A day with friends

We spent most of today with Bethany, Troy, Annalie, Elliora, Sonja and Noah in Central Park. Fantastic sunshine and great company. They’re on their way back to Washington now and after a well-earned rest at the hotel, we’ll be heading out soon for some food and then to see the night-time view of the city [...]

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The view from our window tonight

We visited the Empire State Building this afternoon, ate at a diner, where I tried a chocolate egg cream and we did an audio tour of Grand Central Terminal. Now we’re about ready for bed and looking forward to meeting internet friends tomorrow in Central Park.

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The Humber Bridge

A few days ago John and I headed to Hull for work, about four hours north by car. John went as driver, cameraman and director. I believe I was taken along as interviewer, boom operator, in-car napper and object to be trodden upon by interviewee’s black labrador. I excelled in each duty. Once our interviews [...]

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Road trip to Norfolk

Last weekend we all made a big road trip in John’s very big car up to Norfolk to see Lee and Debbie. John and Sam were in the front seats of the Lincoln Navigator, Mum and Dad in the middle row of seats and I was in the back row next to our old freezer [...]

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So … the den

The front bedroom in our house was once upon a time occupied by Lee. He’s 19 years older than me and when I was little I would go to his room just before my bedtime to sit in his new-fangled comfy chair that could spin round and round and ask to listen to a song [...]

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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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