Went to Colin Boots fiftieth birthday celebration/commiseration at the Bull and Butcher. Nice buffet had been laid on my Ricky, and Ursula had laid nice company. Usual culprits were in attendance. Many Old Speckled Hens later, Graham, Selina’s boyfriend came an picked us up to take us home.
Steve
Man of leisure.
More work for Rosemary
Another weekend with Rosemary working the whole weekend in the office. At least the product her company is implementing is now live. So no more weekends, and hopefully she will be back early from now on. The weather was too windy for paragliding, so I was not able to make use of my free time. Usual lunch time trip to the P&A for lunch.
KC&RC committee meeting
Well we had the KC&RC committee meeting at the Swan. We had left the organisation of a dance too late, so will be having one in September instead of April. Probably date the 19th or 20th We agreed to buy an automatic trap, seems everyone is fed up using the manual levermatic traps. Also you can put the automatic in line of fire which means you can set-up shoots far more easily. We also agreed to purchase a 20ft container to store all the traps, subject to Sally and Peter having it on their land. The Welsh trip is to be organised for May bank holiday.And that was that..
Funeral of Reg Nixy
Today at 10.30 a nearby neighbour, Reg Nixy was buried. He had lived to 85. He had fought in the war, and been evacuated from Dunkirk. They had lived in the village for over 50 years. The service was pleasant and well attended. Afterwards we adjourned to Jacks for tea and sandwiches.
Paragliding and Triumphs
Well I should have gone paragliding, but instead in the afternoon we washed the Triumph, took it for a drive and boiled the brake fluid. I did wonder why I could only get to 40 mph, and that had to be in third gear. So must speak to Graham to see what damage I have done to the front brake and cylinder. The paragliding bit, well I did some ground handling in the field. My last flights last year were all forwards launches, and I have all but forgotten how to do a reverse launch. I was also trying a technique, which is called the reverse hand launch. Something most people launch with, but I never mastered. It is a safer technique when launching in a strong wind on a hill.
Clay shooting
More work for Rosemary, but at least from home. The day was a beautiful sunny day, so I went clay shooting in the morning at Collet. Quite a good turn out for the KC&RC. Not sure what my score was. I really should take the cards and publish them on the web. We decided it was time to have a committee meeting
Work work work
Saturday was a sad day for me. Rosemary had to work all day. Result was a lunchtime meal in the Plough and Anchor as a reward for me. I do love their starter salad of green leaves, oranges and raspberry juice. The main course was lobster.
Funeral of Joan Blasdale
Today was the funeral of Joan Blasdale who was my aunt. The service took place at 2.00 pm at the Robin Hood Cemetery and Crematorium. The weather was very pleasant. Afterwards we had food and drinks at the Ramada Jarvis Hotel.At these events you catch up with your relatives who you should see more regularly, but never do.
Accident at the P&A
Last night, just after 9.00, a police car travelling from Bicester to Aylesbury on a blue light run was overtaking a van just before the Plough and Anchor pub. The van was turning into the pub, and has hit by the police car. The van ended up in the hedge. The police car took down the pub sign, (5 by 5 inch timber post), the cast iron lamp post which was shattered into may pieces some of which travelled 50 meters down the road. Took down the metal fence, hit the pub wall damaging the window and was wedged between the pub wall and the fence. No one was hurt.I was totally oblivious to what had happened, and only became aware of the problem when I went to the pub for a late nightcap. In the morning I took some pictures of the pub including one of Paul holding part of a pub sign on the other side of the road.
John Curd starts his sixth decade
Rosemary and I went out to see John Curd on a special surprise visit organised by Carol to commiserate his 50th birthday. Many of the old Walker crowd were there to drink to his health. He had been expecting to go out for a curry, but instead we had a brought in curry organised by the New Himalaya Tandoori house.