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Visiting Mum
…Well, I’m kind of in the swing of visiting Mum in her care home in Kent now. The twice a month visits just weren’t enough, either for me or her, so it’s now three times a month. And so far Mr H has come with me on one of these, where we spend the night…
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The Mud Monster
How great that at last the common has dried up, all the impromptu lakes have gone and its finally all nice and non-boggy. Wellies begone – today was a trainers day. And how lovely that at the end of our walk, the dog beast was all nice and white, clean and dry, as we neared…
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Vicki’s Hen Weekend in San Sebastián
Waking up on morning 3 of Vicki’s Hen in San Sebastián. Apartment is strewn with face masks, her costume (hysterical), empty beer cans, the Cards of Humanity game (brilliant!) and the remnants of a large jelly willy…. But it has been very good – so far!
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Gourmet Weekend
Well, for two people who have just embarked on a 'Hawkes Get Slimmer' campaign, this weekend was our first challenge! Started with a fab dinner at Swighty and Woodsie's on Fri night. Luckily, Woodsie is a canny chef and rolled out some healthy options, which is why Swighty is looking so fine and trim. Good…
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Playdate with Little Smudge
Took Scrumpy yesterday for a play date with Clare G's new little cocker spaniel puppy, Smudge. What a cutie – who could possible resist a tiny little scrap of soft fur with little nippy teeth and lots of bounce, who looked rather like a little version of Scrumpy? …
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Ross’s Bonanza Birthday Weekend
Blimey – the old fella is somehow 60!!!! But it was at least a cracking weekend, to send him into his next decade in style. R&J had a very good dinner and stay at Le Manor on their 20th wedding anniversary (eek!) the day before Ross's 60th – no better place to wake up for…
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Fruits de Mer, Zut Alors..
Seems like Pam and Jude decided to nip over to France for a few days this week – and returned with a vast amount of fresh seafood on ice. So, rude not to pop round, give Scrumpy a play date with Rio the Vizla, and ourselves a jolly good fruits de mer fest into the…
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Good Friday Fajitas
Very nice afternoon yesterday spent with Mikey, Margo, 7 year old Patrick and Emmy their little baby girl. Margo managed to winkle us all out for a walk in the pouring rain with the lure of her home baked banana bread and tea, followed by some top notch margaritas and fajitas for dinner. Polished off…
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The Patient Forum
So, I was honoured to be one of the six Parkside patients invited to the very first patient feedback forum today at the Dark Side. Seemed like everyone had either a lot of experience here or had had a problem at one time or other at Parkside, so could have had quite a lot to…
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3 Against 1
Just had the lovely Pam-e-Lala and Jude round for supper, plus their two temporary canine house guests, Rio the Visla and Ruby the Collie Allsorts. Check out the 12 paws, 3 tails and 6 beady eyes fixated on the elevated Miss Mojo CatPussy. …