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Coot and Helens Combo
What a very nice week, to say the least. Started off with a nip[ over to Walton, for Sarah Taylor's birthday lunch. Very good as it always is, to get some of the ex AV crowd together, blessed with some decent July sunshine and Sarah's excellent hosting. Cue lots of excited nattering and lucky Paul…
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Greece 2025
Just back from two very HOT weeks with Mr H on the boat in various bits of Greece. Very pleased (and relieved!) to report that it’s been a waaaaay more enjoyable two weeks this year than the two we spent on board in Croatia last summer. Main reasons being that we both have a better…
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Week Two out of the house
This week has seen me inhabiting Janine & Ross’s home in Parson’s Green, while my American tennis player has lingered on in Dora Road. Despite being – very handily I thought – knocked out of the Singles on Monday and the Doubles on Wednesday, she and her party (hopefully not literally..) are still in our…
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A Week at The Pools
Fi & Rich asked H & I – and Mads of course – to come and stay at their house in West Sussex, The Pools, to look after their dog Bob and elderly cat Meggy while they were off doing mad stuff at Glastonbury. We took the dogs down to Seven Sisters to do one…
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Queens and Cottage
Made the most of the incredibly hot weather (too hot?!) this week and headed off to Queens Tennis in Baron's Court for the male tennis players week. Well, there's got to be some nice legs and torsos to look at as well as the tennis (said the creepy old cougar…) …
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Anyone for Tennis?
Thought I'd share a few pictures of Wimbledon Village, gearing up for Wimbers tennis starting next week. It's by no means an exhaustive set of tennis-themed photos – I was being lazy and took these from the car (when H was driving!) So they're not massively arty, but are still a nice indication of how…
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Back into the Social Whirl
Wow – what a lovely busy week catching up with people post Spain. Started off with a trip to see a NT Theatre Live performance of A Streetcar Named Desire at the very posh & comfy Everyman Cinema in Esher. With Curly, Jane & Sarah –…
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Harrogate weekend
Hawksey finally got home at 11pm on Wed eve, so we were unpacking the car till midnight and the house looked like a bombsite – more sherry, brandy and random bottles of booze than when we left, plus a few gifts for people, as well as all the beach, clothes, gym, bike etc gear. And…
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Chiclana: The Final Week* (plus!)
Well the final week here in Spain ended up being slightly extended, due to unexpected circumstances.. David came out last Tuesday for a few days at the house and to then drive back with Hawksey and accompany him on the ferry and back to London. We had a lovely bike ride out to Conil, for…
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Semana Tres
If only my Spanish had actually improved this holiday! We had a brief flurry of action trying to find a Spanish teacher for each of us, only to fail and then lose the welly to have another crack. People are seemingly waaaaaay less expensive here (15-30 euros an hour) than they are at home, but…