Fredag 12/02/2016 kl 1630 til lørdag 13/02/2016 kl 1629

18:30 Vi spiser aftensmad: ”shepherd’s pie” (pie af hash dækket med kartoffelmos og browned i ovn) med kål. og pandekager til dessert, serverede med brun rafin og citronsaft – namnam! Vi plejer at spise på fastelavnstirsdag pandekager, men det var i år ikke muligt, på grund af det uventede besøg af Lois’s fætter, Brian, og hans kone, Ruth – uha!

19:30: Derefter bruger vi aftenen på at se lidt fjernsyn

De viser Top of the Pops fra den 26. marts 1981 (min 35. fødselsdag – hurra!). Programmets vært, Richard Skinner, siger, at aftenens show består af ”12 fantastiske numre”, men det er jeg for mid vedkommende ikke enig med ham i!!! Efter min mening er sangene for det meste en bunke lort – uha!

Ved slutningen af programmet hører vi endelig en sang, som alle i England stadig husker: ”Making Your Mind Up”, fortolket af Bucks Fizz. Bucks Fizz ser vi ikke, men bare de unge i studien, der går i gang med at danse løs på dansegulvet. Sikke en eksplosion af euforisk glæde! To måneder senere vandt denne sang årets Eurovision Melodi Grand Prix, der fandt sted i Dublin – hurra!

Richard Skinner selv vil deltage i løjerne!

20:00 Derefter viser de ”The Good Old Days” fra 1974, et program der prøvede at genskabe stemningen af den viktorianske og edwardianske music-hall eller vaudeville (dvs variététeater).

Lyn Kennington fortolker den store gamle sang, ”Look for the Silver Lining” (1919). Klog ord – det er jeg ikke i tvivl om! Sangen var først en hit (kort) før min mor blev født – du godeste!

showets stjerne er Ken Dodd, den komiker, med sin obligatoriske portion af skør verbal humor!

22:00 Vi går i seng – jeg læser 8 sider af min sengetidbog, ”William Pitt den Yngre” af William Hague, inden jeg glider over i søvnen – zzzzzz !!!!

03:15 Jeg står tidligt op og kigger lidt på internettet.

11:00 Jeg går i seng og tager mig en lang lur – zzzzzzz!!!!

12:30 Vi spiser frokost og derefter skal vi af sted. Vi kører over til Croome Court, en gammelt palæ, omgivet af en enorm park, der ligger i nærheden af Pershore. I palæets parkeringplads mødes vi med vores venner, Alf og Mari-Anne, og Andy og Angie. Det regner lidt og det er hundekoldt, men vi kigger rundt omkring i den park, der omgiver palæet. Parken var den første, som Capability Brown, den berømte landskabsarkitekt,  udformede (mellem 1754 og 1760). Det er mærkeligt at tænke på, men under den 2. verdenskrig, blev en RAF-base bygget i parken, også et forskningscenter, hvor man arbejdede på avancerede radarsystemer, nye kampfly osv. Du godeste! Sikke en skør verden vi lever i !!!!

vi kigger rundt omkring i parken. I baggrund ser vi det gamle palæ.

16:30 Vi fryser lidt, så vi smutter ind til palæets café. Vi drikker en kop te og spiser et stykke kage – namnam!

Lois snakker med Mari-Anne i caféen, mens Alf leverer en klassisk (næsten ”textbook”) fotobomb

English translation

18:30 We eat dinner, "shepherd's pie" (pie of hash topped with mashed potato and browned in the oven) with cabbage, and pancakes for dessert, served with brown sugar and lemon juice - yumyum! We usually eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, but this year it was not possible, because of the unexpected visit of Lois's cousin, Brian and his wife, Ruth - oh dear!

19:30 Then we spend the evening watching TV.

They show Top of the Pops from 26 March 1981 (my 35th birthday - hooray!). The program's host, Richard Skinner, says that tonight's show consists of "12 great tracks", but on this I personally do not agree with him !!! In my opinion, the songs are mostly a pile of crap - oh dear!

At the end of the program we hear finally a song that everyone in England still remembers: "Making Your Mind Up" interpreted by Bucks Fizz. Bucks Fizz we do not see, but just young people in the study who begin to dance on the dance floor - what an explosion of euphoric joy! Two months later, this song won the year's Eurovision Song Contest, which took place in Dublin - hurray!

Richard Skinner himself wants to join in the fun - hurray!

20:00 They then show the "The Good Old Days" from 1974, a program that tried to recreate the atmosphere of the Victorian and Edwardian "music-hall" or "vaudeville" (ie music halls).

a13 Lyn Kennington interprets the great old song, "Look for the Silver Lining" (1919) . Wise words - I am in no doubt !! The song was first a hit shortly before my mother was born - my goodness!

star of the show is Ken Dodd, the comedian, with his obligatory portion of crazy verbal humor!

22:00 We go to bed - I read 8 pages of my bedtime-book, "William Pitt the Younger" by William Hague, before I drift into sleep - zzzzzz !!!!

3:15 I get up early and take a look on the internet.

11:00 I go to bed and take me a long nap - zzzzzzz !!!!

12:30 We eat lunch and then we must be off. We drive over to Croome Court, an old mansion, surrounded by a huge park, located near Pershore. In the mansion's parking lot we meet up with our friends, Alf and Mari-Anne, and Andy and Angie. It rains a little and it's freezing cold, but we look around in the park surrounding the mansion. The park was the first, which Capability Brown, the famous landscape architect, designed (between 1754 and 1760). It's strange to think, but during the 2nd World War, an RAF base was built in the park, also a research center, where they worked on advanced radar systems, new fighter jets and so on. My goodness! What a crazy world we live in !!!!

we look around the park. In the background we see the old mansion.

16:30 We are a bit cold so we slip into the mansion's café. We drink a cup of tea and eat a piece of cake - yumyum! Lois talks with Mari-Anne in the cafe, while Alf delivers a classic (almost "textbook") photo bomb!