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And Scotty Meets Polly!
Finally popped round to sunny Eltham yesterday to meet my oldest niece Jess's new baby, Polly. Complete with dark hair – the Doyle side of the genes this time round. …
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Daddy Meets Maddie
The big day finally came for H this Wednesday – his first chance to meet our new little girl, Maddie. Drove over to Reading and there she was, obviously waiting with bated breath for our arrival (!). She wasn't as big as I thought she might have already grown, still very much a littler ppper.…
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H is Back!
At last – just the 9 weeks (yes NINE!!!!) weeks later, his lordship has left Ashley's boat in Croatia as planned and is finally back in the Wimbers hood. Brown as a berry and smelling somewhat less than fragrant, as do his niffy sailing bags.. Welcomed back at the tube no less by a cracking…
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Third Time Lucky – MIAMI WEEK!
It's a miracle – we booked (for the third time), we flew, we enjoyed it, we returned – and it all went swimmingly to plan. Thank God! SO good to finally be back in Miami and…
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Queens Tennis
Very nice day at – in the Actual Sunshine!!! – at Queen's tennis with Liz T yesterday. Had 4 matches to watch, including 3 Brits, which must be a mini record. And one of them even won! …
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Jubilee weekend
Well you've got to love a 4 day weekend – started off down at the coot for a spot of pre-Miami planning with J. Both fo us desperately hoping that 'third year lucky' is in the offing… Had a potter into Horsham to check out the Jubilee festivities – where the postbox here was probably…
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Our Weekend Oop Narth
Lesson 1 – never drive to and from Tut Narth unless it's strictly necessary. Which it sort of was this time as we couldn't plan which time train we would get, once H had had his 3 monthly blood tests (and a very overdue one-weekend-home-off-the-boat haircut!) So it was a joyous 6 hours up and…
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May, Or May-be Not
Well this May has so far been pretty shitty, to be frank. Losing Scrumpy unexpectedly has turned our world upside down. I see her everywhere, all the places she was so often. Under our feet, around the house, barking at the front door, bringing toys to any visitor, sniffing the flower beds, lying belly up…
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Our Beloved Scrumpy
I can't believe I'm actually writing this for real, it is still incredibly raw that we lost our very much loved Scrumpy this week. She had been being sick on and off for the last two months, but was happy and running as usual in between, and 4 vet visits hadn't revealed anything particular. They…
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Not Quite Plain Sailing..
So – you know the phrase 'you win some, you lose some'? Well, on this trip I definitely came back with a big fat loser's hat on. It all started off more or less as expected – Nicky & I met the boat fine at Ajaccio, pitched in to help the boys get the boat…