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Grandma’s Bookcase
When I was a child my father’s mother lived in Blackpool. There was a desk with a bookcase on it – and it was full of old fashioned books of the sort you…
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Raisin and oat biscuits
These biscuits are a Delia Smith special I have been making for years. R and I call them “Christmas Biscuits” because that is when I generally make them. You can tell how much…
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Outside paintwork
I have been saying over and over again that when the weather improved a bit, I needed to get outside and do the outdoors paintwork. So it now has, and today I tackled…
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Somewhat abortive visit to St Andrews
I finally managed to get J to come to St Andrews. The idea was that we would go to the dentist, the tip, J would change the address on his bank account (this…
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Enjoying the garden
The weather continues fair today. I got back on the train this afternoon to find both cats outside. Saphy loves the outdoors (well, in good weather anyway), but Amber is not normally that…
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Busy Day
Today I dealt with the backlog of housework and laundry which had built up in my absence (to be fair to R he has been exceptionally busy while we were away preparing for…
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Home the long way
We came back today via the A7 and A72. What a drive it was… In two ways. Firstly, the weather was brilliant (glad I have a decent pair of sunglasses though) and the…
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Heading for the coast
Today the plan was to head for Whitehaven and St Bees along the back road and visit Caldbeck on the way. I always loved going there with my parents as a child –…
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Lakes, roads and bridges
Today we went to the south lakes. I have always wanted to drive round this area without the motorway, so today we drove out on the old A6 and then back along the…
