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Power Cut
Heath
Heath
Wednesday
Sunset over Kentish Town
Jogging
Heath
Cinammon Club
Kilburn
Heath
Stevenage
Heath
Andover
Heath
Galette des Rois
Heath
Back to London

Driving to Hereford
New Year's Eve
Sunrise over the Exe
Teignmouth and Cockwood
Bridge at Topsham
Driving to Devon
Boxing Day
Christmas Day
Christmas Eve
Monday
Sunday
Avebury Winter Solstice
Avebury Winter Solstice
Heath
Crisps and Heath
Heath
Heath
Livery Companies Christmas Lunch
New GoPro
Decorating the Christmas Tree
Afternoon Tea in the Woods
Christmas Tree
Dartmouth Park
Blossom
Heath
Heath
Heath
Fondue in a Ditch
Hambleden Valley
Rain
Elizabeth Street Lighting Up
Heath and Back Garden Cooking
Natalie
10k
Royal Oak and Jeremy's Exhibition
Greek
Heath
MOT
Halloween
Cat
Heath
Din Tai Fung
Brunch and Heath
Brent Cross
Laksa and Heath
Dosa and Heath
Heath
Heath
Brighton to Hassocks
A Robin in the Supermarket
Heath
Heath
St. James's
Ye Old Mitre
Japanese Festival
Heath
Christmas Came Early
Fruit
Erika's Birthday Party
Heath
Heath
Epping Forest
Mum
Japanese School Sports Day
Friday
Heath
Chanctonbury Ring and Cissbury Ring
Heath
Heath
New Suit
Erika's Birthday
Present Shopping
Pizza
Car Wash and Kara Age
Lunch with Erika
Snail
Girls Back
Kingston near Lewes
Unagidon and Heath
Heath
Chinese Food and Heath
Heath

Pictures: London January 2025 January 2025 Pictures from London in January 2025. Borders January 2025 Thursday 2nd - Saturday 4th January 2025 A trip to the Welsh Borders to see Robin, and also managed to fit in dinner in Monmouth with Bec and Jess. Devon December 2024 Friday 27th - Monday 30th December 2024 Pictures from a post-Christmas trip to Devon to see Dad. London December 2024 December 2024 Pictures from London in December 2024 including a trip to Avebury for the Winter Solstice. London November 2024 November 2024 Pictures from London in November 2024 including day trips to the Hambleden Valley and the Pewsey Downs.

Blog: - Power Cut     [Friday 31st January 2025] - Heath     [Saturday 25th January 2025] - Heath     [Friday 24th January 2025] - Wednesday     [Wednesday 22nd January 2025] - Sunset over Kentish Town     [Monday 20th January 2025] - Jogging     [Sunday 19th January 2025] - Heath     [Saturday 18th January 2025] - Cinammon Club     [Friday 17th January 2025] - Kilburn     [Thursday 16th January 2025] - Heath     [Tuesday 14th January 2025]

Power Cut

[Friday 31st January 2025]
The power was out for most of the evening. I don't recall this happening before at this address.

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Heath

[Saturday 25th January 2025]

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Heath

[Friday 24th January 2025]

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Wednesday

[Wednesday 22nd January 2025]
Erika doing cello practice.

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Sunset over Kentish Town

[Monday 20th January 2025]
Nice skies this evening, a shame I didnâ?Tt have a nicer spot to enjoy them from.

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Jogging

[Sunday 19th January 2025]
Erika having a Sunday afternoon jog.

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Heath

[Saturday 18th January 2025]

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Cinammon Club

[Friday 17th January 2025]
Chie and I went to the Cinammon Club for the anniversary of the day we first met, 25 years ago!

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Kilburn

[Thursday 16th January 2025]
Filming in Kilburn today.

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Heath

[Tuesday 14th January 2025]

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Stevenage

[Monday 13th January 2025]
Went to Stevenage to do some filming today. Yes, Stevenage.

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Heath

[Sunday 12th January 2025]

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Andover

[Saturday 11th January 2025]
Went to Andover for an event for â?oYouTubersâ?�.

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Heath

[Friday 10th January 2025]
Very nice skies from the heath today.

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Galette des Rois

[Tuesday 7th January 2025]
Our annual tradition of having a galette des rois. This year Erika got the â?ofeveâ?� so she wore the crown.

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Heath

[Sunday 5th January 2025]
Off to the heath on a wet and gloomy Saturday afternoon.

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Back to London

[Saturday 4th January 2025]
There was a forecast of (potentially heavy) snow so we decided to drive back to London one day earlier than planned.

