I have some news that may shock some of you!

 

Hello my lovely followers and how was your bank holiday? Well it was sunny here in crappy South West Wales which I was amazed at. On the Friday we went to Cardiff just for a bit of therapeutic shopping. For Helen that's great, for me after 2 shops I've had enough and would prefer to be wandering around a desert lost than walking around a shopping centre with screaming kids, people stopping in mid step bumping in to you, women with kids in buggies tutting as they run in to you and people walking slowly in front of you as they update their facebook status saying "I'm shopping, woohoo!LOL". God I hate shopping centres ha ha. On the plus side when we arrived we noticed some filming being done outside Cardiff Crown Court (ahh, memories) Helen of course being a woman had to know what was going on so she went and asked a guy who seemed to be the director what was going on. The filming was in fact the new series of Sherlock Holmes so now you now know for sure he didn't die at the end of the last series, oops! Did I just give something away?

 

Saturday was motorbike day. The sun was out, sky was blue, thermals & motorbike suit on and off I went. Even with all the proper gear on there is always somewhere that the cold wind gets in and boy was that area bloody freezing, I won't tell you where LOL. I don't bother with the main roads I keep to the back roads as they are always quieter. Everyone wants to get to where their going in a rush so they use the main roads but because they all want this they end up being stuck in traffic jams for hours at a time while I happily get to my destination without one queue or tail back. I get to my destination, have a coffee, read the paper then head back and still they're stuck in the tail backs. Ahh, bliss!

 

Sunday we headed out to Tenby, a little coastal resort which is lovely. Again Sun was out, sky was blue, air was -1deg. We got to Tenby, walked to a pub, had a drink, walked around for 5 Min's then decided to go back to car as hands and face had become numb. While we were walking around I spotted a number of British people in shorts and t-shirts. Give me a break! What is it with some Brits, as soon as they see the sun it triggers something in their brain that says "Sun = Warm = Shorts". NO! its not bloody warm and you look ridiculous.

 

Monday was to cold for anything so stayed in and watched Man Utd lose another part of their definite treble they were talking about before they lost in the champions league.

 

So that's the bank holiday over and back to normal. No more Easter eggs please. And not one Jesus film. What's going on?

 

Well the 2013 season is almost here and everything is ready, Menus - check, New Cocktails - check, New pictures - check, New t-shirts - check. All that needs to be done is a bit of a clean in the bar, fresh coat of paint, put up the lights and we're ready to open. We'll soon be back on the rock (Zakynthos not the wrestler).

 

Now then ladies and gents I've been thinking long and hard over the winter and I think its time to give myself a new challenge. Oceanic is working so well but I can't take it any further, I can't expand, I can't get any busier than I am as last season I was full almost all season and I've taken it to No1 on Tripadvisor for the past 3 years. So it may come as a shock to you that after this season whether its been good or bad I am going to sell Oceanic. Now before people think "Oh no, what will we do now?" Its OK, I'm not going to just close it and leave, no, I'll be opening another bar in Kalamaki or at least on Zakynthos. If after this season no one comes in with an offer I will keep Oceanic myself. So to anyone reading this thinking to themselves "I'll wait till he closes then just walk in and open it up again" That isn't going to happen. I'm staying till it sells. I'm still making good money from the bar but for me its not about the money its the challenge that I need, also I'd like a new bar that myself and Helen can work at in the future. We both love the island and like the way we lead our life on the island, socialising with our Greek friends, relaxing at our home, going out for little tours and just basically being away from Britain. So now you may be asking "How much is it selling for?", well lets put it this way, I'm not greedy and I've known of bars which have been closed and are asking for stupid money when there is no business to buy. With Oceanic your getting a ready made profitable business with takings improving every season since it opened with its own website, app and customer base. All I'm asking is for the initial amount I put in to open the business in 2006 which is great price for a business. But as I said its not up for sale till the end of this season. Sad news to some, happy news for others but I feel stuck in a rut and need a new business challenge in Kalamaki.

