The Courtyard Circular July 2012

July 1st: Garden party at Jane Fineren's. Click here for the video. She returned to the UK on the
5th.

July 6th: Launch of the Montefalcone Tourist Guide in the Tronelli gardens. Click here for the
video.

July 7th: Celebrated our 35th wedding anniversary with lunch at il Tiglio restaurant,
Montemonaco.

July 8th: John and Judy Cairns joined us to watch their compatriot lose the Wimbledon Men's
Finals

July 9th: The first 2 tons of next winter's wood was delivered. Norman and Jayne helped us to
put it in the cantina: a three hour job was completed in less than an hour thanks to
their help.

July 10th: Norman and Jayne came to supper.

July 12th - 21st: Pat in the UK looking after Quinn.

In the evening a party of young people from Padua, staying at
the Domus Appennino, gave a concert in the Tronelli Gardens.

July 16th: Supper at Norman and Jayne's again; had previously gone with Pat and Jane in late
June.

July 18th:

Barbecue at John and Judy's together with Tony and Shona.

July 19th: Norman and Jayne left for England.

July 21st: In the morning an organised trip to the Smerillo fossa together with Tony and Shona.
Click here for a video. In the evening to Tony and Shona's for supper.

July 21st - 27th:
Sophy treated Pat to a riding holiday in Ireland: The Ring of Kerry. Click here for Pat's account of her trip.

July 22nd - 27th: England:

Monday 23rd : to Dave and Sue's with Quinn.

Tuesday 24th: Quinn went swimming with Sue; Dave and I to the Cow and Plough.

Wednesday 25th: to Foxton Locks with Quinn, Dave and Sue and three of Dave's
grandchildren. Click here for video and here for photos.

Thursday 26th: to Dersingham with Quinn to see Matthew and Charlie. Click here
for video. In the evening I went to supper at the Lamb and Flag with Richards and
Jane.

July 27th: Supper at Lupo's with Mick Burton and gave Bruno his electronic pipe.

July 31st: Piatto unico at Lupo's with Peppe and Angiola.

Posted with Blogsy

Paranoia Rules.

 
 
In 2010, when a snowbound passenger was prosecuted for tweeting that he'd like to blow up the airport in which he was stranded, I thought that John Bull's island had plumbed the depths of stupidity.
Yesterday I was proved wrong. Some dipstick got the driver of the coach he was travelling on to summon assistance because a man of 'asian appearance' was pouring liquid into what turned out to be an electronic cigarette. As a consequence a motorway was closed for seven hours as 'a full multi-agency response was put into motion, with an army bomb disposal team, a chemical and biological weapons team, armed police, counter-terrorism officers, ambulance and fire crews'.
I know it's not a crime to be stupid, otherwise the gaols would be full to overflowing with Daily Mail readers and every non-billionaire who's ever voted Tory. But in this case I think an exception should be made for the dipstick, the coach-driver and whoever failed to check the facts before launching the 'multi-agency response' and making hundreds of people's lives a misery.
 

Posted with Blogsy