Well well dear readers of Wear and Dao , having decided to visit Beamish just for the chance of a ride on the Carousel guess what your old blogger and his kind nurse friend were met with ( The clue is in the title ) yes , a brass band competition , split into three parts with only 1 entry in parts 1 and 3 . The kind judge to ensure the audience did not believe it was a given that the only entry would pick up the trophy gave a masterful critique both pointing out a few errors and congratulating the band for coming first .
Having waited a goodly time to hear God save the queen , the well known hymn Praise my soul the King of heaven and a stirring marching piece that got your old blogger tapping his feet on the mobility scooter; your old blogger decided to miss the spectacle of 9 further bands in section two in favour of a delicious Sunday Nut Roast Dinner. Believe it or not dear readers the traditional sweet of ice cream was not taken for fear of breaking the mobility scooter following the huge lunch and in Any case her indoors needed exercise not extra calories and so we walked , well when I say we I mean she , up the hill to the shop where goodies where purchased including 2 cakes, one for our friend and neighbour Jules and the other for us ... a rich fruit cake.
Supper at home is pasta sauce from yesterday and dessert fruit cake and ice cream.
Tomorrow there's not much going on except paperwork (passport renewal for her and driving licence renewal for your old blogger).
Such is life in Stanhope dear readers ... not a bad life at all I'd say!
And so life unfolds as Summer heads for Autumn then Winter when 3 weeks in Tavira is planned ...
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