Author Archives: Steve

A good time was had by all

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Steve

Despite the weather (which actually was remarkably good) we had an excellent time at the 3rd Annual Cheltenham Beer Festival which was raising money for the Cheltenham Branch of The Samaritans. Last years event raised £6000 which is pretty impressive … Continue reading →

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United Airlines – Fly the Unfriendly Skies : Part Two

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Steve

Early in June after battering my head against the wall over the fiasco with United Airlines and their inability to refund money they took from us I found that their refunds department now had an email address rather than a … Continue reading →

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Life, and stuff

Posted on July 10, 2008 by Steve

Well this weekend is the Friends of Cheltenham Samaritans beer festival.  This is their third annual beer festival and if the other two were anything to go by then this too will be a great day out and with a … Continue reading →

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Typical!

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Steve

I said I’d write more about Maine when  i got home. That was a month ago. I’ve not even gone through the 600+ photos I took and worked out which ones to upload to Flickr so I can include them … Continue reading →

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Back at Home

Posted on May 25, 2008 by Steve

Well we got back home on Friday. Had a couple of minor problems with luggage but its sorted now. I will be writing up some posts about the rest of the time in Maine when I’ve got some time… like … Continue reading →

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The Wedding

Posted on May 17, 2008 by Steve

Well all the preparation is done, the chapel is decorated, as is the venue for the party afterwards. Its been a couple of crazy days for Kathy with late nights and early mornings. Not so much for me as I’ve … Continue reading →

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Busy doing nothing

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Steve

Well its Sunday, Mothers Day, mothering Sunday, or whatever. Well it is over here in the USA. Kathy took Jen down to Portland for a makeover before her wedding (which is next weekend) and then Jen is taking her out … Continue reading →

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Cinco de Mayo

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Steve

“Over 100 years ago, France started a war with Mexico.  In the Mexican city of Puebla, two forts blocked the advance of the French troops.  There were about 6,000 French and 2,000 Mexican soldiers.  The Mexicans were under the command … Continue reading →

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Maine – here we come again

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Steve

Well we’re off to Maine for nearly 3 weeks. We’ve got my step-daughters wedding to go to (I’m doing the photographs) and we want to spend time with Kathy’s mum and we want to go sightseeing. Kathy wants to go … Continue reading →

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United Airlines – Fly the Unfriendly Skies

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Steve

I’m not in a happy mood at all. At about 6am on Thursday February 28th we got a telephone call from Kathy’s sister telling us that her dad had died unexpectedly. It was obvious that Kathy, at least, needed to … Continue reading →

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