Today I had the pleasure of meeting danthered !


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Before catching the train home and walking in on a house full of people (the residents' association committee), I spent almost a couple of hours at the Stag in Victoria with the engaging and "simpatico" pbehr, who is in London for a few days.

Of course, I had to take a couple of pictures


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Tonight we had the great pleasure of meeting Lance and Jeff (square_baker),  first over dinner at Balan's


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This evening we enjoyed the company of dasypygus  and pink_halen  who came all the way to Penge to join us for dinner!


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Tonight I had the great pleasure of meeting up  at London Paddington with my newest LJ friend: the handsome sunsmogseahorse.


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We have just got back home from Edinburgh. The city was lovely as always, the weather so-so, but at least it didn't rain (my third visit there and I still haven't seen the sun!)

We joined Mike and Alex, David, Kevin and Michael as part of a English contingent to Bearscots Fest 2010


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49 out of my 122 LJ friends haven't posted for 2 weeks or more.

So, I ask you: do you have any new (to me) LJ friends that you think I would enjoy reading?

Tomaz (paterson_si) and Igor picked us up at around 11 am and drove us to a beautiful corner of their country.

The first stop was the idyllic Lake Bohinj

Imagine snow-capped mountains, crystal clear water... hang on, just have a look at the photos! (which don't do it justice)


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Leaving aside photos of Ljubljana for now, here are a few pictures of LJ's sweetheart paterson_si  and his lovely partner Igor, meant especially for a certain person in Bulgaria (I hope I'm doing a good job Darina!)

We met Tomaz and Igor first over cakes


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Dear Former Guest from a far-away land,

I am really sorry I have to write you this letter.

I'm afraid that you and other readers will think me mean spirited and petty but I just have to take the risk because, since your visit, things haven't quite been the same around here, and every time you threaten to come back to see us again I feel enraged and ( Read more... )