Pampered Pet!!

Here are a couple of pictures of Oscar in his usual laid back pose, pampered, moir?

All go

Last night I visited Sherwood Lodge in Nottingham as the guest of David Smith who I met through my late friend Geoff Parker. Sherwood is a very friendly Lodge, and I am hoping that three or four of their members will come and visit us in March.

Three Masonic functions this week, including a visit to Spilsby, December is going to be a very busy month!

Wednesday last saw my second evening in the chair as WM, 83 people in attendance, a superb evening enjoyed by all. It has taken 10 years to get to this position, and all the way along, people have told me how much I will enjoy it, and how quickly the time will go, they are right on both counts. We have a busy December with various Masonic social events etc, so am looking forward to a few days off over Christmas to recuperate!

I have scanned some photo's today that I have borrowed from my ex Mother in Law, they are pictures of the farm from years ago, the one shown here is from around 1955, a great example of the transition from horses to tractors, it must have been an interesting time.

The Chair

Well, tomorrow night is the big night, I finally attain the chair of the Alexandra Lodge, they said it would take ten years, and it almost has!

John and Jen, the lanlord and landlady of our local pub, have bought a boat, and Gill and I went down to St Ives last night to have a look and pass on a few tips. Daniels Dream is a Sea Aird 24, fitted with a 140 hp Mercruiser petrol engine, and looks to be in excellent condition.

She is currently moored at Jones Boatyard at St Ives on the Great Ouse, a really lovely river with a constantly changing landscape and a number of really pretty towns to visit like St Ives, Huntingdon and St Neots.

John very kindly let me take her (him?) out for a short cruise, most enjoyable.

Fingers crossed for fine weather this weekend for the European Finals at Santa Pod, and Goodwood Revival the weekend after.

Netbook

I have bitten the bullet and treated myself to a Samsung NC10 Netbook. It is extremely light, very portable, and as long as you accept it is never going to be as fast as a full size laptop, it is fine for everyday tasks. I have also got a mobile broadband dongle to go with it, but not sure yet whether I will keep this. It is on a month by month contract so I will give it a couple of months evaluation to see if the 5GB allowance is enough.