Friday, July 15, 2011

London is afar!

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Sitting by the open French windows and cooled by the gentle cigarette-flavoured breeze from the incessant smoke of Paul Squared, I am wai...
Thursday, July 14, 2011

Same view - different sense

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It is odd when you see close friends who you haven’t seen for some time.  Attitudes snap back in place and everything is almost as it was t...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

A full day with some forgetfulness!

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You win some; you lose some. In the never-ending story of My Life With Contact Lenses, yet another chapter has been opened. With all the ...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Play Hard!

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When I eventually found a parking space near the museum, in front of the old part of the University, I clumped my way towards the intimid...
Sunday, July 10, 2011

Talk and Tranquility

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It is amazing what sort of sumptuous spread you can produce if you go to Tesco with an open mind and never closed wallet and buy nibbles fo...
Saturday, July 09, 2011

The rain it raineth every day - true!

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One does not, of course, wish to labour the point – but I have been here since Wednesday the 6 th of July and on Wednesday the 6 th of Jul...
Thursday, July 07, 2011

London or bust!

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Our basic thinking was on the right lines.  Early July; kids would still be in school; holidays would not have started; mid week was a quie...

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Procrastination, thy name is packing! I have, scornfully, thrown a few scraps of clothing into a large case and considered the major par...
Tuesday, July 05, 2011

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I take back everything that I have said about the delivery companies in this part of the world: this morning a gentleman rang the bell an...
Monday, July 04, 2011

Day One-ish! Of many!

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The first real day of the holidays and already I have to hang my head with shame as I have committed an Unspeakable Act: I have returned to...