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Quick Thyme Out
Managed to snaffle a cheeky night away with Janine this week. Result of some cunning mutual gifting of vouchers at Christmas makes a nice eve away feel like a bargain! This time headed to the Cotswolds to try out Thyme at Southrop Manor – starting in the sweetly named ‘Baa’ for a cocktail or two,…
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Vicki & Tina’s Big Day
Wow – what a brilliant civil partnership – my first ever and it would be hard to beat. Amazing that it was hot, sunny and gorgeous up in the Lake District – the perfect weather for their Big Day. Started off…
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Poor Mummypops
Went to visit Mum today and started by doing a spot of daughterly personal care – manicure of her nails and some face de-fuzzing. Have used the hair removal cream many, many times before, never the slightest issue. All went as usual, so we headed off to park at my brother’s house so I could…
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Done in, all caved out
And finally, yesterday afternoon, luckily on our last day of sightseeing, we both hit the ‘looking at old stuff’ wall. Our very nice guide man was dutifully boffing on about Buddha, lotus leaves, head dresses, Uppsala and the usual godly stories when my brain cannoned rapidly into the ‘Totally Full, Please No More’ sign and we…
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Ajanta Caves
We were planning on going to Goa, but randomly saw a brilliant Joanna Lumley documentary a few months back that made us rearrange our India trip plans. And that’s why we found ourselves at the Ajanta Caves today. Discovered by a Brit in the early 1800s while he was out hunting tigers – a huge…
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Cricket Seems Popular….
We are in the same hotel as the IPL cricketers – big game last night Mumbai Indians and Rajasthan Royals. Saw Shane Warne, Kevin Peterson and Jofra Archer among others and spoke to Ben Stokes and Ish – clearly H having to tell me half the names as KP and Shane were my limit. SO…
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Somewhat surreally, we seem to be in Mumbai, for the first few days of our trip here and to Maharashtra state. Just the 22 million people around us, combined with incessant honking of horns, to let us know we definitely aren’t in Kansas any more. And there’s a pretty good view from our room.. …
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Oh my god – I think we are moving..
Blimey – this is all going a bit faster than we thought. Just heard that we are looking likely to complete the new house purchase on Friday 8th June – that's 5 weeks tomorrow!!!! Still haven't exchanged so there's a tiny chance…
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Blowtorch Bonanza
Ooh, ooh, how have I got this far through life and never had the joy of using a cook’s blowtorch? Got a huge lump of beef in to honour the arrival of the sister and it needed to be seared all over. …
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Unexpected Guest
As of this morning, we unexpectedly have a visitor for 4 days. Rio the vizla has been handed over by Pam and Jude who have her for three months until her rabies jabs are completed and she heads to live with her owners in New Zealand. Scrumpy, as ever, is broadly uninterested, though slightly miffed…