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[Friday 3rd January 2025]

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Driving to Hereford

[Thursday 2nd January 2025]
Drove to Hereford today, by way of the Cotswolds, stopping off in our old stalwart Huffkins in Burford for afternoon tea.

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New Year's Eve

[Tuesday 31st December 2024]

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Sunrise over the Exe

[Monday 30th December 2024]Some photos of sunrise from Dad's lounge in the morning before we drove back to London.

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Teignmouth and Cockwood

[Sunday 29th December 2024]
Went to Teignmouth for some of the daytime - on the bus for a change. Chie and I decided to walk some of the way back, and stopped off for a pint at the Anchor in Cockwood.

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Bridge at Topsham

[Saturday 28th December 2024]
In the daytime, the girls went shopping, while Dad and I went for lunch at the Bridge Inn, Topsham.

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Driving to Devon

[Friday 27th December 2024]
One of the worst drives down to Devon weâ?Td ever had - a perfect storm of poor visibility, heavy traffic and lots of road works. It took over 7 hours!

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Boxing Day

[Thursday 26th December 2024]
Went to Wimbledon for lunch with Adrian, Liz and the kids.

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Christmas Day

[Wednesday 25th December 2024]
Christmas Day at home with Mum.

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Christmas Eve

[Tuesday 24th December 2024]
Erika putting out the things for Santa.

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Monday

[Monday 23rd December 2024]
Christmas shopping with Erika in the daytime, then in the evening Mum arrived and we went out for vegan Japanese food (!) for dinner.

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Sunday

[Sunday 22nd December 2024]
Just one photo of Erika and the Christmas tree.

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Avebury Winter Solstice

[Saturday 21st December 2024]
At Avebury for dawn of the Winter Solstice. Alas no sunset visible.

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Avebury Winter Solstice

[Friday 20th December 2024]
Went to Avebury for the (eve of the) Winter Solstice.

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Heath

[Thursday 19th December 2024]

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Crisps and Heath

[Wednesday 18th December 2024]
Crisp shopping in Iceland, then a gloomy walk on the heath.

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Heath

[Sunday 15th December 2024]

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Heath

[Saturday 14th December 2024]

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Livery Companies Christmas Lunch

[Wednesday 11th December 2024]Joined Mum for a livery company Christmas lunch in Stationer's Hall.

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New GoPro

[Monday 9th December 2024]
Got a new GoPro today.

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Decorating the Christmas Tree

[Sunday 8th December 2024]
Erika decorated the Christmas tree in the morning. Later on Erika and I went for a bitterly cold walk to the heath.

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Afternoon Tea in the Woods

[Saturday 7th December 2024]
Of course.

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Christmas Tree

[Friday 6th December 2024]
Gloomy walk on the heath in the early afternoon. A litte later we picked up our Christmas tree.

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Dartmouth Park

[Wednesday 4th December 2024]
Not sure why but it seemed I was walking down Dartmouth Park Hill and took a couple of photos of the view.

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Blossom

[Sunday 1st December 2024]
Some out of season cherry blossom and a quick walk to the heath.

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Heath

[Saturday 30th November 2024]
Saw the fox again.

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Heath

[Friday 29th November 2024]

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Heath

[Sunday 24th November 2024]

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Fondue in a Ditch

[Friday 22nd November 2024]
Cooked a fondue in a ditch. Of course.

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Hambleden Valley

[Wednesday 20th November 2024]
Erika was off school for a teacher training day today. So we went for a day trip to the Hambleden Valley in the Chilterns.

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Rain

[Tuesday 19th November 2024]
Heavy rain today.

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Elizabeth Street Lighting Up

[Sunday 17th November 2024]
Went down to Belgravia for the Elizabeth Street lighting up ceremony thing.

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Heath and Back Garden Cooking

[Friday 15th November 2024]
Late afternoon / early evening visit to the heath. Later on I cooked dinner in the back garden.

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Natalie

[Wednesday 13th November 2024]
Natalie was in town. Went for a pint at the Southampton Arms.

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10k

[Tuesday 12th November 2024]
The girls made a little celebration for me reaching 10k subscribers on YouTube.

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Royal Oak and Jeremy's Exhibition

[Saturday 9th November 2024]Quite a busy day - went down to Borough for a couple of pints at the Royal Oak with Andrew in the afternoon. In the evening went to see Jeremy's latest art exhibition.

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Greek

[Friday 8th November 2024]Chie and I went for Greek food for lunch at Daphne's in Camden. Later on a quick visit to the heath.

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Heath

[Thursday 7th November 2024]
Another quick glimpse of the fox.

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MOT

[Wednesday 6th November 2024]
I think we took the car for its MOT / service today.

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Halloween

[Thursday 31st October 2024]
Erika dressed as an angel for Halloween.

