John Hawkins



Dr John Hawkins

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Recent Entries:
Day Off
Regent's Park
I Almost Bought a Woodland
Tuesday
Monday
Hair Cut
Saturday
Friday
Thursday
Rainbow
Tree Identification
Monday
Sunday
Deptford
Friday on the Heath
Pizza and Burgundy on the Heath
Vacqueryas
Late Evening Walk to the Heath
Erika's Presentation
Runnymede
Saturday
Friday
Thursday
Mixed Case
Chie's Birthday
Monday
A Slightly Ridiculous Trip to Rye and Camber Sands
Birthday Shopping and St. James's
Voting and Negroni on the Heath
Heath
Wednesday
Garden
Heath
Vera's Clock
Wolstonbury Hill and Jack and Jill
ESW on the Foreshore
Cider on the Heath
The Other Half of the Brick Wall
Bricks
Garden
Chie's Friends on the Heath
Brent Cross to Home and the Pineapple
Garden

Day Off
[Friday 28th May 2021]
Had the day off work today. Breakfast at a new cafe near home with Chie in the morning, then a long relaxing pub lunch at the Flask in Highgate with Christian.
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Regent's Park
[Thursday 27th May 2021]
Erika went off on a school trip this morning (including an overnight stay!!) and in the evening I met Al in Regent's Park.
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I Almost Bought a Woodland
[Wednesday 26th May 2021]
Took the afternoon off to race down to Sussex to view a wood which was for sale, but dithered slightly when I got there, and ultimately found it had been sold already.
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Tuesday
[Tuesday 25th May 2021]
Heath etc blah blah blah, the usual.
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Monday
[Monday 24th May]
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Hair Cut
[Sunday 23rd May 2021]
Finally got a proper haircut today after nearly a year and a half. Celebrated after with a pint at the Pineapple.
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Saturday
[Saturday 22nd May 2021]
Just a few pictures from the garden.
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Friday
[Friday 21st May 2021]
Tried another wine from the mixed Burgundy case.
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Thursday
[Thursday 20th May]
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Rainbow
[Wednesday 19th May 2021]
Went for the usual early evening stroll to the heath, saw a rainbow over London.
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Tree Identification
[Tuesday 18th May 2021]
Spent some time on the heath identifying trees.
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Monday
[Monday 17th May]
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Sunday
[Sunday 16th May 2021]
Reorganised the wine racks in the morning. In the afternoon took Erika down to Camden to get her glasses adjusted.
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Deptford
[Saturday 15th May 2021]
Went down to Deptford for a rainy afternoon in a beer garden for Andrew's birthday.
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Friday on the Heath
[Friday 14th May 2021]
Yet another early evening stroll to the heath.
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Pizza and Burgundy on the Heath
[Thursday 13th May 2021]
The girls had other plans for dinner this evening, so I went and had a pizza and some Burgundy on the heath, and was kept company by a squirrel.



Here's a video of me trying to name the squirrel:

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Vacqueryas
[Wednesday 12th May 2021]
Bit of an unusual wine (for me) ths evening - a Vacqueryas, from the Rhone - a vineyard once owned by Steven Spurrier, he of "Judgement of Paris" fame.
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Late Evening Walk to the Heath
[Tuesday 11th May 2021]
Unusually late walk to the heath, taking advantage of the longer daylight hours I went after dinner for a change.
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Erika's Presentation
[Monday 10th May 2021]
Erika gave a presentation to Chie and I this evening titled "How to be more eco".
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Runnymede
[Sunday 9th May 2021]
Met up with Adrian and family at Runnymede, so we could hand over his heirloom from Vera - the musical Widdicombe Fair jug.
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Saturday
[Saturday 8th May 2021]
Headed to the heath for a bit late afternoon / early evening.
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Friday
[Friday 7th May 2021]
Tried a bottle from the mixed case of red Burgundy this evening.
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Thursday
[Thursday 6th May]
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Mixed Case
[Wednesday 5th May 2021]
Tom the wine merchant delivered a mixed case of red Burgundy today, so I could broaden my horizons beyond the Cote de Nuits.
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Chie's Birthday
[Tuesday 4th May 2021]
Birthday cake and sushi for Chie's birthday.
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Monday
[Monday 3rd May]
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A Slightly Ridiculous Trip to Rye and Camber Sands
[Sunday 2nd May 2021]
Went for a rash and ill advised day trip in the car all the way down to Rye, followed by Camber Sands. Over five hours of driving in total, in return for half an hour queuing in the rain for fish and chips in Rye, then probably even less time in the cold, wind and rain on Camber Sands.
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Birthday Shopping and St. James's
[Saturday 1st May 2021]
Went into the centre of London in the morning / early afternoon to but birthday presents for Chie. Haven't been into the centre like that for ages, for obvious reasons. While in that neck of the woods I had a quick stroll around St. James's to see if any of my old favourite pubs might be open for outdoor service, but alas not. Later on in the afternoon I took Erika out for an ice cream.
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Voting and Negroni on the Heath
[Friday 30th April 2021]
Filled out my postal ballot for the London mayoral elections today - the first time I've actually felt satisfied with voting in as long as I can remember. In the evening a walk to the heath, with a Negroni at aperitivo hour.
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Heath
[Thursday 29th April 2021]
Another early evening trip to the heath.
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Wednesday
[Wednesday 28th April]
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Garden
[Tuesday 27th April 2021]
Checked things in the garden at lunchtime. Repotted the chocolate mint.
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Heath
[Monday 26th April 2021]
Went for a very quick walk to the heath before dinner.
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Vera's Clock
[Sunday 25th April 2021]
Quiet day mostly at home today. We put up Vera's clock.
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Wolstonbury Hill and Jack and Jill
[Saturday 24th April 2021]
Took the train down to Hassocks, and went for a circular walk taking in Wolstonbury Hill and then across to the Jack and Jill windmills. Then lunch at the Jack and Jill pub before heading back to London.

Read more on John Goes for a Walk.

In the evening had a barbecue with the girls in the back garden.
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ESW on the Foreshore
[Friday 23rd April 2021]
Headed down to the Thames "beach" at Bankside for some ESW with Andrew.
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Cider on the Heath
[Thursday 22nd April 2021]
Took some cider to the heath.
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The Other Half of the Brick Wall
[Wednesday 21st April 2021]
Erika made the other half of the brick wall today, and we hung it up in the doorway so she could run through it, just like the Platform 9 3/4 scene in Harry Potter.
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Bricks
[Tuesday 20th April 2021]
Erika had a rather neat idea to recreate the scene in Harry Potter where they run through the wall on Platform 9 3/4 in King's Cross. So she spent this afternoon / evening after school making a brick pattern on a long sheet of paper.
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Garden
[Monday 19th April 2021]
Checked up on the state of the garden in the afternoon.
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Chie's Friends on the Heath
[Sunday 18th April 2021]
Went to the heath for a bit in the afternoon to meet some friends of Chie's.
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Brent Cross to Home and the Pineapple
[Saturday 17th April 2021]
After dropping Erika off at her Japanese school this morning I walked back home, which was a more pleasant walk than I expected, considering the rather grim start in Brent Cross. Then in the afternoon I went and paid my respects to the Pineapple, which had recently reopened.
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Garden
[Friday 16th April 2021]
Drove back home from the Forest of Dean in the morning / early afternoon, and when we got home I went and checked how things had progressed in the garden while we'd been away.
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