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  • David & Mandy Visit

    Had a very good couple of days with David & Mandy, our Harrogate chums, who made the trip down south – and into the sunshine! David had apparently been out with their dog Macey that morning in 4 degree weather, in his gloves, coat etc – so was rather delighted to find himself sitting out…

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  • A WOW Week

    So, let's start with the things that we knew were going to happen this week. Scrumpy's recovery from her hip op is going as expected – here she is briefly without her 'cone of shame' on – which turned out to be a big mistake as not only did she manage to lick off the…

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  • Scrumpy’s Hip Op

    So last Wednesday was the rather miserable day – for us and for Scrumpy – as it was time for her to have her second femoral her d& neck excision. Basically removing half her hip bone on the left side, having had the same op last year on her right side. She had two nights…

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  • Soph’s Birthday

    Had a mini gathering Fri eve to celebrate Sophie's birthday that day. Boys took one for the team and headed up to Billingsgate Market to hunter-gather vast amounts of seafood including two live lobsters for the feast.   Pam & Jude popped by for a pre-dinner drink with one of their very nice personalised bottles…

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  • 7 for 7

    And so the latest virus news this week heralded the demise of our final two possible weeks away this year. We are now officially '7 for 7' – we had 7 trips overseas booked, to make this year a whole lot better than H's big treatment year last year, and we have now struck out…

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  • Patio & Twinny

    And the day is here – the building of our new garden patio is upon us. Mr H has taken it upon himself to be the master builder, roping lucky chum Jules and a young bit of muscle in the form of bronzed Callum.. mmm, bonus. The delightful skip has arrived on the drive alongside…

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  • The New Normal

    Well, I think you could say we're all living rather different lives to last year or any other time, come to that. The new normal is definitely more enjoyable than lockdown living, in that above all it involves more social, face to face chats and feeling people-y than March to June did. So, counting blessings…

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  • An Outdoorsy Week

    You've gotta love it when the sun shines like it is at the moment!! We've been making the most of the weather, getting out and about and sucking up that Vit D. Scrumpy is making the most of her last 2 weeks of pre-operative freedom. She is booked into the Supervet on 12 August to…

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  • Good Results for Mr H

    Hawksey now goes to see his consultant, Vincent Khoo, every 3 months. And we actually had a proper face to face, rather than a call, this week. It's funny that he uses my Prof's consulting room on the Wed evenings that he comes in – what a familiar space.. So we both breathed a major…

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  • Baby Lettie

    Aaaah, just had to steal this pic off Instagram – great-niece Violet / Lettie, looking her usual gorgeous self in my brother's garden in Kent.               As Mum Jess's comment says '9 months in, now 9 months out'…. Also notably surrounded by multiple Miffy toys, sourced by my sister…

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