Don't miss the Bournemouth airshow from this Thursday till Sunday. Bit of a coup for Bournemouth Council, well done.
Should be a great few days and bring in all the tourists. Unfortunately the weather doesn't look hugely great for the event but hopefully the rain will hold off.
As the fireworks are back on the BBQ will be on the Friday night.
Usual place on Bournemouth beach. Usual rules on food and drink.
6pm onwards as usual.
Weather report says things are picking up for the weekend. Not fully convinced about the swimming in the sea bit but as the scouts say, be prepared.
Had a great trip to the US. A hectic couple of weeks but great fun and food!
Were in Orlando for a week, at a karate summer course. Only managed to get to one of the theme parks, which was Seaworld.
Then it was off to Connecticut to see my brother Graham, then into New York to see Steve Clark, then into Boston to see the Chapmans, then back to Connecticut. Non-stop whistle tour of America.
Food highlight - eating at Nobu in NYC, a belated birthday present. Cheers Steve. Was a fantastic meal.
Not affected much by the jetlag - hence typing this up at 4am!
Why don't the phone manufacturers all build phones that power from USB. So annoying to have gone to the US taking my UK power supply.
Most computer appliances etc have power adaptors that can use 100V or 240V. Must be cheaper for the companies as well if they used that as a standard.
Argh!
Just got in from having a Japanese dinner at the equivalent of 3am UK time. Managed to stay awake pretty easily and get down to some pigging out on the first night of our holidays. Went to Rangetsu on International Drive for some Japanese food, which is only a short walk from our residence at the Hilton Embassy Suites.
For just under $120, (£60) we had a couple of cocktails, 2 large bottles of Sapporo, pickled veg and seafood, edamame, mixed tempura plus I had sushi/sashimi combo as a main and Angela ordered a steak dinner after talking about getting a Chirashi rice dinner. Unfortuantely they brought the raw seafood chirashi rice dish instead.
Angea asked them to stir fry the raw food up and stick it back on top of the rice. 
Would have been embarassing but it was their fault. The embarassing bit of the day was when the sniffer dog hunted down Angela's apples just before immigration. Hmmm, on the spot fine was on the cards.
It was a fairly large glass fronted building with a huge multi tiered koi pond with waterfalls.
Service was typically good.
Gordon and Angela Fong - living in Southbourne, working hard, enjoying life, travelling the world, eating great food and drinking some nice tipple along the way.
Give us a wave.
