Hockney exhibition and Aida at the Royal Albert Hall

9th March 2012
Very special day out in London before weekend in Paris.
Hockney exhibition was mind blowing. Treat at Fortnum and Masons, dinner at Royal Albert Hall and then Aida before night at the Radisson Edwardian. Would we cope with Paris after this?

Hereford Cathedral

March 2012
A mixture of photographing Rugby 7s tournament and a spot of tourism in Hereford - first visit to Hereford Cathedral.

February half term

A big part of Wendy's year has been Patchwork and Quilting and much enjoyed trip to exhibition in Radstock.

February 2012

February 4th/5th
Weekend with friends in Pembrokeshire (fairly wet) which kept us glued to rugby international on TV but managed to get out for a walk to Tenby.

Renaissance

Last entry December 2009! Can I revive my blog? Let's start with some memories of 2012:

January
Went skiing to Val d'Isère before Christmas so no holidays in January. Trips to art galleries and museums.

Espace Killy - as good as it gets

The last week of term spent skiing in the Alps was ample reward for having had to have worked almost full time for most of the second half of term. The Espace Killy at Tignes and Val d'Isère is about as good as it gets and I loved the blue skies and crisp snow although it was extremely cold and, at times, almost too cold.



The visibility was amazing and we were able to cover a huge amount of mileage and even saw some of the World Cup events at Val d'Isère - a first for me.



A nine hour wait at Chambery on the way back was not quite as bad as last year's delay as we at least had seats to sit on this time.

Came back to snow in England which lasted through to Christmas day.


View from the bathroom window

Autumn Term

This term has flown by and I almost risk it ending without making an entry to my blog. Most of my time has been spent taking photographs and putting them on the web. The best of them are illustrated by the links below:


Slideshows or collections

Lower Sixth Induction

1st XV v Kirkham Grammar and Bishop Wordsworth’s on Photobox

Girls' U18 County hockey tournament

Blackrock College Rugby Festival

1st XV v Millfield

Grimm's Tales

1st XV v Blackrock College

Webpages

(Warning these links take you to Colston's web site and you get thrown from this blog - so still working on this !)

Year 7 Integration Morning

New facilities

Open Morning

Sixth Form Open Evening

Charter Day

Colston Day

We haven't been to see much. Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick at St George's Brandon Hill was enjoyed more by Wendy than me and two early evening concerts at The Church of St Salvator in Prague (Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Mozart's Requiem) is about all we have managed.
Our short half term trip to Prague was fabulous: we were very pleased with the hotel which was well appointed, comfortable and really suited us in every way.

We loved the transport system and all the sightseeing. The restaurants were not too expensive and the food was okay but, because we tried the Czech cuisine, a litle dull. We also tried a few local beers which were great and even the local wine wasn't too bad.


Images of Prague

I have not practised my saxophone as much as I should have done but managed to pass my Grade 1 examination in November.

I have enjoyed listening to Karl Jenkins's The Armed Man (Review of The Armed Man http://www.adiemus.f2s.com/armedmanrev.htm) which I discovered thanks to the iPhone App Shazam. Because I can now read a note or two I am encouraged and have decided to have a go at Colston's Choral Society (but wonder if I have overstretched myself after the first rehearsal!).