Dr John Hawkins

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Recent Entries:

Piano
Zoo
Natalie
Ice Cream
Farewell Dinner
Wednesday
New Sunglasses
Laksa, Sort Of
Bugs Party
Potters Bar to Radlett
More sun
SUN!
Wednesday
GevCham
Monday
House Party and Archway Bridge
Party and The Selfish Giant
Fish and Chips
Thursday
Benoit
Afternoon Off
Monday
Bricket Wood to Radlett
Manze's and Borough Market
Kings Cross Champagne
Thursday
Cherry Blossom
Tuesday
Back to Civilisation
Sunday in Herefordshire
Saturday in Herefordshire
London to Clodock
Thursday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Monday
Sunday Morning with Grandma and Garden Centre
Guildford
After School Ice Cream
Thursday
Indonesian Food
Buds
Tap Shoes
Freeze Dried Roast Potatoes

Piano

[Monday 30th April 2018]
Erika with her new piano (which Chie got from a friend who is moving at the weekend).
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Zoo

[Sunday 29th April 2018]
Chie was working today, so I took Erika to the zoo.
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Natalie

[Saturday 28th April 2018]
Natalie from work happened to be in the neighbourhood in the afternoon, so we met up at the Southampton Arms, then she gave Erika a cycling lesson, then back home for some ESW and risotto.
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Ice Cream

[Friday 27th April 2018]
Ice cream with Erika after school.
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Farewell Dinner

[Thursday 26th April 2018]
Farewell dinner with Christian in East Finchley who was imminently moving to New York.
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Wednesday

[Wednesday 25th April]
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New Sunglasses

[Tuesday 24th April 2018]
New sunglasses arrived (primarily needed as I've been suffering with hayfever) and in the evening I built Lego with Erika.
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Laksa, Sort Of

[Monday 23rd April 2018]
Made a sort of laksa for dinner.
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Bugs Party

[Sunday 22nd April 2018]
Erika went to a friend's birthday party where she got to handle some bugs.
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Potters Bar to Radlett

[Saturday 21st April 2018]
Walked a stretch of the Hertfordshire Way from Potters Bar to Radlett - if anything a bit too warm for walking today!
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More sun

[Friday 20th April 2018]
Sunny again today, what a delight.
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SUN!

[Thursday 19th April 2018]
Finally some bloody sunshine! Like probably everybody else in London we had a barbecue.
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Wednesday

[Wednesday 18th April]
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GevCham

[Tuesday 17th April 2018]
Opened the crates of GevCham which arrived yesterday.
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Monday

[Monday 16th April 2018]
Some GevCham arrived in the daytime. Played Marble Run with Erika in the evening.
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House Party and Archway Bridge

[Sunday 15th April 2018]
Chie invited some of her friends round for a party at our place in the daytime. I ducked out for a bit in the afternoon for a walk, but didn't really have enough time to get out into the countryside so instead just walked up to Archway Bridge.
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Party and The Selfish Giant

[Saturday 14th April 2018]
Erika had a birthday party to attend in the morning, then as soon as that was finished we whizzed her into the centre to watch a musical version of Oscar Wilde's The Selfish Giant.
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Fish and Chips

[Friday 13th April 2018]
Fish and chips for dinner. Erika often has fish and chips for lunch at school on Fridays, so we rarely ever have it at home. As it was the Easter holidays for her still it seemed like a good opportunity!
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Thursday

[Thursday 12th April]
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Benoit

[Wednesday 11th April 2018]
Benoit was in town, went for a drink around St Pancras.
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Afternoon Off

[Tuesday 10th April 2018]
As it was the Easter holidays I took the afternoon off to spend some time with Erika, and we went for dimsum for lunch.
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Monday

[Monday 9th April 2018]
Just one random picture of Chie and Erika in the evening.
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Bricket Wood to Radlett

[Sunday 8th April 2018]
I went for a Sunday stroll in the rain.
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Manze's and Borough Market

[Saturday 7th April 2018]
Recreated a day from around this time last year - pie and mash at M Manze for lunch, followed by a visit to Borough market to buy spatzle and morels, which formed tonight's dinner.
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Kings Cross Champagne

[Friday 6th April 2018]
As the weather was pleasant, sat outside on the steps leading down to the canal at Kings Cross and had Champagne with the usual suspects.
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Thursday

[Thursday 5th April]
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Cherry Blossom

[Wednesday 4th April 2018]
Checking the state of the cherry blossom and the apple tree in the garden.
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Tuesday

[Tuesday 3rd April]
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Back to Civilisation

[Monday 2nd April 2018]
Woke up to a dusting of snow on the ground in Clodock this morning, and sadly after one last breakfast had to pack up and leave the cottage. Drove over to Caerwent from there to visit Bec, Dave and Jessica. After that drove back to Bristol to drop off the car then got the train back to London.
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Sunday in Herefordshire

[Sunday 1st April 2018]
Had the only good weather of the long weekend this morning, so made the most of it and did an Easter egg hunt followed by a walk in the surrounding countryside. Headed over to the Bell at Skenfrith for lunch with Vera, Robin, Robert and Louise, then had them all back to the cottage for tea afterwards. Final dinner at the cottage in the evening, followed by a final trip to the pub.
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Saturday in Herefordshire

[Saturday 31st March 2018]
Breakfast at the cottage in Clodock, then went to have a look at the village shop in the next village up (Longtown), followed by lunch at the Carpenters Arms in Walterstone. Headed over to Abergavenny in the afternoon for tea with Vera and Louise, and to meet Louise's new dog Lily, about which Erika was very excited. Back to the cottage in the early evening, took Chie and Erika to see the Cornewall Arms before dinner, then baked potatoes for dinner at the cottage.
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London to Clodock

[Friday 30th March 2018]
Got the train from London to Bristol in the morning. Had lunch in a yurt, then drove our hire car from there to Abergavenny, where we popped in to see Vera and Robin briefly, before stocking up on supplies at the Waitrose there and then driving to Clodock, where we'd be staying in a cottage the next three nights.
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Thursday

[Thursday 29th March]
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Wednesday

[Wednesday 28th March]
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Tuesday

[Tuesday 27th March]
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Monday

[Monday 26th March]
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Sunday Morning with Grandma and Garden Centre

[Sunday 25th March 2018]
Spent the morning with Grandma (breakfast at a local cafe, food shopping in the local shops, then lunch at home) then waved Grandma off and Erika and I went to the garden centre.
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Guildford

[Saturday 24th March 2018]
Went down to Guildford with Grandma Mary to visit Adrian, Liz and the kids.
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After School Ice Cream

[Friday 23rd March 2018]
Took Erika for ice cream after school and met some of her friends from school in there.
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Thursday

[Thursday 22nd March 2018]
Just one random picture of me giving Erika a piggy back at home.
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Indonesian Food

[Wednesday 21st March 2018]
Went for Indonesian food with Chie at lunchtime.
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Buds

[Tuesday 20th March 2018]
Checking the buds on the cherry blossom and apple trees.
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Tap Shoes

[Monday 19th March 2018]
Erika was given some tap dancing shoes by a friend.
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Freeze Dried Roast Potatoes

[Sunday 18th March 2018]
I attempted to improve my roast potatoes, taking advantage of the snowy / icy weather to freeze dry them outside after the initial boiling. Only a marginal improvement.
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