Off my chest!

A quote for the fat bald one and his little mate
"Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option”
See later.

Ah that's better

Anyway back to normal..ish, I forgot to mention between the Petersfield party and my trip to France, we did an overnight in Portsmouth for the early fast ferry sailing.
A friend, the 70 year old, had recommended a visit if we had time to spare, to the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
Well, we did have time,so we visited.
The first thing that sort of pleased me, being always on the lookout for a deal, was that at 61 I am a concession,so got in for £3 cheaper than Pauline.Total ticket cost £36!

All in all a good morning visit, we didn't see everything, but a one hour guided trip around HMS Victory, the museum of the Mary Rose for about an hour.The ship itself is currently being rehoused, so we couldn't see that,a bit disappointing, but the museum is very good.
We finished off with 45 minute sailing tour of the harbour, looking at, what we soon learned were some of the soon to be mothballed Royal Navy ships of the fleet.
We then headed off for lunch.
Still plenty to see, and our ticket will get us back in to to see HMS Warrior and many of the interesting sites should we venture back that way anytime in the next year.

The guidebook is full of detail and worth the expense for a pure history lesson of our fighting ships since Tudor times.

Highly recommended  http://www.historicdockyard.co.uk/


...and another thing

Our Indian restaurant, The Taal at Market Rasen, was all boarded up on our return from France and the "For Sale" signs are up.
Looks like a few taste test visits are needed.
A real shame, very good fresh cooked curries, a bit expensive for Lincolnshire folk methinks.
If it's not piled high and cheap, they think they are being robbed. Even though they leave most of the piled high fayre on their plates.
Funny lot!

The kids today

The later bit!
I know I've made mention of this before
BUT
A certain Napoleonic individual, took it upon himself to mock us, for the fact we have no kids, from no apparent fault of our own, or choice.

I'm all for leaving children the house, if you have too, but to keep those that don't fend for themselves in a comfort they don't put themselves out for, is to me a true sign of some today's generation of parents.
Give everything, but do nothing to improve the life output of the individual child.
Our mum's and dad's in most cases were not fortunate enough, to provide the easy life for us, but they worked to do the best they could.
His parents in particular I have no doubt weren't either.
Some of us have improved our own well being ourselves by sheer hard work.
Yet he, I know, buys his offspring's "love",  and no doubt is providing for his leisurely life style in the future years.
Well,that's  if he doesn't do anymore daft money deals!
Now, he may say I don't know anything of his life, but neither does he know mine.
He thinks that my pot is running out. Well it's not and it won't.
All of our money will be spent, on long distance foreign holidays until we're unable to travel, we will then spend our money closer to home.
If we are fit enough.
No scroungers will have access to our worked for funds.
Good causes may get a little bit, if we don't live long enough. Maybe the house.