Sunday 27th April 2014

Bargains – Dorothy Perkins Free Delivery Code – dorothyperkins.com & Homebase Discount Code – homebase.co.uk & Bon Marche Sale – 40% off at bonmarche.co.uk & Expedia Sale – expedia.co.uk & MandM Discount Code – mandmdirect.com & Go Outdoors Voucher Code – 15% off at gooutdoors.co.uk

We looked like intrepid explorers when we set off for our early morning walk. Walking sticks and a rucksack with all we needed now it is getting warmer. We can’t fit it all in pockets any more! Mal playing the fool as usual, pretending he is 90!

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One side of the footpath high up, all the plants were dying, the other side new orchids appearing and the higher we went, the later they are opening.

I noticed yesterday that during one of our future trips back to the UK, “The Lindisfarne Story” is on at the Theatre Royal, Margate. So, I clicked on the website to book tickets. It went to the Theatre Royal but they weren’t even advertising it. Nothing else for it, so I Skyped them. The receptionist “Who? Can you spell that? Never heard of them. No they are not here!!” Rather typical of Margate.  For those of you either not old enough or whatever, they sang ‘Meet me on the Corner’, ‘Fog on the Tyne’, Lady Eleanor etc. I saw them years ago and they were very good.

So, I emailed Theatre Royal and being fair they emailed back later yesterday and said they would  let me know when they are selling tickets.

I also emailed the Lindisfarne website, after all how are they going to sell tickets when Theatre Royal don’t even know they are performing?!   This morning I received a very nice reply from Ray Laidlaw no less!! He is frustrated by the whole thing.

Come on Margate get it sorted!

I listened to Wilko Johnson (Dr Feelgood) on Radio 2. He has terminal cancer and has just completed an album with Roger Daltry. Brave man. Puts things in perspective listening to him.

We had a power cut during the Chelsea v Liverpool match….grrrr!  But I was pleased with the result even though we saw little of the game. The power cuts appear to be getting more frequent. Just when we put all the candles away!

Thought for the Day – “All we have to do is understand that we’re all here for a reason and to commit ourselves to that. Then we can laugh at our sufferings, large and small and walk fearlessly, aware that each step has meaning” ~ Paulo Coelho