Took the kids bowling yesterday. They loved it! Both of them are on the competitive side. Anyway, Victoria won by 7 points… arse!

Victoria and I went to Hox Brasserie Indian Restaurant in Salisbury on Monday night.

A quote from their website…

Hox Brasserie focuses on Southern Indian food. The spices used in these dishes are very different. For starters, they are traditional and authentic. We don’t mix the spices or believe with playing with our dishes. What we believe in is giving our diners good, traditional Indian food in a modern, contemporary environment of colour and light.

The food was very good, excellent in fact. Highly recommend it.

We ate:

Starters
Tiger Prawn Pepper Fry – Fresh, crisp tiger prawns tossed in a peppery Malabar masala.
Spicy Crab Cake – fresh flaked crab with Goa spices. Marinated mussels, cooked dry, with a special home style Kottayam masala.

Main Course
Malabar Chicken Stew – A delicacy from Kerala. An all time favourite made with boneless piece of chicken, vegetables, coconut milk and fresh spices.
Lobster Pepper Fry – Fresh, crispy lobster tossed in a peppery Malabar masala served with rice, salad, sauce and naan.

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Had a slight hickup with the hire car while we were there. I dropped Victoria off at the resteraunt and then tried to find parking in Salisbury. After I parked the car, I couldn’t get it out of Drive. The dash said that it was in Neutral, but the stick was lighting Drive. Either way, the stick wouldn’t move – nor would the car… I stuck the hand break on left it, hoping for the best. When we returned to the car later, expecting to have to call someone out to it… it worked fine!!!!

Well, another year has passed me by. As I get older, wiser, more handsom, and modest , I also get more tired, fat, grey, and generally knackered… what a trade!


Birthday

I was in the middle of a 3 car shunt this morning, feeling a bit ‘odd’… a bit dazed and confused more than anything else. Neck feels a little pulled and I’m a little muggy.

Anyway, A car ran into the back of me while I was in the fast lane of the motorway – this caused me to hit the car in front. Damage to front and rear bumpers… no major damage other than the bumpers needing replacing.

The stupid thing was; we were made to wait by the motorway patrol until the police came and allowed us to drive away safely… this caused 20 mins of tail backs. However, we could have pulled away immediatley as there was nothing in front of us iin the fast lane anymore, and the traffic around us was now going slow!!!!!

Daftness

Credits: Picture taken from Uk Emergency

I got a new camera at the weekend. I’ve been wanting a real camera for a while and this was my Christmas/Birthday present. For those who are interested in such things; it’s a Canon EOS 400d, which I got with a SIGMA 70-300mm DG APO MACRO lens.

Here are a few of my initial tinkering photos.