The Flight of the Conchords is a totally amazing comedy show and I love it to bits. There’s lots of great TV on at the moment, but I think this has…
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Firstly, hooray! We now have central heating again. Our relatively new combination boiler stopped working, and in the few days between this event and when the plumber could actually reach us…
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This retired shire horse is, I am sure, still very, very strong……
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In Great Britain, the whole ‘halloween being a big deal’ thing is a phenomenon that certainly wasn’t present during my own childhood. I’m happy to jump onto this particular bandwagon though,…
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This spooky looking place is Netley Abbey, just outside Southampton. From what I can remember it was built in the 13th century, then Henry VIII came along, “dissolved the monastries” and…
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Some lovely autumn colours to brighten up the weekend – especially if you’re English and understand Rugby, which I don’t, but I do know that grown men shouldn’t cry like that.…
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This is Castle Towers in the middle of Southampton. Some people call it ugly, but I am rather fond of this brutalist style – especially juxtaposed against the medieval walls and…
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I feel like I’ve been so busy these last few days, easily as busy as this bee, but I don’t seem to have achieved anything (certainly no honey to speak of).…
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I would say that I am the sort of person who is very focussed on the detail. I am always amazed when I go shopping with my best friend and she’ll…
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In the last couple of weeks I have often started writing a post, only to delete it all a couple of paragraphs in, because reading it back was so boring –…