29/30: Shopping

All of my bones ached today on account of spending the day walking around Bluewater shopping centre yesterday. Suzy and I didn’t do badly with our shopping. I got a few Christmas bits and pieces done and we both found some nice clothes. We were also both very smug about getting lunch before the crowds [...]

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Unexpected house guest

I just went to put the garage keys away, having absentmindedly brought them with me into the office when I got back from posting a couple of birthday cards. Walking into the sitting room I was surprised to see a little blue tit clinging to the window handle. I’d had the back door open for [...]

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NYC: Going downtown

This was our big day: lots of things to see and do in downtown Manhattan. We started by getting a cab to Ground Zero and the most helpful taxi driver of our trip took us to a convenient place to hop out and head to the observation walkway. To be honest Ground Zero is in [...]

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Tree ninja

A while ago now men with ropes, ladders, pulleys and chainsaws arrived at the foot of the oak tree that stands beyond the houses opposite us. They clambered up and cut off various branches, thereby depriving the collared doves of their traditional well-used hanky panky venue. Fortunately for the birds the rest of their well-used [...]

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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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