Things In General

Dartmouth Boat Trip And Picnic Aboard Blue Marlin III

My husband Steve, has half shares on a little day fishing/cruiser boat, with his brother Mike.  It is moored on the beautiful River Dart in Dartmouth down here in Devon.  Steve and Mike try to go out fishing in the boat “Blue Marlin III” once a week, and I use the word “fishing” loosely as they never seem to catch anything!!!  Anyway, occasionally I am taken out for a picnic on the boat, where no fishing takes place.  On the 6th May 2013, the bank holiday Monday, it was a beautiful day here in Ivybridge, so we decided that today would be a good day to take for us to take the boat out. [Read more…] about Dartmouth Boat Trip And Picnic Aboard Blue Marlin III

Les Miserables Film My Review
Steve & I decided to go and see the Les Miserables Film on Monday 7th January 2013.  We have seen the stage productions in London and when it came down to Plymouth many years ago, and have seen the DVD’s of the anniversaries etc and absolutely love it.  We both love musicals and have seen stage productions of many of them,  but Les Miserables is by far and away our all time favourite.  [Read more…] about Les Miserables Film My Review

Alessi Cutlery Purchased From Tesco Corrodes Like Rust

I do the majority of my food shopping at my local Tesco Store and at various times they have different promotions on, where if you spend so much money you get vouchers for money off items at greatly reduced prices.

Recently Tesco had a promotion on for Alessi Cutlery, entitling you to 85% off this particular range.  I had some cutlery that that I had for many many years  but this had now become a little stained.  I saw this promotion and as I had done some research on the particular make of cutlery and had a good look at it in the store and it seemed to be of a high quality and decided that this appeared to be an offer I couldn’t resist.

You could purchase different sets of this cutlery but I needed the 4 piece table sets, which consisted of a dinner knife, a dinner fork, a dessert spoon and a teaspoon in each set.   For each set of cutlery you needed 5 coupons and then had to pay the reduced price of £4.99 for each set, making a saving of £30.00.  I collected enough coupons to get 12 sets over the next few weeks, and once I had collected them all, I got rid of all my old cutlery.  I started to use this new cutlery and first impressions I was very pleased, as it appeared good robust cutlery that should last  a good many years. [Read more…] about Alessi Cutlery Purchased From Tesco Corrodes Like Rust

Our street “New Meadow” had a street party on Sunday Monday 4th June 2012 to celebrate our Queen Elizabeth II’s 60 years on the throne.   Bunting was in abundance not only strung across the street, but also individual houses were decked out in bunting and flags.

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Olympic Torch on Plymouth Hoe 19/5/2012
As it is a once in a lifetime experience, Steve and I were planning to go and see the torch pass through our nearby towns of Brixton, Yealmpton or Modbury on the Sunday 20/5/2012, but decided at the last minute to go up on Plymouth Hoe for the first location for one of the evening celebrations.  We decided to go in on the Park and Ride from Plympton, into the City Centre and then walk the short distance up to the World famous spectacular Plymouth Hoe, which overlooks Plymouth Sound. The iconic structure Smeaton’s Tower lighthouse was lit up for this very special occasion. [Read more…] about Olympic Torch on Plymouth Hoe 19/5/2012