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Java photos
Here they come – we had a total blast, temple-hopping around central Java, fuelled by an excess of fried rice and being pursued by endless small Javanese people wanting their photo with the 2 blonde giantesses… In no particular order – …
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A weekend market pootle
Just back from 'Indo, daaahling' and will ferret out the best of 500 photos (mm that's not going to take long…) to stick on here in the week. But in the meantime, a rather nice shot of the hubby, as we tootled round Brixton Market yesterday, checking out the giant homemade sausage rolls, chorizo scotch…
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Java Baby
Is it that time already? Bag is packed and heading off at lunchtime to start the epic slog with Janine to not just Java but a city called Yogyakarta on Java. About an hour to Heathrow.. 2 hours hanging around there.. 7 hours to Dubai.. 2 hours there.. 9 hours to Java.. 4 (ugh) hours…
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Ellie at Kew
Had what was – bizarrely, given the crappy circumstances – a really great cup of tea and long natter with the lovely Ellie Sellar this week at Kew Gardens. One of the Added Value younger gang who is a total delight. She got married April and had been feeling crap for a bit – and…
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Less work, more chores
Ha – when you have less work your brain naturally goes 'oh goody, maybe we can have lots of fun this week instead' – but then the little demon that lives in there as well says 'not until you've nailed a shed load of those chores you've got on your list'… The mean niggling sod.…
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Food in a Box
So I am now at number 358 on the very long list of 'ways to diet and ultimately balls it up' options. And No.358 is called Diet Chef – or is more fondly known as 'Food In a Box'. With a bit of encouragement from various (slim..) girls I went ahead and coughed £245 for…
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Third time lucky?
So – I've had my lovely right wrist carpal tunnel done and that seems to be mending fine. No sign as yet of the feeling in my fingers returning but the chap did say it could take 6 months. (Not '6 moths' as I just wrote, but quite frankly I will try anything at this…
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Norfolk Spaniels weekend
Norfolk trotted out some good sunshine and days at the beach for our trip this weekend to Brancaster, staying in a very snazzy rental with David & Mandy Brigham from harrogate. But it was really all about the 'dogulars' as they are known – Scrumpy having a three day playdate with Macey and Libby their…
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Wrist out of action
Arse – I now seem to have carpal tunnel syndrome as well as a list of shoulder, back and neck issues – seems my above the waist joined regions could be doing better! Had surgery on my right wrist last week to try and sort the fact that I have limited feeling in the three…
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May Greenham’s 50th
What a very good bash it was, at the Institution of Civil Engineers (probably more fun by night than by day!) As Mary manages various news presenters – and for some reason also Martina Navratilova – they were out in force to support there as well s all her mates. Awesome, very personal and sweet…