Things That Gladden The Heart

[Mudball]

Eating out at Plymout.. it is moderate-high price... but it gladdens to see that everywhere we went, we got man size portions of food on standard plates.... none of the London variant where you get two spoonful of pasta in a black square plate/clay tile..

Food portion served in restaurants should be standardised.. (easy to do with our new weight system)

 

[AmandaJR]

The Queen having tea with Paddington Bear

 

[spongebob59]

That Bocelli performance at.the Jubilee concert, outstanding ???

 

[Billysboots]

The Queen having tea with Paddington Bear

I love how the Queen appears to have really softened these last few years. She is a million miles from the Monarch who seemed so distant and out of touch with the public after the Princess of Wales died. Lovely to see touches like that this evening.

 

[Billysboots]

That Bocelli performance at.the Jubilee concert, outstanding ???

Wasn’t it just? Nessun dorma always has made the hair on the back of my neck stand up, and that rendition was breathtaking.

 

[williamalex1]

Sunshine on Jubilee day. London isn't my cuppa but always looks stunning around the Palace/Mall etc in the sunshine.

IMHO Rod Stewart easily stole the show.
I don't think the Queen would appreciate most of the modern acts.

 

[williamalex1]

The Queen having tea with Paddington Bear

Marmite to some

 

[BrianM]

Marmite to some

mmmm Marmalade sandwiches

 

[AmandaJR]

IMHO Rod Stewart easily stole the show.
I don't think the Queen would appreciate most of the modern acts.

Really? I thought he massacred Sweet Caroline! Alicia Keys was amazing. Duran Duran - really impressed despite never really being a fan. Was Diana Ross miming?? Some strange sound moments through her microphone!

 

[spongebob59]

Really? I thought he massacred Sweet Caroline! Alicia Keys was amazing. Duran Duran - really impressed despite never really being a fan. Was Diana Ross miming?? Some strange sound moments through her microphone!

We thought she was lip syncing , it was weird what was happening with her coat too and we thought her wig was going to come off at any moment ?

 

[AmandaJR]

We thought she was lip syncing , it was weird what was happening with her coat too and we thought her wig was going to come off at any moment ?

I was sure she was going tits up when she risked the stairs!!

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Really? I thought he massacred Sweet Caroline! Alicia Keys was amazing. Duran Duran - really impressed despite never really being a fan. Was Diana Ross miming?? Some strange sound moments through her microphone!

We though Simon Le Bon looked and sounded great, and that the Duran Duran little set was fab. Bocelli’s Nessun Dorma was awesome.

 

[AmandaJR]

We though Simon le Bon looked and sounded great, and that the Duran Duran little set was fab. Bocelli’s Nessus Dorma was awesome.

I've always thought Simon's voice was pretty weak but he sounded amazing and looked great. Their stuff still somehow sounded current - to me anyhow

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Our street party yesterday afternoon. Girl across the road got road closure ok from council. I got a few tables from church and we strung some flag bunting across the road between our houses. We let the road WharsApp group know we were going to do it and anyone who fancied joining us could. We had no idea how many or few would join us. In the end I guess near 100 of our road and immediate vicinity were there. Meeting our neighbours, food, drink and kids running around freely and chalk drawing on the road. And the sun came out and it stayed dry. Splendid.

We have lived in our road for 26yrs and always had a very strong community feeling about it. Almost all of our neighbours and the families in the road have changed, but that feeling is clearly there in spades.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I also thought that last night Celeste singing What a Wonderful World with Buck Palace a vast screen for stunning images of our wonderful world was just simply..wonderful.

Overall I thought that the whole event was a fabulous advert for the UK, the production, light show, drones and visuals were incredible.

 

[Hobbit]

Bit surreal but 80 people in sunny Spain singing Land of Hope and Glory… at least the toast, “the Queen, the Duke of Lancaster,“ followed by ”God Save the Queen” was at full voice. A great day, traditional Ploughman’s Lunch with flags and bunting followed by much singing went down well.

 

[IanM]

News today that our village pub reopens in 3 weeks.

The old landlords jacked it in at the end of their lease two years ago. It was sorely missed. Hope the new folk do well

 

[Orikoru]

Random tube strike today I knew nothing about. No I didn't mean to post this in irritations - I'm now back in bed for an extra half an hour since I'll be working from home instead of traveling in after all.

 

[Jimaroid]

Absolutely perfect conditions in the Cairngorms this weekend. Munro number 10 in the bag for the daughter with a pretty epic plateau camp thrown in. My cup is full.

 

[ColchesterFC]

The numbers 54 & 1922. ?