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Prof latest
So – ended up seeing Prof yesterday with H, to try and get a clear picture of the path forward. I’ve now had 8 solid and very frustrating months of chemo and am feeling physically fairly buggered, a mixture of tiredness and feeling like my body has been poisoned to the point that my skin…
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Cabernet & Cacao
Well, rumour has it among the wine-drinking community that chocolate goes with wine – and that was the theme at Pam & Jude's Hannibal Brown wine tasting event last night. Mr H & Jules as ever manning the bar (basically drinking…
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Ocean Film Festival 2016
Not much would drag me to Islington on a Monday evening but Nicky & Sophie managed to haul me out to see the Ocean Film Festival, which was on at the rather quickly Union Chapel up in Iz. They showed 6-7…
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Rotary at Lambeth Palace
Was asked by Rotary Battersea if we could help at an event in Lambeth Palace, aimed at raising funds towards the annual old people's Christmas Day lunch that we volunteered at last year – so Janine and I tootled along yesterday to help out. And out came those delightful Rotary volunteer yellow tops and caps…
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Girls’ Day Out
Very nice day Thurs (well, once the 2 hour irritating wait at Parkside for my 20 second Velcade injection was over – that was as grrrrrrr as ever). Picked up oldest chum Claire White from Epsom and drove down to Brighton. Very nice cheeky Thai lunch at the cutely named Giggling Squid, with a friendly…
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The Never Ending Builders
So – it was meant to be an 11 week job, starting in mid June. Meaning the lovely Polish builders should have been finished and gone by mid Sept, or even the end of Sept to be fair, as we did add in a couple of jobs in as the work got underway. And who…
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Live at the Apollo
Managed to snarf some freebie tickets for Live at the Apollo yesterday – went along with Janine & Clare G. Always handy when it's Hammersmith rather than the schlep to the O2 – and managed a rather nice pre-comedy dinner at Bills beforehand. Always slightly odd eating food at 5.30pm – makes it feel more…
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Fri Night Out
Caught up with Nicky, Vicki & Soph on Fri eve – a few cheeky Happy Hours cocktails at the Southside on Battersea Rise before heading for some bowls of steaming Vietnamese pho (supposedly pronounced 'Fuh' but not even the restaurant staff were calling it that, so who the hell knows). …
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Malta Schmalta / Gozo Goodzo
Hmm, not entirely sure I'd recommend Malta to anyone, one of those cases where the guide book has def 'bigged up' the paucity of sights and you find yourself looking at some plain old stones heaped together under a Unesco tent, going 'really?!' Our visit to the legendary 'Clapham Junction cart ruts' probably sums up…
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Off to Malta & Gozo
Well, we've got as far as Thursday daytime and so far no issues – I think Mr H & I may indeed be heading off this Saturday at gnat's crack on our first holiday away together in 2016 – and boy do we deserve some time off for good behaviour. We've got 2 nights in…