A Few More From Our Last Holiday, Day 14

a day at sea, 

we had lunch by the pool, 

then downstairs,

to the cinema for a afternoon film, 

in the evening a black tie meal, 

'Cheers!',

and one from Diana,

fish for Diana after our starters, 

pork for myself, and yes I had to! another 'Cheers!',

on to desserts, 

the meal was excellent as usual, 

then a stroll on deck,

as the sun was going down, 

a fellow traveller kindly offered to take our photograph, 

after which it was the evening's show in the theater, next a nightcap in the Crows Nest and we were off to bed, back to yesterday in Blighty, 

first thing Harry called by, 

with mountains of tools, 

off with the boards from the bathroom window, 

and off with the old paint,

he used all manner of tools, heat guns and sanders which unbelievable had their own built in dust catchers,

all sandeed,

so painting can begin, 

once finished the board was replaced, 

all done, he will call back next week to continue on this window and start work on the one next to where I sit in the living room, 

which brought me up to my sherry and evening read, one of the many things I like about Private Eye is occasionally there is a box on a page named 'Number Crunching' 2 factual numbers are placed for examination, here are a few from the last couple of issues, I will not comment on each one as they are self explanatory, 

and the sad fact is that all of the above facts and figures are 100% true, 

then time for a 'Cheers!', as I tuck into liver & bacon with mash, onto the sofa for my evening meal and what was just stating? a real favorite,

  Casablanca, great film we both thoroughly enjoyed watching before, and only a few weeks ago we really were in Rick's, not once but twice! after which I watched a Mrs. Brown's Boys, which we both find so funny, as that ended Diana arrived home, so time for a couple from Bangers & Cash before we were off to bed.

My Computer,

had another huge,

hissy fit, thankfully Bob called round, and spoke to it very harshly indeed, starting at 10.00 in the morning he continued all day, the main problem it seems was that 2 different virus checkers were in not so much in conflict, but more like in total war with each other, slowing the whole system to a painful crawl, but now all is well, also he managed to reinstall Publisher which for some reason was dropped in Microsoft Office 2024/5, also my NIK 9 is fully up and running and Topaz successfully installed, he did not finish until past 6.00 in the evening, so I have to say a huge 'Thank You' to Bob, I really was stuck without his help and knowledge, I should mention that I had dropped Diana off at work for a early start at 03.50 AM., after she finished her shift Diana popped in to visit Kai, the girls had a couple of things to do, firstly buy tickets for the upcoming girls shopping trip to Brussels, they are going on the train, then later in the year when I am in Thailand buy tickets for the Philippines and then Thailand, Kai will accompany Diana to the Philippines to visit Diana's family, and then back to Thailand to meet me there, after Bob left Diana had a few ZZZZZ's, later in the evening we watched,

 Police 24/7 a American fly on the wall show that followed police officers in the States, and then in the same genre our favorite,

  Cops, the same sort of thing but better, and we just love the theme music,

 Bad Boys, after which a Bangers & Cash before we were both off to bed.

It Was Diana's Day Off,

so as we had noticed that the dinosaurs in Crystal Palace Park had just been repainted, 

we were on a 227 bus to the park,

we made our way into the park,

 first call we went into the cafe for a latte coffee each, 

and sat in the sun, 

the place was packed with mums, kids and buggies,

then to one of the benches in the shade, it was so hot in the sun, the park was packed, all the kids now on summer holidays,

we made our way to the lake, 

passing the willow tree, 

on the small bridge, a few ducks and geese,

all set for the dinos,

and then our first large dinosaur, 

another one peeking through the trees, 

they certainly looked different from our last visit here, 

there was so much detail in the new paint finish,

it would have been nice if this one had turned around!

  but there were a few others that took the pose, 

on to the next few, 

but are these dinosaurs or crocodiles?

well this pretty chap,

does not care,

as it happens these remind me of a modern day Gharial, (Gavialis gangeticus), with its long thin snout, 

whilst this one is a prime candidate for the Loch Ness monster,

 

and I suspect a ichthyosaur, similar to the one Mary Anning found in Dorset,

another Nessie!

Diana strikes the pose,

and takes my photograph as I am snapping away,

and one of Diana, 

luckily I had brought a long lens with me,

a rare shot with no ankle biters in view, 

 I carried on photographing Nessie,

we continued our walk, 

to the end of the dinosaur part of the lake, where we meet this fearsome chap, 

and his friend, 

and yet another Nessie!

as well as 2 of this years hatchlings of Egyptian geese, (Alopochen aegyptiaca),

a look back in portrait, 

and landscape format, 

I zoomed in a tad, 

one more for the road!

I wanted to shoo the bird off of the back of this one,

so a change of position, 

that's better!

imagine going tadpoling as we did as kids, and finding that this was the dad!

we now passed the dinosaurs, the boating part of the lake in the distance, 

I could not help but notice this distinctive trailer parked in the road that is by the park, 

Diana in the distance,

strikes the pose, 

I zoomed in for a close up, next back to the bus and on to Beckenham, 

Diana made this short video of me, arriving home a wash and a freshen up, we were then out again, to Bromley for a show at the Churchill Theater,  

no wine this evening, Diana has a 04.00AM start, so I will be driving first thing, 

so cokes for Diana and myself, 

and this is who we are going to see, a tribute band to the Beatles who call themselves The Magic of the Beatles,

and good they were too, 

the act was split into a number of parts, 

each set featuring the costumes and clothes as well as haircuts of each phase the group went through, 

Diana made this short video above of some of the show, we both thoroughly enjoyed the band, and you might have guessed what we will be playing as we sit down for our Sunday lunch! as we left the theater, we noticed a poster advertising another tribute band, 

it was a group we had watched whilst we were on our cruise it was a tribute band to Dire Straits called Money for Nothing, another great act, on our way home we were both hungry, we did not have a lunch or evening meal, so a Burger King it was, arriving home we ate our meal, then a couple from Bangers & Cash, next as Diana has a early start tomorrow, we were both off to bed.