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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…
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The Big 5-0 in the South Pacific
Well it was quite a birthday this year. And if it has to be one that ends with a big zero, then today (this will only be published when we get WiFi again!) really was a pretty fine way to do it.Days on the catamaran with Janine and Ross start around 5am, but to make it…
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Just a Quickie…
Hello beautiful people. Very weak WiFi signal here on Isle des Pins is made up for by how gorgeous it is here. So much so that it’s the only place we are spending a second night at, as we island hop. So for now just one pic before I upload the birthday and rest of…