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Recent Entries:: Back to London
Last Full Day
Phoenician Meal
Coastal Path and Polperro Pubs
Fowey
Sunday at Landaviddy
Saturday at Landaviddy
Arriving
Day Before Holiday
Grey
Sylvanian Families
Monday
Front Garden
Amersham
Briggs
Thursday
Andrew's Keys
Tuesday
Monday
Erin
Snails, Ice Cream, Lego
Leon
Middle Temple and the Savoy
Wednesday
Tuesday
Masala Zone
Proms
Day After the Garden Tap Party
New Garden Tap Party
Old and New Garden Taps
Old Garden Tap
Tuesday
Monday
Garden, Bike, Wahaca
Chap Olympiad
Friday
Face Painting, GevCham, Projector
Avocado on Toast
Not Kensington
Erika's New Bike
In The Garden
Kensington and the Garden Centre
ESW by the Canal
Thursday
Barbecue
Sports Day
Monday
Whiststable
School Summer Fair
Sketches

Back to London: [Friday 18th August 2017]
Said out final goodbyes at the house in the morning, drove back to Plymouth to drop off our hire car, then got the train from there back to London.
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Last Full Day: [Thursday 17th August 2017]
Last full day of the holiday today. Did some group photos in the morning of Vera and all the children, before Bec, Dave and Jessica headed home. Didn't go too far from the house today, stayed in for the daytime, and just headed out for the last supper at the Crumplehorn Inn in the evening.
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Phoenician Meal: [Wednesday 16th August 2017]
I'd had a ridiculous idea to make Lebanese food for dinner tonight, in honour of the ancient (and probably apocryphal) connection between Cornwall and the Phoenicians. It proved almost universally unpopular with the kids and the fussier adults, but nonetheless consumed almost my entire day, shopping in the daytime, and cooking in the afternoon / early evening. Consequently I didn't take many photos today.
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Coastal Path and Polperro Pubs: [Tuesday 15th August 2017]
Probably my favourite day of the holiday. We decided to just leave the car in the car park (both Chie and I had been finding all the narrow country lanes and the hassle getting parked anywhere a bit stressful), and in the daytime walk along the coastal path to Talland Bay in back. There were lovely coastal views to be had along the route and even Erika managed to walk a fair bit (spurred on by the promise of ice cream). In the evening we left the grandparents to babysit, and several of us younger adults went for a bit of a pub crawl around Polperro.
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Fowey: [Monday 14th August 2017]
Went to Fowey in the daytime with Bec, Dave and Jessica. Then back to the house in the evening for another big family dinner - Chinese takeaway tonight.
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Sunday at Landaviddy: [Sunday 13th August 2017]
Chie, Erika and I went out to Talland Bay in the daytime. When we got back in the afternoon, Bec, Dave and Jessica had arrived so we were now up to our full group of 22. In the evening a Sunday roast and Vera's birthday cake to follow.
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Saturday at Landaviddy: [Saturday 12th August 2017]
Spent most of thr day in and around Landaviddy Manor, our home for the week. Chie and I popped into Polperro briefly towards the end of the morning to have a look around, then again later on in the afternoon with Erika in tow. First big family meal in the evening with 19 of our full compliment of 22 now present!
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Arriving: [Friday 11th August 2017]
Got the train from London to Plymouth in the afternoon, picked up a hire car from there, stopped off to do a bit of shopping en route, and arrived at the house early evening.
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Day Before Holiday: [Thursday 10th August 2017]
The day before our holiday to Cornwall. Chie was out for the evening, so I took Erika to Wahaca for dinner, and later on in the evening Jeremy popped round for a drink.
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Grey: [Wednesday 9th August 2017]
Very wet, grey and miserable weather today.
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Sylvanian Families: [Tuesday 8th August 2017]
Played Sylvanian Families with Erika in the evening. They had a large dinner party.
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Monday: [Monday 7th August]
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Front Garden: [Sunday 6th August 2017]
Spent quite a lot of today cutting the hedge and generally tidying up the front garden.
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Amersham: [Saturday 5th August 2017]
Went to Amersham (quite a trek to get there) for a party with Chie's former colleague.
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Briggs: [Friday 4th August 2017]
Went to Briggs at lunchtime in the hope of getting a hair cut, and was sad to find it had closed down, and Philip had retired. Attempted to cheer myself up with lunch at San Carlo Cichetti.
