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Charlotte’s 18th birthday
Somehow the small redheaded child next door who was one minute small and barely 11 has turned 18 this week. Having already been scouted (twice!) by a major London modelling agency, she has now also managed to nail herself an offer from Trinity College Cambridge to study Law from this October, handily arriving the day…
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Day Trip to Windy Worthing
Blimey – it was blowing a hoolie (no, not a hoodie, thanks spell check), in Worthing on Friday. Janine & I headed down in the car to meet up with Helen Davies, an old AV chum, who is flat sitting there at the moment. Which also gave us a chance to book some cinema tickets…
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Dav & Mands Weekend at Dora
Wow – the past 3 days have just shot by! Dad & Mands arrived, with Mabel, on Thursday lunchtime and we’ve just dropped them back to the station. Thursday was WET with a vengeance, so – after a trip down to Garson’s farm shop to check out any post-Xmas bargains – that was very much…
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Chris Cowburn’s 60th party weekend
Isn’t it amazing how four decade after uni, you can still feel the pull to go all the way to Manchester for a party of someone you played hockey with in 1987? Albeit with the added bonus of being able to see (and stay with) Rachel, who I also played hockey with at uni and…
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Cathy’s visit
My sister Cathy came over this past week to sort out a changeover in her tenants, in her Wimbledon flat. And to spend a week in there in the cold and dark doing some much needed DIY – brrrr! Luckily for her it coincided with her birthday, so we pulled out all the stops with…
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New Year at the Coot
Somehow we have made it to the end of another much appreciated, brilliant year. And what better way to spend it than by invading J&R’s peace & quiet at the coot for a couple of nights… The dogs hung out together as usual (well, Flossy guarding her sofa space and favourite toys from Maddie, Maddie…
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A Really Fab Christmas
We are very lucky people – it’s always a massive bonus to see another Christmas, to be in decent health so we can enjoy it, and to share it with so many brilliant friends! Kicked off Xmas week with Fi & Rich coming up for a night out at Tooting Market and a curry back…
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Twas the Week Before Xmas…
Well, maybe the week before, the week before Xmas… But it certainly felt like a pre Christmas whirl! I caught up with my older lady Jo on Tuesday, hearing all about the schenigans in her block of flats. Mostly about ‘Kittygate’ – an even older lady, Kitty, who lives there too, is in her 90s…
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Hola Me-xi-co!
Just back yesterday from a very nice 2 weeker, driving ourselves (much further than we had anticipated, over 2000km!) around the Yucatan. Far fewer US tourists than I had thought, as we steered clear of Cancun, Playa del Carmen etc, to the point that we hardly saw (or heard) an American, and there were not…
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Last Two Birthday Events
Well, you know me, I do like to squeeze a birthday out for as long as possible!! So I met up with Liz T this week for a cheeky cocktail in Putney before heading to Home SW15, which is now one of my fave local eateries. Really impressed with how they handled Liz’s food intolerances,…