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Who Stole my Booze Tolerance??
Bloody hell – I've never been able to drink wine, so spirits and cocktails especially have always been my solace. I've worked in drinks for years and years and thoroughly enjoyed it. I've always found booze a damn good way to relax and have a laugh, as do most people. So you can only imagine…
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Gran Canaria
So, I've never been entirely sure if I'd like the Canaries, and here we were last Wed, landing in Gran Canaria for a week in a resort hotel – also not our natural habitat. But – the utter magic of winter sun on your bones can make anywhere a joy, and after far too much…
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Gran Canaria Here We Come
Well – those are definitely words that I never thought would pass my lips! In all honesty I've never massively fancied the Canaries though for no particular reason – and now that there is a sniff of winter sun in the offing, it feels rather nice!! We have totally and utterly robbed the holiday plan…
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Another Myeloma Milestone
This week heralded yet another fairly mega milestone – 6 years since my second stem cell cell transplant, back in Jan 2016. Blimey – that's pretty much flown by, especially given how shite the last 2 years have been, what a massive waste of healthy time. But bloody good to have made it to 6…
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Scrumpy in the Doghouse
You may remember the tale of Scrumpy managing to find and eat a large bar of Fruit & Nut at Clarkie's house, when she was dog sitting for us in November. Which resulted in a load of charcoal tablets being given at the vets and a rather dejected dog being parted from her chocolate find……
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The Helens
Had a really top night out with 'the Helens' – Ms Tebay and Ms Vickery – last week. Slightly belated due to them both going down with Covid in December – a little pre-Xmas gift from their school kids no doubt. Met…
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The Xmas that Keeps on Giving..
So here we are – the 13th of January – 19 whole days since Santa's delights of 2021 were opened and a vast amount of turkey consumed in many, many guises. And yes, somehow still the day that another 4 Xmas cards have just arrived on our mat! And there was one that tipped yesterday,…
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Cathy’s 60th Birthday!
Bloody hell. I wouldn't have put £20 on this being likely. The Clogs getting here from Holland under lockdown. 7 households all managing to make it to Dora Road on the same day. And – as far as we know so far – not a drop of Covid hanging in the air.. So we pulled…
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THEY ARE HERE!!!
So, after two years of waiting – and months of wondering if Cathy & the girls and Emmanuel would actually get here – last night THEY ARRIVED AT DORA!!!! This despite Cathy on Xmas Eve saying to me 'we're just going to have dinner and then I'll have a look at booking our Day 2…