Remember the story about the car chase and police roadblock, followed by a good beating up issued by the local cops? Well, I think this must have been the incident:
http://www.tenerifenews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10861:family-argument-results-in-death&catid=42:local-news&Itemid=117
He was a murderer!
Ian R. Stewart Family Blog
Saturday, 7 March 2009
Another car appears in the drive
You'll all be aware of Ross' car problems. Well, this morning, yet another one appeared - this time a high powered Jag. It's apparently only temporary until his Merc is fixed.
Here it is - or at least part of it - slightly blurred, as it was taken through the window:
Here it is - or at least part of it - slightly blurred, as it was taken through the window:
Back home
All went well on the return journey from Tenerife and I got home in good time - Jo had made soup and apple crumble - great! Nice to be back home again - especially nice to get back in to my own bed. I never understand why European hotels supply those long thin pillows - bolsters Jo called them, but they're not as hard as this suggests, although they do give you a crick in the neck.
I slept well although my mind awoke not long after 5, but my body didn't want to move, so I lay there until about 7:45. It's going to be a quiet one today - no specific plans during the day, but I may nip out for a pint of real ale and watch the first half of the Man Utd match about 5:30 - but I've got to be back sharp as we're going to Banchory Lodge for dinner - Jo has bought us tickets for a special Fish Night dinner there - should be good.
I also received a CD of hit songs from 1949 - the year I was born - not that I would have remembered any of them then, but there's quite a few interesting ones that I'm looking forward to hearing on my car CD on the way to work on Monday - Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Shore etc.
Did you know that NATO was formed in 1949 and that clothes rationing in Britain ended then? Southern Ireland became a republic and Mao Tse-tung was elected chairman of the People's Republic of China in that year. Siam was renamed Thailand and George Orwell's nightmare vision of the future, 1984, was published - strange to think that we're now a quarter of a century past that date.
I'm looking forward to returning to Tenerife with everyone in a few weeks - the climate is great - nice temperatures - never too hot - it's an island after all, and it does get some weather passing through. The north of the island attracts a lot of cloud and wind - especially around Mount Tiede, which still has fresh snow on it - but the south is usually pretty sunny, although less attractive and some of the holiday developments are pretty grotesque. Our villa sits up high and we look across towards the island of La Gomera. I took this picture but it was a bit too bright and you can't quite see the sea and the island properly - although you can see the road work going on below the villa:
I slept well although my mind awoke not long after 5, but my body didn't want to move, so I lay there until about 7:45. It's going to be a quiet one today - no specific plans during the day, but I may nip out for a pint of real ale and watch the first half of the Man Utd match about 5:30 - but I've got to be back sharp as we're going to Banchory Lodge for dinner - Jo has bought us tickets for a special Fish Night dinner there - should be good.
I also received a CD of hit songs from 1949 - the year I was born - not that I would have remembered any of them then, but there's quite a few interesting ones that I'm looking forward to hearing on my car CD on the way to work on Monday - Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Django Reinhardt, Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Shore etc.
Did you know that NATO was formed in 1949 and that clothes rationing in Britain ended then? Southern Ireland became a republic and Mao Tse-tung was elected chairman of the People's Republic of China in that year. Siam was renamed Thailand and George Orwell's nightmare vision of the future, 1984, was published - strange to think that we're now a quarter of a century past that date.
I'm looking forward to returning to Tenerife with everyone in a few weeks - the climate is great - nice temperatures - never too hot - it's an island after all, and it does get some weather passing through. The north of the island attracts a lot of cloud and wind - especially around Mount Tiede, which still has fresh snow on it - but the south is usually pretty sunny, although less attractive and some of the holiday developments are pretty grotesque. Our villa sits up high and we look across towards the island of La Gomera. I took this picture but it was a bit too bright and you can't quite see the sea and the island properly - although you can see the road work going on below the villa:
Lucy and the boys sent me this short birthday greeting:
Yesterday's P & J had more news of the controversy surrounding Kelly's and Craig's former place of work - Oakbank school - check http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1109409
This week's Deeside Piper also contains another rant from Roxanne - this time she's hitting out at the councillors for the apparent omission of Banchory and Aboyne from some of the Scottish Government's advertising of Scotland's Homecoming year - is she bitter or what?
Thursday, 5 March 2009
Villa
I paid a quick visit to our villa yesterday - it's big and there's lots to do there - the kids will love it - and some of the adults will appreciate the draft beer served at the pool bar:
There is some road building going on below the villa and it could be noisy during midweek days.
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
Hello
Just a quick one - my golf blog is up to date and I don't have time to do both just now.
I'm hoping to have a look at the villa we're staying at in a few weeks today. Btw, has everyone got their passports in order - including Luca?
The answer to the pensions arithmetic poser is, of course, 50% - yes that's what you need to save every year for your retirement! Nobody's doing it, so what's going to happen?
I'm hoping to have a look at the villa we're staying at in a few weeks today. Btw, has everyone got their passports in order - including Luca?
The answer to the pensions arithmetic poser is, of course, 50% - yes that's what you need to save every year for your retirement! Nobody's doing it, so what's going to happen?
Monday, 2 March 2009
Excitement in Tenerife
Forget the golf, we had some real life drama on Sunday morning as we drove to Amarilla. A car screamed up from behind us with a police car in hot pursuit – we noticed that there was a blockade of police cars at the roundabout ahead, but the getaway somehow managed to get round the roundabout and was about to head back down the autopista when one of the police cars skilfully nudged him on the rear wing and effectively steered him off the road.
Immediately, the place was a swarming mass of police officers and the scene became like a “Police Camera Action” clip – guns were pulled and the criminal immediately put his hands up – there was a real fear in his eyes – “don’t shoot!”. He was hauled from his vehicle and given a severe kicking by the police. We had stopped to watch all this drama and I took my camera out of my holster before my brain kicked in and I realised it wasn’t a very good idea to film police brutality in action!
Immediately, the place was a swarming mass of police officers and the scene became like a “Police Camera Action” clip – guns were pulled and the criminal immediately put his hands up – there was a real fear in his eyes – “don’t shoot!”. He was hauled from his vehicle and given a severe kicking by the police. We had stopped to watch all this drama and I took my camera out of my holster before my brain kicked in and I realised it wasn’t a very good idea to film police brutality in action!
Sunday, 1 March 2009
Sunday morning in Tenerife
Check my golf blog for more photos, but here I am on my balcony this morning, with the sea as a backdrop:
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