Diary
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Open Gardens
K held her open gardens event yesterday. 17 gardens were open, 144 people came raising nearly £600 in ticket sales and we raised a further £48 selling tea & cake in our garden. It did pour mid afternoon but we still had our barbie! Thanks to everyone for coming, it was a right good day. Continue reading
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X-Men: First Class
Although I have enjoyed all the x-men films this is the only one where I have felt really immersed by the story. It centres on the relationship between professor X and Magneto, how they started the X-men and how the feud between them began. The film dips a bit in the middle but it all Continue reading
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Miles Kane
Came across the track “inhaler” by Mile Kane just the other day and I can’t stop listening to it. It came out in November last year and he has released two other tracks of his new album since then. All are superb and I’ve just ordered his album. You can hear the singles and a Continue reading
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Crazy Dude
Quite amazingly, Al cycled the 117 miles from Didcot in Oxfordshire to here today in 10 hrs 3minutes. Well done mate! Continue reading
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Crazy Dude
Quite amazingly, Al cycled the 117 miles from Didcot in Oxfordshire to here today in 10 hrs 3minutes. Well done mate! Continue reading
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Booked!
Just booked our flights to New Zealand! We’re flying out on Sunday 19th Feb and returning on April 1st. Whoop Whoop!!! Continue reading
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Lovely Weekend
Had a lovely weekend. Saturday afternoon was Colne Engaine Fete. Emma was in the dancing show dressed as a sunflower! It was a bit chaotic but they all did very well. Emma and her friend jesse. [flv:http://www.wherewasshaun.com/video/dancingcolneeng.flv 450 320] (play it, pause it, let it download then play) Sunday, Jerry did his annual parachute jump Continue reading
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Back from Hols (nearly)
We have stopped over in Swindon for the night on our way back from Devon. We have had a fantastic Holiday, the weather has been great, we only had one slightly soggy day. The Forest of Dean was lovely and the Wye Valley was gorgeous. We did lots of woodland walks, cycling, visited the butterfly Continue reading
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Forest of Dean
Having a lovely time in the forest of Dean. Thankfully the weather has stayed ok. The campsite is excellent with woods and a tire swing which Emma has been playing on with her new buddy. Our only problem has been the thieving squirrels raiding our tent. They even managed to open a jar of peanut Continue reading
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The Handmade Bicycle Show
A handmade bike show is being held in Bristol on the 11-12th June. The website has some fascinating links to some of the UK’s top framebuilders. I really like the look of Feather Cycles. I would look longer but we’re going away today and I’m also being pestered to dress cardboard mermaids!! Continue reading
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Mad Men
I keep hearing about this series. It seems to have completely passed me by. Is it any good? Continue reading
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Life Cycles
Featuring world-class mountain bike talent including Cam McCaul, Brendan Semanuk, Darren Berrecloth and Matt Hunter, this film traces the life of a mountain bike from its manufacture until its sad demise. The footage of mountain biking is fantastic, really scary and beautifully shot. There is a preview on youtube. [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJgaSTuwp7I[/tube] You can rent it on Continue reading
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Another Bank Holiday 🙂
And what a lovely weekend it was too. On Friday we watched the wedding, the Corkys came over and we took the girls to a street party. It was ok, but very busy so we left after about an hour and headed home for a barbie. Street Party In the churchyard On Sunday we went Continue reading
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Due Date
Peter Highman (Downey Jr) is on his way home to his wife who is about to have a baby. |But it all goes wrong when he meets Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis). When I read about this I thought its just a rip of off of Planes Trains and automobiles and not being a big fan Continue reading
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Whatever happened
to April Showers? According to stats from a local weather station we only had 3.7 mm of rain in April and the average is 44mm. Very strange, but on the plus side the weather has been fantastic and we have had loads of barbies! Continue reading
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Check me out
Sitting in the garden on a sunny afternoon munching cheesecake. Doesn’t get much better than does it? Continue reading
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London Smog 1952
Cold weather and windless conditions, collected pollutants mostly from the burning of coal to form a thick layer of smog over the city. The worst air pollution event of the history of the United Kingdom, medical reports estimated that 4,000 had died prematurely and 100,000 more were made ill because of the smog’s effects on Continue reading
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Lewis’s Birthday
We have had a lovely weekend in Swindon, it really cheered us up after our awful day on Friday. Lewis is four on Tuesday so we all went on a trip to Bowood were the kids had a fantastic time. The weather was perfect we couldn’t believe our luck. Happy Birthday Lewis and thanks Caples Continue reading
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Oscar
Today we were told that the tumour in Oscars mouth had returned and that his prognosis was extremely poor. He was a lovely cat, sociable and very companionable. I will particularly miss the welcome he would give me when I came home from work which he continued to do until his final day. Miss you Continue reading
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Gaggys Hut
K has been looking for a bolt hole in Norfolk and she’s found this place. Gaggys Hut, its very rustic, right on the beach and looks pretty cool only thing is it hasn’t got any electricity! Continue reading
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Mothers Day
Had the oldies over for lunch on Sunday. It was a lovely day. K cooked a huge yummy dinner, it was delicous but we felt so full we had to drag ourselves out for a bit of a walk afterwards. Continue reading
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Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues
Really like this new track by the Fleet Foxes. The new album is out next month. Continue reading
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Huh?
Emma woke me up at 5.30 this morning, fully dressed and saying “come on daddy its morning time” and it brought back to me this comment that you wrote Paul, shortly after Emma was born. You were so right!! Continue reading
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Nice Weekend
The Caples came to stay this weekend and the weather was actually quite nice so we hung out in the park on Saturday afternoon and on Sunday we went to the Discovery Centre at Great Notley. Download original image Download original image N.B I’ve included a link so you can download the full size piccies Continue reading
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How nice
To have some sunny days. I’m actually having my lunch in the garden! It’s also great to have lighter mornings. Rather than cycling to work in my little bubble of light I get to enjoy the Dawn and see what’s around me. Lurvely! Continue reading
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Let Me In
The story of a bullied 12-year-old Owen who develops a friendship with Abby, a 12 year old vampire. An American version of the Swedish “Let the right one in”. This is almost a shot to shot remake of the original and the only difference really is that this director has made a bit more of Continue reading
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The Social Network
The story about the founding and the lawsuits of facebook. At Harvard in 2003, having been ditched by his girlfriend an angry Mark Zuckerberg creates a website called “Facemash” where students can compare how hot the students are. The site succeeds in getting a lot of traffic, upsetting a lot of sutdents and crashing Harvard’s Continue reading
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London Street Photography
Would be fascinated to go and see this exhibition at the Musuem of London. Time out is featuring some of the images. Although they are a bit small… Continue reading