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Iiiiiit’s Chriiiistmaaaaas!!
Well ok, it was! For the first time ever, H & I were invited too spend Xmas with my brother and his family – which made for two days of 14 people, including the 4 'greats'. We set off at gnat's crack on Xmas Eve to avoid the traffic heading coast/ferry-wards, only to discover there…
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The Run Up to Christmas
… has been a blast. And no, it's not over yet as my next post will be the actual festivities of Xmas itself and then we've got the loveliness of 3 different social events back to back between today and NY Day. A veritable festive social whirl! So – time to share some of the…
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Three Go To Budapest
It all started with Soph’s sister offering to take Martha (now aged nearly 3) for a weekend, so Soph could go off and do something without her small person in tow. Of course, Nicky, Soph & I had to make the most of such a momentous occasion – so off we went to check out…
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Dav & Mands Weekend
As I sit here typing this with the rain hammering down on the big windows above me, it feels like we were rather lucky with the Dec weather this weekend, when D&M came down to see us! H made…
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Janine’s 60th
Having had our girls' jaunt to Le Touquet back in September, it feels like Janine must be at least 60 and a half by now – but no, the big day is still to come next week. As…
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Autumnal Outings
H and I nipped down to Kent on Thurs for a night away at The Bell in Ticehurst, which J&R had recommended as being very dog friendly and with good food. And they were right! Maddie spent much of the visit chomping down on her new green rope 'tuggy' gift and we polished off the…
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Aces Final Bash
Sunday heralded the very final Aces hockey club bash. After 40 or so years the club (well, the one team that we've managed to field by hook or by crook over all these years) has finally closed its doors (not that we really had any, as we were a homeless roving Club!) …
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Birthday Bruges
Just back from a 4-night break to Bruges for this year’s birthday. Amazing how another one has rolled round, always rather chuffed when it does for obvious reasons. Bruges was a good call, as was booking quite a bit of stuff beyond it as well. Very cute old town, quite Dutch in style of architecture…
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Another Birthday Approacheth
Here we are, 1 week to go to the official Big Day and the celebrations have – of course – already started. Greta night out with my lovely AV5 gang, up in Borough area this time. Started at a fab cocktail bar where I demolished three of the liquid treasures on offer, in a very…
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Cooty Weekend
Mr H had planned to go up to Harrogate last weekend to do the (joyous sounding!) 38 mile walk through the 6 Yorkshire Dales with our lovely chum David, who retired this week. Massive congrats again Davlar on your escape!! But they both decided that it might actually be nicer to do the full monty…