West Ham v Leicester

I went to the West Ham v Leicester game , which was the end of the Pellegrini era after yet ANOTHER loss! Before the game there was a nice tribute to Martin Peters who had recently died.

Xmas in Elnesvågen

We're just back from spending Xmas in Norway with Siv's family in Elnesvågen. While no snow this year, it was very frosty some mornings! A few photos are below, the rest are here:

Xmas in Elnesvågen Photos

The Blockheads at the O2 Islington Academy

A large group of us went to see The Blockheads, for our annual Xmas get together. We had a few drinks at The Alma pub (not happy about being charged for a replacement drink when they gave us the wrong one!) in Chapel Market before moving on. As ever, great entertainment, a few photos are below, the rest are here:

BLOCKHEADS PHOTOS

2019 12 21 Blockheads at O2 Academy Islington from martin clinton on Vimeo.

Xmas dinner at San Fairie Ann

A group of us went for an Xmas get together and dinner at San Fairie Ann in Southend. A great evening, though the jet lag from Australia was obviously taking it’s toll on Marion’s daughter Hannah!

West Ham v Arsenal

It was a cold night over Stratford to see yet ANOTHER poor West Ham performance. The long queues to get into the stadium (they still haven't worked out security for 60,000 people after 3 years), didn't get the night off to a great start, and there werea lot of empty seats by the end. At least the half time entertainment outside was lively!

2019 12 09 West Ham v Arsenal half time entertainment from martin clinton on Vimeo.

Long walk over Fairlop

We took advantage of a sunny morning (after a rainy night) to go for a long walk over Fairlop and into Barkingside for lunch before coming back the same way....a good 3 hours out in the outdoors, which was very nice.

Walk into Ilford through Valentine’s Park

We went for a walk through Valentine’s Park into Ilford for some shopping. On the way back we stopped off in the Gardener’s Cottage Cafe for lunch in some warm winter sun

Lunch at The Ivy

We met up with some of the others for lunch In town. We started with a couple of drinks in The Raven, before moving onto The Ivy by Tower Bridge. Afterwards, we headed back to The Raven to meet up with Mill and Katy (who were in town after Mill’s Dad’s funeral). Later on PJ also turned up as well, before we all headed home.