 

Its my weekly news round up:-

 

After the horsemeat scare in burgers it is now found that some cod products in the freezers at supermarkets are believed to be a type of catfish called "Cobbler".

I had cod in breadcrumbs the other week and it tasted purrrrfect, get it, catfish, Purrr-fect. Oh please yourselves.

 

The Boat Race, a true British tradition. As British as Fish & Chips, Full Monty Breakfast, Sunday Roast and the Royal Family. 18 men from two of the best universities in the world, Leeds and Cardiff, I mean Oxford and Cambridge.

Hang on, this true British tradition has only 6 British team members all the others are American, Australian, a Czech and a Colombian. Hope they dope tested the team with the Colombian.

 

Katie Price (Jordan) has got married. This time she says "No more weddings" and "saved the best till last".

Maybe it's because she can't fit any more wedding rings on her wedding ring finger. Oh yeah, she's also pregnant, wouldn't look good if she had the child out of wedlock again would it?

 

The Voice is back on BBC1 with the Beeb saying "This will be the best series yet".

So out of the 2 series (including the present) this will be the best, that's a big statement to make BBC, does this mean that this series winner will actually become known?

 

Michael Jackson's children are taking AEG to court for $26 billion in lost earnings.

Seen his children on TV. Didn't know Michael was Hispanic (ref- look at kids) LOL

 

PJ & Duncan (Ant & Dec) are officially number 1 in the UK charts.

And its still better than half the crap released these days, bet the bands from The Big Reunion are cheesed off ha ha.

 

The Nintendo Wii games console will be used in a study to examine whether computer games can help to cut child obesity rates. Traditionally, computer games have been blamed for the growing obesity crisis

Here's a thought, maybe its the food that's making them obese. How about stop giving them fast food and microwave meals, make them try fresh food for once not give them a games console.

 

Iain Duncan Smith has said he could live off £53 a week like someone gets on benefits.

He most probably could as he gets all his expenses paid but if he had to pay for everything himself that amount wouldn't even fuel his Rolls Royce.

 

And that's my little look at the news.

 

Its that time of the blog again. ITS VIDEO TIME!

 

I love this section as I get to go over my past and think back to programmes and songs I had long forgotten.

 

We start with a children's lunchtime programme that again was a bit strange and looking back at it I still have no idea why I used to watch it as the puppets are all grubby and scary looking. This weeks gem is Pipkins. It was a puppet shop but the puppets were alive (Spooky already). There was Hartley the Hare, Topov the Monkey, Octavia the Ostrich, Pig and Tortoise, There were others but can't remember them all. It tackled everyday issues like moving, divorce and death but in a way for children to understand. Great, we all grew up manic depressives LOL.

 

                                     

 

My blast from the past was most probably the best super group ever put together but they didn't get the recognition they deserved and their songs were great. The band was called "Electronic" and it was made up of Bernard Sumner (Joy Division, New Order), Johnny Marr (The Smiths) and Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe (Pet Shop Boys). Their most well known song I would say is "Getting away with it" but here is "Get the Message" that actually charted higher than "Getting away with it"

 

 

 

 

And now for my fun video and one hit wonder. I'm not sure whether the band was called "Jimmy the Hoover" or if it was just the lead singer. This track only reached No18 in 1983 but I always remember it cause of two things. 1/ It was such a summer sound feel good song and 2/ The band wore boxing head guards. As history shows this fashion trend didn't take off but in present days it doesn't seem like a bad idea the way society is going LOL. So here is the man himself Jimmy the Hoover, Enjoy.

 

The readers stats from last weeks blog update are looking good , 3 new readers in Bulgaria and the US readers are growing, none from North Korea yet LOL

United Kingdom	475
United States	27
Russia	21
Poland	8
Germany	7
Greece	6
Sweden	4
Bulgaria	3
Ireland	3
Switzerland	2

Well my beloved followers and blog readers, the sun is out and its time to go out for a ride. Until next week, keep booking those holidays and saving your pennies.

Serve All, Love All, Peace All. Kevlar Out.