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Thursday: [Thursday 3rd August]
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Andrew's Keys: [Wednesday 2nd August 2017]
Andrew left his keys at the office, and as I live much closer to the office I went to pick them up for him, and we met at a mutually convenient location (Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese) to hand them over.
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Tuesday: [Tuesday 1st August 2017]
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Monday: [Monday 31st July 2017]
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Erin: [Sunday 30th July 2017]
Went to lunch at Al and Charlotte's to meet their new baby Erin.
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Snails, Ice Cream, Lego: [Saturday 29th July 2017]
Dealt with a glut of snails in the garden today, took Erika out for lunch at the Pineapple followed by ice cream, and also got some new Lego.
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Leon: [Friday 28th July 2017]
Saw Leon briefly in the evening as he was passing through London en route to Mexico.
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Middle Temple and the Savoy: [Thursday 27th July 2017]
Was meant to go to the Middle Temple Champagne Bar but it wasn't actually there. Instead went to the Tattersall Castle for a bit then the Beuafort Bar at the Savoy.
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Wednesday: [Wednesday 26th July]
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Tuesday: [Tuesday 25th July]
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Masala Zone: [Monday 24th July 2017]
Dinner at Masala Zone in Camden in the evening.
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Proms: [Sunday 23rd July 2017]
Took Erika to the Proms in the evening.
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Day After the Garden Tap Party: [Saturday 22nd July 2017]
Surveyed the garden in the morning post party. Took Erika for lunch at our nearby pasta place.
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New Garden Tap Party: [Friday 21st July 2017]
Had the new garden tap fitted today, and a party in its honour in the evening.
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Old and New Garden Taps: [Thursday 20th July 2017]
Bought a new garden tap and a book about Venice for Erika, plus had veggie kara age for dinner.
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Old Garden Tap: [Wednesday 19th July 2017]
Pictures of the old garden tap prior to replacing it, plus more garden photos and Erika on her bike again.
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Tuesday: [Tuesday 18th July]
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Monday: [Monday 17th July]
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Garden, Bike, Wahaca: [Sunday 16th July 2017]
Spent some of the afternoon in the garden, went out with Erika for more bike practice, and then in the evening dinner at Wahaca with some local friends.
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Chap Olympiad: [Saturday 15th July 2017]
Pictures from this year's Chap Olympiad.
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Friday: [Friday 14th July]
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Face Painting, GevCham, Projector: [Thursday 13th July 2017]
Interestingly mixed bag of an evening - I let Erika paint my face (with alarming results), had some GevCham with dinner, and Chie's new projector arrived, which we tried out.
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Avocado on Toast: [Wednesday 12th July 2017]
Went for breakfast at Bear and Wolf, had their avocado on toast of which I am quite fond.
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Not Kensington: [Tuesday 11th July 2017]
Having been reminded how nice Kensington was the other day, with all its antiques shops and so on, I was reminded this morning of the contrast with Kentish Town...
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Erika's New Bike: [Monday 10th July 2017]
Erika's new bike arrived today, and she took it out for an early evening spin.
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In The Garden: [Sunday 9th July 2017]
Looks like we stayed at home most of the day, and spent some of it out in the garden.
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Kensington and the Garden Centre: [Saturday 8th July 2017]
Went to Kensington, thinking to buy something new (but actually old) for the Chap Olympiad, but failed to find anything. Instead bought a woodblock print for Chie. Later on popped to the garden centre.
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ESW by the Canal: [Friday 7th July 2017]
Boycotted the usual in-office end of the week drinks and instead went and sat by the canal with a bucket of English Sparkling Wine.
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Thursday: [Thursday 6th July 2017]
A couple of random pictures.
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Barbecue: [Wednesday 5th July 2017]
Decided to have a barbecue in our back garden.
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Sports Day: [Tuesday 4th July 2017]
Erika's sports day in the daytime, went for a pint at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese with some of the usual suspects in the evening.
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Monday: [Monday 3rd July]
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Whiststable: [Sunday 2nd July 2017]
Spent the day in Whitstable. Hardly took any pictures!
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School Summer Fair: [Saturday 1st July 2017]
Chie and Erika wore yukata for Erika's school summer fair. In the evening dinner with some of Chie's friends from her Hiroshimakenjinkai.
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Sketches: [Friday 30th June 2017]
Found the "sketches" which were meant to be the inspiration for the painting my friends commisssioned for my birthday... which are much nicer than the end result. Also end of the week drinks by the canal.
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