I had an excellent holiday in the Peak District over the last week.


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Last week, well the three days I was working, was unexpectedly hectic. Mostly because the majority of my team were away so I picked up tasks that wouldn't usually fall to me. So it was a relief to get to the Jubilee weekend ( Read more... )

As mentioned in a post to Emma, yesterday: this little tree is about forty years old. The baubles are the same age. The tinsel is about half that age and the star only a few years old.


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I travelled up to Nottingham on Friday in order to spend Saturday afternoon with Bea. (She was otherwise working.)


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We've spent the weekend in Bristol - which could arguably rival Milton Keynes for its roundabouts. It was a lovely weekend and we did pretty well with the weather. Each day started with heavy rain, but it disappeared quickly ( Read more... )

I meant to post this much earlier in the week, but on the second anniversary of our afternoon tea in London... we did afternoon tea in Windsor at the Sir Christopher Wren.


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Back from Cambridge.


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We've had a lovely few days doing many of the usual things. The falconry, as ever, was my favourite, but the crazy golf and the pottery painting were pretty good too. The meal out on the Wednesday - pub food (burger and chips) included two rather excellent cocktails (Pink Gin Spritz and Passionfruit Martini).


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Kew gardens, sunny and mild.


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We spent the weekend near Winchester. We stayed at the Marwell Hotel, which had a rather fine tasting menu. It was about eight courses with matching wines. The wines were generous portions and the courses were rather excellent. For once, I failed to pick up a copy of the menu, but thought it was a good selection (I remember egg, cod and pork being ( Read more... )