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Ban the Wasp – life in Fife.

Welcome to my blog, originally set up for family history, now a touch point for friends and family worldwide. Older chaotic version available here.

Birds

Here’s one of our recent visitors. I have found a programme on this new PC that allows you to compress picture files for web pages, which means I can nick Paul’s pictures now for banthewasp. His camera takes pictures which have a file size so large, gentle reader, that he has a separate hard drive…

February 7, 2010
Book Tokens

Did you know that any paper format book tokens will no longer be valid from April this year? Spend them now!

January 30, 2010
Pilates

Have been to a pilates class. Anyone who knows me will understand the momentous impact of this statement. Having spent my schooldays amongst a terror of women who believed that all sport and PE was for the competitive only, I eschewed it as far as possible. Tonight I enjoyed an evening of gentle stretches designed…

January 28, 2010
Birds

Still freezing. Still snowing. Still got heat and food. Still cannot upload pictures from phone. So, we went up to Vane Farm today and we saw the sea eagles!!! Majestic in flight, almost as big a golden eagle, with an eight foot wing span, able to direct their flight by turning just the very tippy…

January 10, 2010
Happy New Decade

Happy New Year to everyone and here’s hoping the blooming snow goes soon.

January 1, 2010
High Tea

Had most excellent Champagne Tea yesterday at the Old Course Hotel in St Andrews, with Diana, Kevin, Caroline, Nigel, Emily, Julia and Paul. This was our final(?) celebration for our annus mirabilis, all the SHS girls being 50. But it’s only a few days ’til Caroline’s birthday, so we can start all over again. I…

December 29, 2009
Christmas (belated)

We finally managed to have Christmas lunch yesterday with the family. Driving wasn’t a whole load of laughs but Paul managed very well, and Ali and Les put on a magnificient spread when we arrived in Edinburgh. I know I shan’t be eating again for a week. Here’s someone who probably will, though. Nick

December 28, 2009
Snowed in

What a grumpy git I am. Have taken very hard decison not to go through to Stirling and Falkirk today to pick up Dad and Aunty Net. I feel like the Grinch, but we’re all agreed that it’s the right thing to do. Sometimes right does not equate with easiest.

December 24, 2009
Snowplump

Massive snowplump here in Fife. I will not bore you all with the trials and tribulations of the journey to work and home again, except to say – PLEASE will the people who find it necessary to bemoan their lot in the train station, as if they are the only people who are inconvenienced by…

December 23, 2009
BACK ON LINE!!

BACK ON LINE!! We had to buy a new PC box, and adopt Windows 7. Paul has been beavering away to resuscitate Frontpage*, and by jingo he has done it. The boy is a genius. Banthewasp would like to wish everyone a tremendously Happy Christmas. Wherever you are, and wherever you are going, we wish…

December 22, 2009

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