Caffeine protection duty

It occurred to me this morning that a vital element was missing from my Café Press shop. While I already had various T-shirts available with the “Danger of death if interfered with” sign I’d seen in Norfolk, there were no mugs or other drinks containers in the shop. I rectified this forthwith, because if there’s [...]

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Jersey: Wine and fudge

Once Lauren and Suzy had had their fill of the shiny and the sparkly, we took the bus to La Mare Wine Estate, where Helen and Steve had got married two days before. While there was sadly no sign of hors d’oeuvres being handed out, as during our previous visit, we took the tour of [...]

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Jersey: Cows and paracetamol

On our last day we had time for a little more sightseeing before our flight home in the afternoon. After much consultation of the maps, we decided to head to the Katherine Best jeweller. We’d seen the adverts for the place everywhere we went and on the offchance that the lady did indeed own the [...]

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Jersey: Sticky locks and cheeseburgers

Lauren and Dave had walked miles across the island and we all had a rest and replenished our sugar levels while we decided where to go for dinner. As our respective energy levels returned we decided to walk across the beach to The Beach House restaurant. It was about 3/4 of a mile across St. [...]

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Jersey: Nazis and toasted cheese sandwiches

The day after the wedding, Lauren and Dave set off to walk, I don’t know, miles and Suzy and I took a taxi to the Jersey War Tunnels. Of course, Jersey being the small island it is, we ran into our breakfast neighbours in the foyer of visitors’ centre. The war tunnels are a partially [...]

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Jersey: Peacock feathers and chocolate drops

Having filled our bellies with champagne, it was now time to sway into the restaurant for the reception. Each table was dressed with flowers and peacock feathers and Helen’s Dad had done the calligraphy for the place cards himself. So let’s talk about the important stuff first: the food. The starter: Pan roast hot smoked [...]

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Jersey: Vows and champagne

At the vineyard we were directed straight to the wedding – hey, vineyard lady, what tipped you off that we weren’t here for the tour? The suit, dresses and hat maybe? We joined other suitably attired guests by the vineyard restaurant and grabbed drinks to keep us going before the bride arrived. The bride’s mother [...]

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Jersey: Saunas and tortilla chips

We slept well after the sea air and G&Ts of the night before. In the morning we headed down to the dining room. Well, actually it was a case of going down one staircase and then back up another – surely they could have built us a bridge or secret tunnel to get us across [...]

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