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What a busy day after a long drive to the Thompson and Morgan's we had a look round the proving grounds and saw a wide range of award winning vegetables. There where also a wide range of flowers, more than I have ever seen in one place, there was a wall of sweet peas with over 20,000 flowers on it (no I didn't count them).

Now I am not generally a gardening type, but I did find a few really nice flowers one I was impressed with was the 'Charlie Dimmock Fuschia' which had a really large flower. Lara can be seen below inspecting some of the flowers.

So what slots could I recommend to an avid flower gardener hmm, well how about Flower Power or Secret Garden.

Next we moved onto Felixstowe where we had a stroll along the sea front, where the beach was very pebbly (although totally packed with people). We also had a ice cream and played crazy golf, the crazy golf cost us a pound which sounds really cheap but the games where in very poor condition and Mum thought we should have only been charged 50 pence.

We all had a really great time, and below you can see Lara playing Crazy Golf, and of course I can recommend 3 online slots games for Golfers, these are Golden Tour Slots, Hole in Won and of course Lucky Shot.

I know I could have used some photographs of me but, you have to agree Lara is much better looking and hey I was taking the pictures.

On our way home we stopped at a Chinese restaurant which was very nice indeed. The restaurant was called Yim Wah House and is near the A1 (the receipt says it is in Caxton Gibbet, but I can not honestly say I was paying any attention to the name places when we stopped).

The decor in the Yim Wah House was amongst the best of any Chinese restaurant I have been in and the food was also very good indeed, although it was a little pricey. You know what's coming, yup I know of a number of related slots games the best suited is Chinese Kitchen, but you might also like Crazy Dragon, Orient Express or even Eastern Dragon.

Labels: Charlie Dimmock, Chinese Kitchen, Chinese Restaurant, Crazy Dragon, Crazy Golf, Felixstowe, Flowers, Golf, Lara, Lucky Shot, Orient Express, Secret Garden, Thompson and Morgan's

# posted by Andy @ 11:20 PM 0 Comments

You may have noticed there has been an absence of post in the blog the past few days and that is because I have been away. I want to first say a special thanks to Slots Helper and Slots VIP for keeping the site ticking along whilst I have been away.

So we got a great deal to go to crete for 5 nights and try out the brand new Sensatori Crete resort. So Me Lara, Mum and Tony (remember from Tony's Magical Mystery Tour) all went along. The resort in general was not finished, the staff were all very nice and friendly though and although we had troubles with leaking showers and jacuzzi baths we did get everything sorted out and had a great time, in what (when finished) I am sure will be a fab resort.

Crete is one of many Greek Islands in the mediterranean sea, it is both the biggest island and the most southern one, except for the little island of Gavdos. The Sensatori resort is in the small town / village of Anallipsi, but we also visited the popular holiday town of Hersonissos as well as the capital of the island Iraklio from where we got a coach to Knossos and learned about the ancient Minoan civilization.

So with our further a due here are some pictures of our little adventure. First up this is me and my beautiful wife Lara in the Hotel Bar.

Next another picture of me and Lara this time we are in Iraklio (which I was sure was called Iraklion when I was out there) and the castle in the background is actually an old Venetian Castle (the Venetians ruled Crete from 1204 to 1669).

In this next image you can again see me and Lara this time we are in front of a really large pot which believe it or not was over 4000 years old! Yes you read that correctly those big pots each standing over 2 meters tall really are over four thousand years old and can been seen at the ancient Minoan Palace in Knossos. The Minoan Civilization is one of the oldest known in Europe and its disappearance still remains some what of a mystery to this day. The palace which the Minoan's built at Knossos had allot to boast about, for example they had build a pipe to bring water from a hill top some 12km away to the palace for drinking water, had over 2000 rooms and as far as we know never went to war, they were a totally peaceful civilization. One theory of how the civilization might have got wiped out (and almost certainly how the occupants of the palace did) was due to a serious of events. First there was an Earth Quake which it is believed caused a fire in the underground cellars that the Minoan's used to light up with oil lamps (that was very hi tech 4000 years ago), it is thought that this Earth Quake and Fire was then followed by a large Tidal Wave which is thought to have wiped out such a large percentage of the population that the civilization could no longer function. But like I said that is all just theory no one really knows for sure, either way it is a shame that such an advance civilization got wiped out it took many hundreds of years before man kind got back to that level of technology again.

I should add that in both the image above and the image below (both taken on the same day) I am wearing my chinese style suite which I bought in Hong Kong on my honeymoon, now at the beginning of the day Tony thought it right to poke fun at my chinese look (telling me I looked like something out of a Jackie Chan Movie) but by the end of the day the practicality of the outfit was becoming apparent to him and he actually said he would like one too.

Lara was determined that she would have a paddle in the sea and so here she is doing just that.

Whilst Lara and I took a walk on the beach (me on the sand and Lara in the Sea), Mum and Tony (see below) lounged around the pool side reading books and doing cross word puzzles and generally relaxing.

So now it is back to reality, and to be honest it is good to be back, I always enjoy coming home after any trip away. As always there is so much to do so I guess I had better stop going on about my holiday and start doing so actual work.

Labels: Castle, Crete, Holiday, Knossos, Lara, Minoans, Mum, Tony

# posted by Andy @ 12:31 PM 0 Comments

As it was mothers day today, we had a mass family outing, with all the mums. Both my brother (Rob) and Sister (Lucy) came along, Lucy's Husband (Paul) came along as did his Parents so did my Mum and Tony (who you may remember from Tony's Magical Mystery tour), plus my wife (Lara) and her Parents. Instead of going out for meals (which lets face it is unhealthy and expensive, especially when you are a couple and trying to fit two mums into the same day). We decided to all go to Stowe Open Gardens in Buckingham and have a walk around the gardens and a look at all the follies.

We had a really nice day and all the mothers seemed to enjoy themselves. After our walk we all went back to Lucy & Paul's house where we enjoyed some delicious home made soup, both healthy and tasty.

Below you can see a picture of me and Lara sitting on a wooden 'Thrown' in the back ground you can see the gothic temple style folly, which I am told you can rent out by the week.

Labels: Lara, Mothers Day, Stowe Open Gardens

# posted by Andy @ 8:53 PM 0 Comments