Post-Easter Candy Hangover

Friends,

Hope your Easter weekend went well!  I know my girls enjoyed their candy hunt with Samantha.  We bought too much candy so I’m about three chocolate bunnies shy of not fitting into my pants this week =)

Data for things to do:

1) http://www.thefa.com/my-football/justplay/.  This is a site to sign up for local pick-up football games.  At least one of our staff members uses it to play every so often.  He highly recommends it!

2) Tomorrow is cinema night at Costas on base.  If you haven’t seen “Django: Unchained” it’s well worth the watch.  Good redemption story if you’re into those types of films.  Doors open at 7pm, film starts at 7:30.  I’m reluctant to go myself but if I can get 10 “likes” for this post, I’ll show up!  Perhaps we can enjoy it together?

3) Looking for something to do this weekend?  Saturday at 9:00am, I’ll be grabbing the Metropolitan line train to Baker Street, and then Bakerloo onto Charing Cross.  Why?  This is the last weekend to see “The Sunflowers” by Vincent van Gogh at the National Gallery.  After that, I’ll be going to head back over to Trafalgar Square.  I haven’t had a chance to visit but from what I gather, it’s a tribute to Lord Nelson, Britain’s greatest military hero. The entire square represents the heart of an empire that controlled three fifths of the world in its day.  Also, we’ll be taking in the Hahn/Cock.  It’s a 4.7m high sculpture of a cockerel in ultramarine blue and is the latest sculpture to roost on the Fourth Plinth in the north-west corner of Trafalgar Square.  45-minutes by tube, about an hour and a half of checking out the sites, 45-minutes back home, and you will be able to relax and enjoy the remainder of your Saturday knowing you got out and saw something neat.  Or you can work on that honey-do list mowing the garden or repairing that cabinet you’ve been blowing off. Your choice =)

4) Cinco de Mayo, the Mexican holiday we all love and enjoy, is just around the corner.  Anyone have a good recipe that you’d like to share?  I’d love to try something different this year to go along with my Dos Equis and lemon. I’ll have to regrow my beard out though. I normally look like this around this time of the year:

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=dos+equis&hl=en-GB&gbv=2&prmd=ivns&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=YqJXU7SqKMayPOb_gYAG&ved=0CAUQ_AU

If there’s something you’d like to share, please e-mail us at mwrnato@gmail.com!

 Brian

Weekend Update

Good Monday to everyone!

Great weekend behind us now and on to the next one for Easter.

Anyone doing anything exciting for Easter? Trip to somewhere you’d like to share with everyone? If you are and would like to share, send us a picture and brief summary to mwrnato@gmail.com and we’ll post it up. I know I’m curious to see how everyone spends their holidays around the world.

Sunday was a blow out. 36,000 runners participated in the 34th London Marathon yesterday. Anyone get an opportunity to watch downtown? Little known fact: The modern marathon was originally intended to be 26 miles, with a start at Windsor Castle and the finish at White City Stadium, Queen Alexandra requested the distance be extended 385 yards — or 26.2 miles — to the East Lawn so that the royal children could watch the race from their nursery. Cool tid bit, eh?

In some unfortunate news, the Warrant Officers/Senior Rates Mess had to cancel the Easter event for this year due to a lack of interest. These events hosted in the messes are always quite popular and is the first to be cancelled for this reason in some time. I for one enjoyed both the Halloween and Christmas events. If you see these pop up on the calendar and would like more information, please contact us at mwrnato@gmail.com and we’ll get you in touch with the appropriate point of contact.

We are working out the details for posting events and requests. We have a couple of requests from businesses and some of you folks to post. I want to make sure to take a hard look at it before we begin posting these so please be patient with us. It may take a few days. We are trying to shape the content to be more “social” vice “business adverts.” Just have to find the right wording for it.

Lastly, we had a chance to take the kids down to the ExCel Centre for Salute 2014. We just happened across the details surfing the internet on Thursday and it turned out quite well. If you’d like to get more information for conventions held at the ExCel, follow this link to their site: ExCel Centre

Cheers!

Brian

Battlefield Tour to Normandy

The Canadian Community in Ruislip has organized a Battlefield Tour to Normandy from Thursday May 15th to Sunday May 18th .

We have some seats available which we are now offering to our NORTHWOOD NATO Community.
We will visiting sites such as Dieppe, Juno Beach, Omaha Beach, Abbaye D’Ardennes and more.
Take advantage by taking a step back in history during this 70th Anniversary Year.
Seats are now being offered to Northwood NATO Members until Friday April 25th.
A 50% deposit is required.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me for additional information,
Michelle Bland
PSP-UK Coordinator
CFSU(E) Det United Kingdom | USFC(E) dét Royaume-Uni
86 Blenheim Cres. Bldg 188
Ruislip, Middlesex
HA4 7HB
Telephone | Téléphone +44 (0)1895 613 038
michelle.bland@forces.gc.ca

New Tiger Cubs at the London Zoo

New Tiger Cubs at the London Zoo

One of the things to do this weekend might include taking the family to the London Zoo.  The new tiger cubs were released into their habitat with their mother.

What are you up to this weekend?  Anything unique or exciting you’d like to share?

Welcome!

Congratulations!  You’ve found the Morale and Welfare blog and site for Allied Maritime Command!

Samantha and I are excited to be part of this project.  It’s a work in progress so please be patient if there’s something you see that needs to be changed.

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Almost forgot!  Take a look at our calendar of events in the upper right hand corner!  You won’t regret it!

April Events – Officers Mess

April 4th – Families’ Happy Hour

April 10th – Cheese & Wine Party

April 24th – St George’s Night

March Events – Officers Mess

March 7th – Families’ Happy Hour

March 9th – Mother’s Day Lunch

March 20th – St Patricks Night

March 27th – Quiz Night

APRIL EVENTS – WO’s & Senior Rates Mess

April 1st – 5 O’Clock Club: Band Night including food

April 9th – Restaurant Night

April 20th – Family Fun Sunday Carvery including Children’s Easter Egg Hunt

April 23rd – St George’s Quiz Night including Mess Jousting Champs

April 30st – Lunchtime Mess Raffle

MARCH EVENTS – WO’S & Senior Rates Mess

March 4th – 5 O’Clock Club: Pub Games Championship Night – Food Provided

March 19th – Quiz Night including Mess Draw and Food

March 26th – Lunchtime Mess Raffle

Northwood HQ Mums & Tots

Northwood HQ Mums & Tots meets every Tuesday and Friday from 9:30am to 11:30 in the activity room near Costa’s on base.

There are many toys and activities for the children, along with juice and snacks. And for the Mum’s, there is hot tea/coffee and good conversation!

 

 

To join the Northwood HQ Mums & Tots Facebook page:   https://www.facebook.com/groups/354428191312395/