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Fishy on a Little Dishy
H hosts an annual 'Gentlemen's Dinner' which this year gave rise to the need to head off to Billingsgate Market at gnat's crack, to buy a pile of seafood for that evening's event. First point of note – how lovely it is driving through London when there's no traffic. All dark and feeling quite Christmassy..…
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Xmas Romance
Despite what's happened, we are determined to still have a bloody good Christmas this year. So went to Wimbledon Park and bought a massive tree – this certainly wouldn't have fitted in our old house. And went crazy with some new John Lewis baubles too – we are WILD. Had a very nice couple of…
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Mercato Magic
And as if lunch out wasn't enough for the 50-somethings, we then hoofed it up to Elephant & Castle (now there's somewhere that's not on my usual travel list) to check out Jules's new sushi gaff. In the rather impressive Mercato Metropolitano. About fifty or so food and drinks places, good vibe and many a…
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Xmas at The Ivy
Stewart and Helen Mac were down in the big smoke from top north, so popped out with them and J&R to the Ivy in Wimbers. Very good as…
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Some very bad news (sorry guys)
Hello lovely friends This is one of the hardest blog posts I have ever had to write. Please forgive me as the words below are not good news, and it’s not the nicest way of dropping a bombshell on people that we care about. But equally, we are already finding it exhausting telling everyone the…
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The Sheep Book
Various of you have been gently pestering me for a look at the sheep book that you all sent your photos in for, as part of my 50th birthday surprise – here are a sample 6 pages from it. But before that – IT'S MYTH BUSTER TIME! This might be a good time to dispel…
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The Mexican Aces Night
Top night this Sat – co-hosted a joint 50th bash for me plus my oldest school friend (45 years since we met!) at Dora Road. With the Aces hockey team that we've both played for – about 25 of us running Mexican rampage. …
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Sofa, So Good
Great to finally get my feet up and hit the sofa. Nothing better than having both animals nestling in together and sharing the Mummy Space. A very happy Scrumpy and Mojo. Love my girls x
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Corking Sunrise
Last few days of having our bedroom on the top floor of Dora – a shame in some ways as the sunrise is pretty amazing from up there, as are the views over the city (slightly less so, the views the other way, over Croydon..) But we will hopefully be in the new bedroom/bathroom combo…
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Turning 50 in the South Pacific
So, this was our triumphal return to the waters of the South Pacific. Five years ago we made it to the magical Loyalty Islands of French Polynesia, in the eastern SP, and this time were were heading to New Caledonia in the western SP and the Society Islands off its north coast. Both huge luxuries and…