Fill your days with life, not your life with days
To commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day, two minutes silence at 11:00 and a '1940s Gin Cocktail' on the balcony before dinner. The recipe for the cocktail is from the Bletchley Park website. City of London Gin, fresh lime juice, bitter lemon over ice. Cheers
Photo: Bubbles on the balcony What would you do if your birthday fell in the midst of a global lockdown? Have a lie in of course. Another one. Not if your uncle, aunt and cousin live in New Zealand you don't. The phone went off at 8 o'clock. No way were we going to answer …
Photo: We discovered a footpath under the famous bridge with no one around Just like everybody else we're counting down the time when we will have a little more freedom. Life for us in lockdown isn't too bad. We're used to each other's company and we're a lot better off than most. We've tried to …
Photo: Not quite what we had in mind Jan's big day. We were supposed to be in Tel Aviv for Jan's special birthday. SARS-CoV-2 had other ideas. Instead of a boutique hotel for a week and a top end dinner on her birthday we had English sparkling wine on the balcony and dinner at home. …
Photo: Just queuing in the rain If we had bucket lists, this would be on Colin's. To watch an episode of QI being recorded. Series R. Restaurants. The first rows of seats were set out like restaurant tables. We were behind them in row 4. We didn't get any food. Nor did they. If you've …
Jan and I are unanimous on which one we prefer. What do you think?
We attended a demonstration today outside Parliament highlighting the scandal that is inflammable cladding on hundreds, if not thousands of buildings in the UK, including ours. Also in attendance were: Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater ManchesterSadiq Khan, Mayor of LondonTom Copley AM, Deputy Mayor of London for HousingJohn Healey, Shadow Housing Secretary and MP for …
Photo: Woodbridge watermill from along the river Deben Outdoors then indoors. Storm Dennis shaped our weekend with friends David and Carolyn in Woodbridge, Suffolk. Outdoors David and Colin decided that we'd ride the 158km to Woodbridge from London. Our wives decided on more comfortable transport. Our ride attracted two other riders from ICC. Desmond and …
Photo: Home from home. Federico and Colin enjoying a Moretta di Fano "Bravado" Definition: a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate. Nico demonstrated this brilliantly on his last night with us. Nico is the 11 year old nephew of a Pansèr club mate. His dream was to see London. …
Photo: "So ferry 'cross the Mersey 'cause this land's the place I love" A christmas present that turned out to be a pilgrimage. The second, and final, Act of "You'll Never Walk Alone" For Jan's Christmas present Colin had bought two tickets for Liverpool vs Southampton. It was the obvious game to choose for a …
Colin and Jan Fisher 