TV night again last night, after a couple of weeks break (including our holiday, obviously). And the magic box is back to 90% full after that break :o ( Read more... )

No on-going series to watch this week, having finished A History of Christianity last week & also no more Pop Britannia recorded (disappointingly, coz we had another episode on disc but it turned out to be a repeat of one of the two we'd just seen). As we seem to have lined up half of the current BBC4 & BBCHD output to record (they're doing a ( Read more... )

J took the day off yesterday, so that we could go visit a museum :) We decided on the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, and actually managed to get ourselves up & out the house briskly enough to be in Cam before lunchtime! Before having our lunch we had a bit of a wander round the market (looking for a record stall J remembered from years ago, ( Read more... )

We had a very enjoyable yet busy weekend - my parents were visiting, so we had many meals out & visits to places. Even tho the weather didn't quite co-operate, we still managed to avoid the actual rain while we were out ( Read more... )

Actually did some flute practice yesterday for the first time in years. Ow. Not only am I badly out of practice (obviously), but all the assorted reflexes & muscle development have vanished totally. By the end of ~45 minutes playing my lips, arms, fingers & diaphragm were all letting me know they'd had enough. And whilst I knew what my fingers ( Read more... )