Good Riddance 2013

As years go 2013 has been on the whole a rubbish year in so many ways and it has ended on a all time low. It really is a year I could have done without in my life.

It was a year that was full of promise when it started but that was all to short lived and it just keep going down in general, if you ignore a few exceptions. All I can say is good riddance to 2013.

Merry Christmas

Well it is that time of the year when families should be together and the air should be full of Christmas cheer, but these days that is so rare, with families split and children missing. It is hard at times like this to have much cheer but cheer we all have to have and hope that things will sort themselves out better one day.

For me, I hope that coming year is better than the one that is passing, for it has been a hard year in so many ways.  I just hope, dear reader, that your year has been better and that your christams is full of cheer, and maybe you are lucky to have all your family around you. Have a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year.

Christmas at Gates Nursery 2013

Well it is that time of the year again and the local nursery turns into a winter wonderland for anyone that has any sense of the inner child to delight in the sprite of christmas future, present and past. Here is a selection of some of the photographs from wandering around the display this year, which would have been better if I had remembered to put my reading glasses on before I took them.

If you are in the Rutland area or live in one of the near by cities and find your self down this way do pop into Gates Nursery , in if you have little ones there is Santa's Grotto which at £5.99 per child is great fun and great value too with excellent gifts for the children.

Last Series of Him and Her

One of the programmes I have loved on television is finally coming to an end. Him and her has been one of my favorite comedy programmes since it first aired back in September 2010. I will be more than sad to see it go. The writing is excellent, the directing perfect and the casting acting superb. It is one of the shows that reflects back on us the reality of life and it is a careful observation of the human condition. 

For those that don't know it is a television sitcom about a lazy twenty-something couple, called Steve and Becky. They are both unemployed and share a small flat surviving on benefits. Steve has no dreams or goals in life other than in eating, sleeping, drinking and having sex. While Becky is a ladette with no desire to seek employment, she is popular with friends and the sort of girl that is always first to hit the dance floor when clubbing with the girls. Becky is sarcastic to the point of meanness and she sees straight through Steve but while being completely unable to understand the weird self-obsessions of men. The show is acutely observed, forensically honest, warts-and-all look at their lives.

The first programme in the last series airs tomorrow night and I will be glued to the box laughing at funny moments and be immersed in their life as if it was a soap opera. I recommended that you do the same, it is well worth half and hour of your time. 

I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here

Another series of this classic reality television show is about to hit our screens. "I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here" has become a highlight of the autumn television for schedules for millions of people and for good reason, the shows format makes for good television viewing. 

 

Looking at the press the lineup this year it looks as good as any year. Yes there are the few celebrities that you think who are they but as usual you soon warm to them as get to know them. You can bet from one of the group, for whatever reason will get picked on by the public, but generally that passes and the voting public leaves them alone after they have proved themselves in the trials.

As always I will be glued to the television for the duration of the show as will many countless millions. Hope you will join me too.