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Super Scillies
Had a really great week away with Mr H in the Scilly Isles. Yes, a slight faff to get to (train Paddington to Penzance, a night there, 3 hour ferry to St Mary's, shuttle boat to Bryher) but just so lovely when you get there. …
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The Follicular Mysteries of Chemo
So, H was told by his consultant that he would definitely lose all the hair on his head, about ten days after his first chemo session. So he went and got a very short haircut – a number 1 – in preparation for the big fallout. And then waited… Six sessions later, it still hadn't…
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Scilly Seals!!!
H and I are just back from 8 days in the Scilly Isles (off Cornwall) – and while I will get round to whacking some photos of the main trip on here, I couldn't resist putting the best of the pix from our snorkelling trip with seals on here now. …
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When you realise…
… you should really clean out the washing machine filter more often. Oddly, quite a few coins from Malta, several years ago. Plus the ubiquitous Waitrose trolley ‘coin’. Financial findings pictured. Large amount of back doormat sisal fronds, mud and piece of random plastic not shown..!
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Off to the Scillies…
Yep, tomorrow Mr H and I head off on our first week away together since my 50th last year – down to the Scilly Isles. Taking the train to Penzance (watching out for pirates, obvs) with the Scrump dog, where we'll spend the night before getting the ferry over to the first island, Bryher, on…
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The layabouts
Looks like Scrumpy and Mr H equally unimpressed with the heat today…
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Couples Chemo and all that..
So, thought it might be time for a mini update, not that there's anything terribly thrilling to say. Hawksey had his last of his 6 chemo treatments yesterday, so that's a good landmark to have got to. Now he'll have a week or so of losing his sense of taste, feeling a bit tired and…
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It’s BBQ season..
Had Janine and Ross over at the weekend and Mr H decided to knock up a full mixed grill for them. I took two photos of the huge cooking dish with all the meats 'before' and 'after' being BBQ-d, but it looked so gross I couldn't quite bear to post it on here. Luckily it…