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Mikey, Margo and the Mini Monkeys
The perfect Sunday – a very nice walk, some dog mucking about on Wandsworth Common and then bit of time sending little chubby cheeks Emmy down the slide with her big brother Patrick, then a top banana lunch back at Mikey & Margo's. …
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Easter Cooty
What better place to spend the rest of the Easter weekend than down at our favourite coot? Exhausted ourselves ambling with the dogs, reading the papers, popping to Waitrose, doing some light gardening, hitting the sun loungers, having a pre-dinner pint at the White Lion, getting the wood burner going, shaking a few cocktails, scoffing…
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Good Friday Night
And yes, it was! Managed to lure Swighty and Woodsie round here as part of Swight's birthday celebrations, plus Mark & George Syd, Claire & Jon and Pam & Jude – oh and their small friend, Finn the mega beast.Poor Mojo was most unimpressed at being banished upstairs for the whole night but as Finn…
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Oh Boy…
So H hasn’t been feeling too good since his first chemo on Friday. Pretty much to be expected but we were keeping an eye on his shortness of breath as the more concerning of the various side effect symptoms. Had a nice evening at home last night, he set the chiminea up outside, had…
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Mr H Returns
And finally, on Thursday morning this week, Mr H returned from his 3 week trip to Australia. Having nailed Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide he was really pleased with how the 2 conferences went – as well as the back to back wine tastings that seem to have accompanied them. Everything from the kangaroo in…
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Is that a Unicorn?
So, I managed to somehow totally bugger my back in Spain last weekend. I was very lucky to make it back on the coach to the airport (just one minor scream when the coach went over a bump, which I tried to pretend wasn't;t actually me) and an unhelpful bit of turbulence on the plane…
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Spain part 2 – Clare G’s 60th
OK – so the weather wasn't super kind to us, but did it matter? Did it hall – we had a great weekend in San Sebastian to celebrate Clare's 60th birthday. And how can she even really be 60 when she can run half marathons and looks this good?? …
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Spain trip – Part 1
Whipped over to Northern Spain last week for 3 nights with Janine, before then joining the AV girls in San Sebastian for the weekend (see Part 2!) Talk about chalk and cheese weather – we arrived in unseasonal drizzle, nipped up into the mountains and found ourselves walking in the beautiful crisp April snow, and…