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Hawkes Family Picnic
Managed to pick a decent April day for a long awaited Hawkes family get together. Mr H had planned a sort of treasure hunt walk – basically a walk with 20 clues to look for en route, quite a good way to keep the nearly 12 year old great-niece (eek!) Izzy engaged with the 6…
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45km and a sore butt
Mr H 'encouraged' (dragged) me out on a bike ride yesterday, as, to be fair, it was a gorgeous day and worth getting out into it for a spot of exercise and fresh air. Parked in Walton at Sarah & Paul's and toodled off – the electric bike more than coming into its own when…
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Siblings Zoom
While more stuff is at last going face to face in person, there was still a Zoom in the diary this week, with my siblings Richard & Cathy. Such a pisser that Cathy is stuck in Holland, with no sign of any vaccines, despite her husband being over 60 (and Cathy not far behind!) Not…
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Finally Going ‘Out Out’!
OMG, its been SOOOOOOOOO nice to finally get out for a meal cooked by someone else, in the company of actual 'other people'! Thank you to the pubs for their hospitality and ability to get people together in what feels like safe environments to forget bloody COVID for a few hours and be able to…
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Patio Sunbathing & Tea
Very much enjoying the new patio that H and Jules built (with a bit of David's help!) at the bottom of the garden. A very nice little sun trap for the later afternoon warmth, and now our favoured spot for tea… and the odd cheeky scone when Mr H has been a-baking. …
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Week One of “You can Socialise Outdoors’
Well, this week could not come soon enough for me. The last few weeks have been particularly hard – I've been very much missing people, social buzz and doing anything with friends that isn't just another walk in another park with another cup of tea in my flask.. however appreciated those have been. I am…
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One Year On..
Blimey – none us thought we'd still be embroiled in COVID a whole year on… well, I certainly didn't think its spectre would be quite so omnipresent still. Can't quite believe that I got the 'you've been doing Duo non stop for a whole year' email from Duolingo – something I only started back in…
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A Spot of Hampstead Heath
Now that we are trying to venture a bit further afield – god knows we could do with a change of scenery – we were rather excited to get on another tube to go north of the Londinium to meet Mark & Charlie for a wander. Mr H treating his new flat cap to a…
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The Easter Egg Hunt
No, sadly not a garden full of eggs for me this year (although am always open to offers..), instead we had Mikey & Margo round with Patrick & Emmy. Emmy is at a super cute age, rushing round the garden with her little egg collecting box, occasionally pretending that she didn't;t know the different between…
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Clarkie’s birthday outing
Lucky Clarkie – what better way to spend your birthday then to meet 3 old mates on Wimbledon Common and to go litter picking for the afternoon?? My how our idea of 'fun' has had to change this last year… Actually, had a really nice wander in the sun, with Jo & Georgina and Georgie's…