Photos of friends & events in 2010
(for photos of family
events click
here)
taken over Clent Hills on a sunny Sunday 14th June 2009
Our New Year's Eve
party at Belinda's
...
A
very cold walk on 8th December alongside the Dudley canal which was
frozen solid - as demonstrated from the photos
here of the two [daft, in my
view] teenagers walking down the middle of the frozen water.
a long weekend away in London3rd
- 5th December Joy & Lynton and Lynne & Ian .. the highlights being
Friday 3rd December: at Imperial War Museum; sight-seeing and a meal in
Covent Garden. Saturday 4th December: shopping [or should that be just
looking at those prices!!!] at Fortnum & Mason; at the British Museum;
at Momma Mia the musical. Sunday 5th December: sightseeing; at Harrods;
at the Royal Tournament @ Earls Court - all with food aplenty, of
course!!
'walking day' on Thursday
21st October 2010 and we went to Kinver. A cold but crisp & sunny day.
A weekend with Joy & Lynton and
Lynne & Ian .. dinner at mine on the Friday 8th October .. visiting
Packwood House & Baddsley Clinton on the Saturday .. dinner & overnight
stay @ J&L's .. visiting Hanbury Hall on Sunday 10th October
After walking with my neighbour
Terry along the banks of the the River Severn from Bewdley towards Arley
we went to my sister Beverly's for lunch .. Friday 3rd September
watching the re-enactment of the Titanic's anchor being pulled through
Netherton (the original 16-tonne anchor was cast by Hingley's of
Netherton in 1911 & hauled to the old Dudley train station by 20 shire
horses) Sadly today’s horses
aren’t as strong; they couldn’t cope with the weight and a tractor had
to be called in to pull the anchor!!
at the funeral on Tuesday 10th
August of Royal Marine Jonathan Crookes, 26, from Halesowen who died
during a patrol in the Sangin district of Helmand province on 16 July
a weekend away with Joy & Lynton
and Lynne & Ian - 7th/9th August 2010
visiting
Polesden Lacey , a National
Trust home,in Surrey
visiting
Chartwell also a National
Trust home, in Kent, the country home of Sir Winston Churchill
a walk over Romsley's hidden rail
track - 5th August 2010
an evening meal with Paul Bond, Ian
Lacon & Nando Jaramillo on 29th July 2010
a tour of Pride Park, home of Derby
County FC, on Thursday
29th July 2010
walking along the River Severn on Wednesday
21st July 2010
with my sister Beverly at her
friend's Carole & Robert Trigger's Ruby Wedding celebrations at The Old
Rectory, Ipsley nr Redditch on Saturday July 2010
my weekly walk with my neighbour
Terry @ Arley nr Bridgnorth on Wednesday 7th July 2010
my sister Belinda's birthday party
on Saturday 3rd July 2010
a few days away at Llandanwg, near
Harlech, from Wednesday 30th June to Saturday 3rd July 2010
our final [sadly] World Cup 2010 game
party for the England v Germany game 27 June 2010 - oh well, let's wait
for the Euro 2012 games!!
Walking over Bluebell Wood near
Clent on Thursday 24th June with my neighbour Terry Curzon.
yet another football party, this
time at my house on Wednesday 23rd June to watch the final group game v
Slovenia
on a Prayer Walk from church, over
local fields discovering our history .. on a lovely sunny & balmy
evening .. Tuesday 22nd June 10
at a football party to celebrate &
support England .. thankfully these photos were taken before the end of
a most awful England performance v Algeria. We were dire .. sadly!! Friday 18th June
at Judith & George's.
Walking through the woods to find the canal path through some remarkably
green and quiet areas of Netherton, not known for its aesthetic charms!!
Pleasantly surprised .. on a lovely warm & sunny day @ 17th June.
The
first of our 'World Cup - England games' parties to watch the game v USA
@ Peter & Phylis' gathering suitably clad in England colours of course!!
