Diary
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Walk to Hoes Wood
Chatting to our neighbour Pippa the other night, she recommended this wood which is in Aldham. Despite it being nearby we had never heard of it so decided to go for an explore. It’s a Woodland Trust wood, it’s not particularly big, but it’s so lovely we actually walked around it twice. Continue reading
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Walk with Pop
It’s been a good week, weather wise it’s been a bit poor but we have been out for some good walks. On Friday we met up with dad and did a walk from Arger Fen across towards Bures. Continue reading
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Walk from East Bergholt
We’re having a week at home this week as we had to postpone our week away in the lakes with the Caples due to Essex being put into Covid alert Tier 2. However, it’s been a good week and today we did a 10 mile hike around the Dedham Vale with the Corky’s. Continue reading
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Autumnal Amble
Emma and I went for a lovely walk this afternoon. The weather was perfect, clear blue sky, hardly any wind and really mild. Continue reading
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Walk along the River Deben
Had a nice walk along the River Deben this afternoon. we did about 7 miles ending at the Ramsholt Arms for tea. The meal was gorgeous. Continue reading
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A Very Happy Birthday
Had a really nice day today, went for a lovely autumnal walk at Broaks wood followed by lunch at the Book cafe at Halstead and then home for pressies and cake. A right good day! One of my Book parcels from Harris & Harris even came with a tea bag and a biscuit! Continue reading
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August Hols
Just catching up on some posts as I’ve had some issues with wordpress all of which are now hopefully resolved. During August we had a couple of weeks off and Mark dropped me a line saying we could borrow his house in Port Solent for a few days and as we can’t really go many… Continue reading
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Champing
Had an amazing experience Champing in Berden church . Very special time with lovely friends. Continue reading
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Blimey, it’s hot!
Hatty popped over this weekend and along with Chris & Derek we went to the Rec to watch Emma play cricket and then we had lunch at ours. A lovely day but darned hot at 30c Continue reading
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Bike Ride with Maddie & Emma
Took the girls for a spin via Marks Hall for an ice cream yesterday. It was a beautiful afternoon although pretty hot and it was really nice to sit on this wooden sofa in the shade of the trees. Continue reading
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Earls Colne Wins!
Emma’s been going to cricket club on Sunday mornings and this week they had an away game against West Bergholt. When we turned up a lot of the team were dressed in whites and we thought “oh dear they mean business” however the team weren’t intimidated and they went on to win! It was a… Continue reading
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Camping in the Garden
The end of last week was really warm so the girls have been sleeping in the garden. On Friday Maddie came round for a sleepover in our makeshift tent. It was too hot too sleep in a tent and there was some rain forecast so I hung a lined dust sheet over the washing line.… Continue reading
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Recording Dads Memories
Last year Dad & I did a recording of his memories of growing up. He had some great stories going back to his first memories involving a v2 rocket, living in Vicarage road, School days and his memories of holidays in Ty Celyn. Its a fascinating listen and I have included a few on here.… Continue reading
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Dads Memories – Summer Holidays at Ty Celyn
Dad’s got fond memories of Summer holidays on Ty Celyn as a teenager. He spent his holidays helping out on the farm, milking the cows and herding the sheep. He enjoyed it so much that he considered going to agricultural college when he finished school. He did share this fantastic story about an incident at… Continue reading
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Working on bookshelves
One of the additions to Emmas room that Emma has been looking forward to most is her bookcase. We’ve decided to go chunky so I got some scaffold boards and she’s started the long job of sanding them down. Continue reading
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Nice Weekend
It was great to have the Caple’s over this weekend for the first time in many months. We had a Barbie Saturday night and a walk on Sunday. Good to see you guys! Continue reading
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Return to the Pub
Had a lovely walk at Pebmarsh followed by a pint at The Kings Head. So nice to get back to a pub I didn’t realise how much I had missed it. It’s not just having a pint, it’s the atmosphere, the conversation and hearing people laughing. So nice to be back. Continue reading
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Evening on Mersea
Met up at Mersea with Downes on Friday night to hang out on the Beach and eat cake. Thankfully it’s cooling down now after the 30+ temperatures we’ve had this week. Continue reading
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Sunday Walk with dad
Had a really nice walk around Stoke by Nayland yesterday. Happy father day pop and I hope you enjoy the books! Continue reading
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Evening Picnic
When we went to Lindsey & Neil’s party to mark the start of their adventure on their canal boat we met Kate, who owns Harris & Harris bookshop in Clare. During the pandemic her shop has obviously been closed so we ordered a number of books from her and tonight we went & picked them… Continue reading
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Woman at War
Halla seems to have a quiet existence however she is really an eco activist waging a private war on Iceland’s aluminium industry. However as the war heightens she receives the news that her application to adopt a child has been successful. A quirky, black comedy set in the wonderful Icelandic landscape – what’s not to… Continue reading
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Evening on Mersea
Emma took this pic of our Post lockdown trip to mersea with the Corky’s last night. Lovely evening. Continue reading
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Extraction
Chris Hemsworth plays “Rake” a black ops mercenary who has been hired to rescue the son of a jailed drug lord who has been kidnapped by Amir Asif Bangladesh’s biggest drug lord who controls the police and military. As an action film this really ticks all the boxes. With amazing fight scenes and some great… Continue reading
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Sea Fever
Siobhan, a scientist is sent on a fishing trawler to conduct a study. Unbeknown to her and the rest of the crew the captain takes them into an exclusion zone in pursuit of a shoal of fish. While in the zone the run into an unknown creature and soon discover several breaches in the hull… Continue reading
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Sea Fever
Siobhan a scientist is sent on a fishing trawler to conduct a study. Unbeknown to her and the rest of the crew the captain takes them into an exclusion zone in pursuit of a shoal of fish. While in the zone the run into an unknown creature and soon discover several breaches in the hull… Continue reading
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Exploring the World (well, Thomas acres)
Blackbird Fledgling leaving the nest in the laurel. Continue reading