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Cat

[Wednesday 30th October 2024]
A cat came into our back garden.

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Heath

[Tuesday 29th October 2024]
Saw the fox again.

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Din Tai Fung

[Monday 28th October 2024]
Erika's half term holidays, wet to Din Tai Fung for some posh dim sum for lunch.

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Brunch and Heath

[Sunday 27th October 2024]
Went for brunch in Hampstead then a walk across the heath.

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Brent Cross

[Saturday 26th October 2024]
I spent a morning in Brent Cross while Erika was at her Japanese school.

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Laksa and Heath

[Friday 25th October 2024]
Went for laksa for lunch. Later on a walk to the heath.

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Dosa and Heath

[Thursday 24th October 2024]
Went for a dosa for lunch. Later on a quick walk to the heath.

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Heath

[Wednesday 23rd October 2024]

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Heath

[Saturday 19th October 2024]

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Brighton to Hassocks

[Friday 18th October 2024]
Took the train down to Brighton, and walked from there to Hassocks over the South Downs.

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A Robin in the Supermarket

[Wednesday 16th October 2024]

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Heath

[Tuesday 15th October 2024]

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Heath

[Saturday 12th October 2024]

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St. James's

[Friday 11th October 2024]
Believe it or not I was in St. James's for an event at the Royal Academy.

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Ye Old Mitre

[Tuesday 8th October 2024]
I must have been filming in the area or something in the daytime. Later on a walk to the heath.

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Japanese Festival

[Sunday 6th October 2024]
Chie was working at a Japanese festival in London in the afternoon. We popped down to the centre to say hello.

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Heath

[Saturday 5th October 2024]

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Christmas Came Early

[Thursday 3rd October 2024]
Some filming on the streets of Kentish Town with fake snow and Christmas decorations.

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Fruit

[Sunday 29th September 2024]
Inspecting the assorted fruit in the garden.

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Erika's Birthday Party

[Saturday 28th September 2024]
Erika had some friends round for a belated birthday party.

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Heath

[Friday 27th September 2024]

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Heath

[Thursday 26th September 2024]

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Epping Forest

[Tuesday 24th September 2024]
Went to Epping Forest and did a spot of cooking.

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Mum

[Sunday 22nd September 2024]
Mum was here to stay for a bit. Out for lunch at Vegan Planet.

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Japanese School Sports Day

[Saturday 21st September 2024]
Went to see the sports day at Erikaâ?Ts Japanese school in the morning. Later on in the afternoon I popped into a pub in Kentish Town Iâ?Tve never been in before.

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Friday

[Friday 20th September 2024]
A couple of random photos.

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Heath

[Thursday 19th September 2024]

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Chanctonbury Ring and Cissbury Ring

[Saturday 14th September 2024]
Redoing an old favourite walk in the South Downs. Did some cooking while I was out as well.

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Heath

[Friday 13th September 2024]

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Heath

[Thursday 12th September 2024]

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New Suit

[Wednesday 11th September 2024]
Went to pick up a new tweed suit, and celebrated with lunch at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese. Then later on a walk on the heath.

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Erika's Birthday

[Tuesday 10th September 2024]
Macarons for Erika's birthday.

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Present Shopping

[Monday 9th September 2024]
I went into town to buy various sweet things for Erika's birthday. While I was out I had some laksa I think.

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Pizza

[Sunday 8th September 2024]
Home made pizza for dinner.

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Car Wash and Kara Age

[Saturday 7th September 2024]
Erika washed the car in the afternoon. For dinner Chie made a vegan version of kara age.

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Lunch with Erika

[Thursday 5th September 2024]
Lunch with Erika at Temple of Seitan.

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Snail

[Tuesday 3rd September 2024]
A snail on a leaf.

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Girls Back

[Sunday 1st September 2024]
Girls back from Japan, had a Sunday roast to celebrate this evening.

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Kingston near Lewes

[Friday 30th August 2024]
Headed down to the South Downs for the day, enjoyed some wine overlooking Breaky Bottom vineyard, then had a nice walk back to Lewes by way of Kingston near Lewes, taking in the windmill there around sunset.

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Unagidon and Heath

[Thursday 29th August 2024]
Slightly unusual dinner followed by a visit to the heath.

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Heath

[Wednesday 28th August 2024]
Yet another sunset on the heath.

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Chinese Food and Heath

[Tuesday 27th August 2024]
Vegan Chinese food for dinner, which was a bit disappointing, followed by an evening visit to the heath and then slightly incongruously an even later evening visit to the big Sainsburyâ?Ts in Camden.

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Heath

[Sunday 25th August 2024]

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