Saturday 12th June.
The
first of our 'World Cup - England games' parties to watch the game v USA
@ Peter & Phylis' gathering suitably clad in England colours of course!!
Saturday 12th June.
I had
a good day out at the National Memorial Arboretum - whose motto is "where
the Nation remembers" - on Wednesday 9th June
walking over the Clent & Walton Hills on a beautifully sunny day 4th
June 2010 .. with my neighbour Terry!
I
went to Wootton Bassett on Thursday 3rd June to see
to see the repatriation of Corporal
Stephen Paul Curley, 26, & Zak Cusack, 20, - it was a most emotional
event
staying overnight on 1st June at my sister Bev's and meeting up with Mo
Massingham, a former work colleague, on 2nd June for morning coffee,
alfresco
Wednesday 25th May - in London to watch the State Opening of Parliament
.. or more correctly, to stand in The Mall and watch all the pomp
with the bands, procession etc
visiting Lynne & Ian in Torquay from Friday 14th - 17th May 2010 and
where we visited Agatha Christie's home, Boringdon Hall, Saltram House
and Sidmouth
visiting two former BR stations, now converted to private accommodation
& rail tracks @ Fencote and Rowden Mill - Thursday 29th April 2010
a
day out 'National Trust-ing' on Wednesday 28th April - at Croft Castle &
Berrington Hall
a
lunchtime Concert at the Town Hall Birmingham followed by lunch at the
Mailbox - Monday 26th April
Saturday 24th April was my birthday!! A day of mixed emotions .. on the
morning I was treated to a birthday breakfast by Joy & Lynton and later
when I got home I spent a little time with my neighbours Ian & Heather
who are moving home this weekend down to Torquay. I'll miss my weekly
coffee mornings with Ian.
Friday 23rd April was St George's Day &
would have been my dad's birthday - a proud Scot born on England's
Patron Saint's day .. he never lived it down within the family!! I went
to Clent, where we had scattered his ashes, and on the evening stayed
with Joy & Lynton who treated me to a traditional English meal of
faggots & mash followed by treacle tart & cream .. nice! To see more
photos of the day click here
we explored new territory for our weekly walk
on Wednesday 21st April, trying to follow the former train-line from
Halesowen to Longbridge. We joined it at Romsley and only managed part
of it in the near 3 hours we were out.
my weekly walk, this time over Trimpley
Reservoir where I bumped
into a former work colleague .. as well as seeing SVR steam trains!
it's Good Friday so it must be an egg hunt
followed by toasted hot cross buns with the Hierons' - Friday 2nd April
2010
Visiting Coughton Court on Saturday 27th
March -home to the Throckmortons family, one of the UK’s oldest Catholic
families since the 15th century and implicated in the Gunpowder plot of
1605.
celebrating Judith Tyler's birthday with a
meal & Wii fitness training - Tuesday 23rd March 2010
a 'National Trust' day with Peter and
Judith & George visiting both Baddsley Clinton and Packwood House -
Wednesday 24th February 2010
a weekend with Joy & Lynton and Lynne &
Ian - Friday 12th February to Monday 15th February 2010
at the Chilcote Iraq Inquiry - QEII
Conference Hall, London on Friday 29th January 2010
a fabulous 4 days away @ the Saunton Sands
Hotel in North Devon - 16th/19th January 2010
Saturday 16th - the sunset
as seen from the hotel, playing Wii (for the first time) and other games
& pre dinner drinks!
Sunday 17th at Ilfracombe,
Woolacombe & dinner at the hotel
Monday 18th at pre-dinner
cocktails and later in the games room
Tuesday 19th our last day
- on the beach beneath the hotel
another walk in a fresh fall of snow -
Haden Hill Park & House 13th January 10
first walk of the new year @ Saltwells
Park - 6th January 10
![William {Bill] McBain with his great nephew Archie - Sept 2010](images/3sep10c.jpg)
