Bailgate News
October 26th, 2008The Barley Mow
October 26th, 2008
I assume this was once a pub. All that is left is the sign.
Arc
October 26th, 2008
Duke William Hotel
October 26th, 2008
Methodist Church
October 26th, 2008
Home of the 18th Bailgate Scout Group. Spiritually supervised by the Rev Ian Brown. When the scouts come back from camp if the tents are still wet they spread them out to dry across the pews upstairs. It can get very steamy. The church is conveniently close to a few pubs. Handy if you have some spare time between dropping off at cubs and picking up.
Bigger
October 26th, 2008
Will sell you a single screw if that is all you need.
Newport Arch Chinese Restaurant
October 26th, 2008
Newport Arch
October 26th, 2008Apparently the oldest Roman arch that can still be driven under in the country.
Strut
October 26th, 2008
Klogz
October 26th, 2008
The Turks Head
October 26th, 2008
Electric Sub-Station
October 26th, 2008
When Clocks Go Back – The Non Lie-In
October 26th, 2008This clocks going back business is all very well but the artificial lie-in is just that. You lie in bed in the dark having woken up at your normal time, which is of course now an hour earlier than your normal time.
I can’t really drop back off to sleep so I lie there, wondering whether Anne is awake. I want to do something. Read a book or turn on the wireless set maybe. She gets annoyed if I talk to her because she believes that the extra hour is a real boon and should be taken advantage of. I don’t know if she is asleep or not.
There is a god-like element to the clocks being turned back. It feels as if we are controlling time. Life is a big illusion.
Food For Thought – 15th January, 2006
October 23rd, 2008Monday
Breakfast
Bran flakes with semi skimmed milk & banana
Lunch
Tuna & sweetcorn sandwich on brown bread with Satsuma and pear
Dinner
Fillet steak with salad – lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber with olive oil and balsamic vinegar dressing, mustard
Fruit
Tuesday
Breakfast
Bran flakes with semi skimmed milk & banana
Lunch
Waitrose sweet chilli Chicken fillets, bean salad and greek salad
Dinner
Gammon steak with carrots, cauliflower & leeks in cheese and bacon sauce
Fruit
Wednesday
breakfast
Bacon roll, glass of milk
Lunch
Ploughmans baguette with ham and cheese & crisps
Dinner
Thai pork green curry with basmati rice
Fruit
Thursday
Bacon sandwich
Duck wrap with hoisin sauce and cheese and onion crisps
5 pints of stella, packet of peanuts and burger and fries
Friday
breakfast
Mars bar, Lucozade, pint of milk
lunch
Hot cheese and onion baguette with mineral water
Latte
Latte and caramel shortcake
dinner
Big mac meal, 5 pints of timothy tailor landlord, packet of peanuts
Saturday
Breakfast
Bacon sandwich with milk
lunch
Home made ham, beef and veg soup, french bread and cheese
dinner
5 pints of IPA, packet of peanuts
Turkey biryani, bottle of red wine
Mango chutney
Fruit with half fat fromage frais
Sunday
Breakfast
Bacon sandwich, glass of milk
lunch
Chicken wrap, salad – lettuce, cucumber, tomato and spring onion, parma ham, gammon ham
Banana & grapes
Dinner
Roast pork
Roast potatoes in goose fat
Carrots, parsnips, peas
Fruit with half fat fromage frais
Dear Rhod
October 23rd, 2008Lincoln
30th November 2002.
Dear Rhod,
Happy birthday old boy. Somehow though “Oh no five oh!” doesn’t sound as bad as “Oh no four oh!”. Perhaps it’s because when you hit forty you are finally leaving youth behind. Being in your thirties is only one step away from being twenty nine so forty is really a watershed.
So what about fifty then? Does it feel as if it is the slippery slope to old age? Have you started to think of retirement? You could do quite legitimately now you know? Will your cricketing be creakier? Will bowling be a more sedate underarm “end” or two? At least they wear whites for both types of bowling.
There are likely to be financial benefits. You may become eligible to go on SAGA holidays. It would be worth checking out wouldn’t it? Of course taking the kids along might prove to be a problem but what the heck. Also I’m sure some insurances might be cheaper because you are officially recognised to have arrived a sensible and low risk age. Medical insurance will probably go up but being in the trade I’m sure you don’t need to bother. There will always be a mate somewhere who’ll fix you up with a hip replacement, set of teeth or zimmer frame.
Did you realise that you can now buy all those labour saving gardening tools that stop you having to bend down. No-one will laugh at you for buying that long handled weeding tool. In fact you will probably get a rush of attractive young shop assistants eager to help you out and maybe even carry things to the car for you. (hmm – in B&Q, perhaps not).
At fifty is is also quite possible to be seen as a patriarchal figure. In your forties you are too young. This is impressive Rhod. The rock around which the community is built. Wragby will have a very strong pull knowing as you do that that township needs your steady hand and guiding influence. We are not just talking medical matters here. The colour scheme for the new village hall. The siting of the next park bench. It must be hugely satisfying to be in a position that allows you to have so much influence to the good. It fits in very well with your vocation. Respect.
I only hope that you will be able to resist the pull and stay with us here in lincoln. There again the choice is yours and I’m sure that you will do whatever is right.
The next big one will be your sixtieth! Gosh!!
Best Wishes,
Red