I also opted for a trim of my beard which was another 2.50 pounds. After this rash approach I realized it all soon adds up to a lot of 
money. 
But I consoled myself by telling myself I had offset the fact there is no need to book, you get almost 100% guaranteed free parking, that’s right no parking charge and no queuing for parking. So really the cost of a quick trim is not so bad. And it was quick, took all of 5 minutes. I worked it out 7.50 pounds per 5 minutes not bad. And there was someone waiting after me for a trim.Norfolk
We made it up to Norfolk by tube, rail and car to get to stay with Owen. Well worth the journey. We caught up with Mother and then had a wander around Thetford followed by an excellent dinner with Charlie and Linnie. Paul joined us as well as Owens son Andrew. Charlie was a bag of nerves making some excellent Thai food and waiting for Wanna's approval. Talk about a cat on hot bricks. Which I am pleased to say he got full 1000% approval so much so Wanna had a second helping! The food was excellent and a good evening was had by all. As usual Charlie had a couple of good jokes to get us all in the mood. Just wish I could remember them. Wanna got into Rasta mode!!!!!
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