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All Very ‘Mantical
That's Ro-Mantical, in case you weren't sure. Had a top banana day this Thurs as went back to sunny Dorset to see Lulworth Castle, the scene of our 'totes 'mantical' nuptials. Wandered around the grounds in the afternoon, snarfing a bottle of fizz with the Hubster in celebration then went back for the main event that eve.…
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Bit disappointing
Just had latest PP scores back – in 1.5 months it's gone up 0.56, an 8.2% rise. Not terrible but not as good as the very slow ones of late, nor the extra nice (miraculous) ones where it had actually gone down.. Actually haven't had a percentage jump like that for about a year, so…
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Uzbek photos
Well, it was certainly a 'different' week! Actually really enjoyed it – although after 4 cities I think Janine and I had finally had enough of blue mosaics as the huge buildings were all starting to merge into one, in the 40 degree 'it's really not hot, 60 degrees is hot' according to the guides, temperature….. But it…
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Coffee Miracle!
Oh my god – after 45 years, 9 months and 26 days, yesterday I had my very, very first ever coffee in my whole life. We'd popped into the Nespresso store to top up Mr H's stash of the magic pods, where H of course headed straight to the coffee bar to suck up a…
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Off to Uzbekistan
So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, adieu… Yes – the day has come when lucky Janine and I are off to Uzbekistan. Yes – through our own choice. (Well, mine to be fair on J, talk about her 'taking one for the team').. So – blog-a-log silence from me till we get back next weekend – unless…
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Sophie’s birthday drinks
Urrrrrggggghhhhh Why do I always seem to wake up on the morning before I go on holiday with the most stonking hangover? Oh, that's because somehow it's always something like last night that creeps up on you when you least exect it to 'go large' – just like Soph's birthday drinks did last night. An innocent…
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Hawksey bikes Ride 100
Hurrah – the Hawkster flew through the Ride 100 challenge like a crazed giant leprechaun, resplendent in his green and white Macmillan cycling top this Sunday. The 4.15am alarm and 5.15am meet with Jules, Nicky, Si and Tex at Tower Bridge was nothng compared to the weather horrors of the day. Yet despite the atrocious…
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The Cranleigh Show
Ever fancy stepping back in time for a quick taste of old England? Then look no further than a country show – in this case the Cranleigh Show that a few of us nipped to last weekend. Among the highlights were… The gundog judging. Quite nice dogs but a show-stopping winner of an outfit from…
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An Added Value Day
Slightly surreal day yesterday – my afternoon was spent at the AV Summer party with all the current AV-ers, generally feeling a bit ancient, Norma-No-Mates and sweatily hot in my ridiculous pink rhinestone cowboy hat due to the Wild West theme – thank god for Sarah Taylor and some of the 'long-lasteds' like Michelle, a few old chums to mingle…
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A spot of late night scrumping..
No – not a typo of Scrumpy – actual scrumping. We had Hannah & Nurse, plus the Hannah parentals over for a BBQ dinner on Friday and the boys just couldn't quite resist relieving next door of a 'few' of their very nice ripe figs. Some of which were even over-hanging our garden so fair…