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At last - time to sit down and write something. The group celebrations are now over - and we slide down to Christmas with some cards still to post - and the decorations still to be finished. The ...

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We nearly finished all the cards while watching SPOTY last night. For the uninitiated this is the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, which this time came from an arena in Glasgow (site of the 20...

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The question here is always - ‘are you going away for Christmas?’ - like going to family, or relations - or ‘are you having visitors?’ and it is great to say - ‘no- just quietly here on our own’....

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Wow, was I jaded after two wine tasting in 24 hours. OK, I know I should spit (as the actress said to the bishop) but it was just too good - seven wines yesterday afternoon starting with a champa...

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Still windy, with sleet and snow forecast - and sunny at C17 degrees in Spain - hi ho! We are in the middle of some heavyish drinking - last night we were at a wine tasting which ranged from cava...

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The northern half of the Uk is being battered by the winds - and the seas are enormous - there is little more to be said except we are battening down the hatches and keeping indoors until they pa...

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The tabloids are telling us that there will be three weeks of atrocious weather - wind, rain, snow, blizzards, plagues of frogs (I made that up) - and today it is certainly starting - wind and ra...

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The wind was blowing, the hail lashing down - and at last you felt winter was arriving. Today snow is forecast over 250 metres - and there is talk of a White Christmas - but I hate all those adve...

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Over the weekend we need to break the back of the Christmas card list - they are waiting for me to write the inside and SW… to address the envelopes and tick them off the list. OK, I know, all th...

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Got a phone call at 8.15 this morning - now if anyone rings that early it could be bad news kept over from the previous night - elder son on the phone - no problem, just to let you know we have f...

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It should be no surprise that the weather is to get colder over the next few days with snow showers forecast on the hills. A few years ago we had a major fall of snow at this time of year - and i...

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There I was watching TV and checking PB and nothing!!! - and as others have written it had a deja vu feel, back to when OD was acting funny. Still, good to see it back up again when I arose this...

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I totally misinterpreted this Cyber Monday lark. Seems it is not a special day for sexting and sending dodgy pictures Ah well - my case comes up in a few weeks time!

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This morning it is C10 degrees outside - no wind, sun breaking through - and last year at this time there were major storms - it just shows how you forget when all that stuff happened. Anyway, it...

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The first social meal of the season last night. Well, to be honest, it was a meal which could not get organised in the summer as too many people were away. So although we had the festive menu we ...

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Anyone not au fait with cricket may not have heard that Phil Hughes, a 25 year old professional cricketer from NSW in Australia, and a member of the Australian team has died after a bouncer, deli...

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At last I have put on a winter jumper - for some reason I thought the thin ones would do - but not today - around about freezing early on - and then only climbing up a little way. Winter is getti...

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When I was a boy we would take our shoes to be mended to an old cobbler who had been doing it for years - and I loved the smells which pervaded the shop and the old advertising signs - but at som...

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You may have hear that this painting by Georgia O’Keefe was bought for $44.4 million at a sale - the highest price for a painting by a woman Jimson Weed White Flower No 1 I have loved O’Keefe’s ...

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The supports were well tested when I led a walk along the coast - the weather was better than expected, in fact C11 degrees - all went to plan - and the turn out of 26 were well pleased with the ...

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A trip to the city today to pick up my new foot supports which have been personally tailored to the needs of my feet in some kind of non-destructible carbon-fibre which I presume they make aircra...

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This is a busy week - and just managing to find a few minutes to write this entry. Walking yesterday morning followed by ballroom dancing - and after 45 minutes of jive I was knackered. At one st...

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Yesterday was a good day. After all the rain it was dry and sunny with no wind - the perfect day for a long walk, then coffee, and home. In the afternoon concentrating on the crossword, and liste...

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SW… is out at a ladies’ dinner - and I have the house to myself - and the first thing I had to do was get my dinner - which means a trip to the fish and chip shop for a ‘fish supper’. Now normall...

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It is really amazing that the European Space Agency has been able to land a washing machine (well, a landing vehicle the size of a washing machine) on a meteor going at 34.000 miles an hour, at a...

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