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10th Jul 2004
Virginia
and
I
got
married
in
July
then
had
a
honeymoon
in
the
Lake
District.
The
wedding
passed
off
well
-
the
sun
shone
at
the
right
times
for
the
pictures,
I
survived
making
a
speech
in
public.
The
Lake
District
is
a
key
area
for
me
because
of
the
Arthur
Ransome
connections.
His
Swallows
and
Amazons
books
are
key
images
to
me.
But
the
Lakes
have
other
connections
-
Beatrix
Potter
who
in
later
life
was
important
in
Britain's
National
Trust.
The
Lake
poets.
Just
the
harmonious
scenery.
A
place
to
wander
lonely
as
a
cloud
-
but
we
stayed
in
the
valleys.
18th Sep 2004
Virginia
and
I
had
a
long
weekend
in
"Eastbourne".
This
resort
on
Britain's
south
coast
seems
to
be
a
favourite
resort
for
the
elderly
-
Wallace
Arnold
coaches
disgorged
OAPs
into
hotels
where
they
stayed
sitting
in
chairs.
Mixed
weather
-
some
fine
sunshine
but
also
rain
-
we
got
wet
and
had
to
take
refuge
in
a
fish
and
chip
place
to
have
an
early
supper
after
seeing
the
pier.
The
pier
was
a
little
rundown
but
had
a
shop
making
and
selling
glass
ornaments,
I
got
Virginia
a
small
glass
elephant
(admiring
the
skill
of
the
young
girl
wrapping
the
glassware).
29th Oct 2004
I
went
to
the
2004
Adventure
Convention
in
Coventry,
staying
at
the
"Allesley
Hotel".
This
is
partly
a
social
occasion
to
catch
up
with
friends
I
see
each
year.
Most
of
those
there
started
with
text
adventures
and
some
still
produce
them.
Each
year
someone
does
a
text
adventure
which
is
is
used
for
the
Megapoints
Competition
-
the
only
time
I
play
text
adventures
now.
There
is
still
life
in
text
adventures
-
this
year's
game
by
David
Hebblethwaite
entitled
"No
Milk
Today"
was
fresh
and
amusing.
After
a
hunt
through
Coventry
for
a
firewire
cable
I
showed
my
efforts
in
the
line
of
graphic
adventures.
Some
there
were
inspired
by
how
possible
it
is
to
do
a
game
just
using
pictures
from
a
digital
camera.
I
look
forward
to
what
they
may
produce.
25th Dec 2004
We
saw
the
New
Year
in
quietly
in
the
Ipswich
area.
I
didn't
do
the
homework
of
finding
out
what
there
was
to
see,
where
exactly
it
was,
and
when
it
was
open.
Something
to
remember
to
do
for
any
future
trips.