Dr John Hawkins

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Recent Entries:

Cissbury Ring to Chanctonbury Ring
Lost Boys Pizza
Thursday
Wednesday
Lunch at the Pineapple
Heading Home
Day After Vera's Party
Vera's 100th Birthday
Arriving at the Farmhouse
Bluberries
St Pancras
Sabrage
Monday
Sunday
Greenwich Park
Friday
Dentist and Oliveto
Back to London
Tuesday in Devon
Burgh Island
Dartmoor
Dawlish
Office
Internet Troubles
Welsh Sparkling Wine Tasting
Tuesday
Din Tai Fung
Hitchin Lavender
Henfield to Steyning
Last Day of Term
Davenport
Lavender
Vine Leaves
Dinner with Kyle and Al
Chap Flaneur Walk
Saturday
Primrose Hill
Heron Farm
Temple of Seitan
Ethiopian Food
Monday
Sunday
Japanese School Sports Day and Summer Fair
George Inn
BBQ
Champagne For a Change
Sports Day
Garden Check

Cissbury Ring to Chanctonbury Ring

[Saturday 17th August 2019]
Took Chie and Erika down to the South Downs for a walk from Cissbury Ring to Chanctonbury Ring.

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Lost Boys Pizza

[Friday 16th August 2019]
Went for dinner at Lost Boys Pizza in Camden with Erika and Ricardo.
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Thursday

[Thursday 15th August]
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Wednesday

[Wednesday 14th August 2019]
Got a base for the compost bin today, which meant taking all the compost out of the bin and shoveling it all back in again in the evening. Rewarded myself with some GevCham.
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Lunch at the Pineapple

[Tuesday 13th August 2019]
Back at work today, but went for lunch with Erika and Chie at the Pineapple.
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Heading Home

[Monday 12th August 2019]
Left the farmhouse this morning, and popped in to Vera and Robin's house briefly to take a look at the card from the Queen and say our goodbyes before heading back to London.
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Day After Vera's Party

[Sunday 11th August 2019]
Festivities continuing at the farmhouse in between a steady steam of goodbyes.
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Vera's 100th Birthday

[Saturday 10th August 2019]
The main event of Vera's 100th Birthday weekend.
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Arriving at the Farmhouse

[Friday 9th August 2019]
Took the train from London to Bristol in the morning, then picked upa Zipcar in Bristol and drove to Abergavenny. Did a bit of shopping at Waitrose, and made a quick visit to White Castle vineyard, before heading over to the farmhouse where we'd be staying for the weekend, and spent the rest of the day greeting various relatives as they arrived.
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Bluberries

[Thursday 8th August 2019]
Picked some blueberries from the blueberry bush in our garden.
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St Pancras

[Wednesday 7th August 2019]
Met up with Chie and Erika in St Pancras after work so we could get Vera a birthday present, then took Erika for cocktails (!) at George's Bar at Gilbert Scott, followed by dinner at Diwana on Drummond Street.
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Sabrage

[Tuesday 6th August 2019]
Spot of sabrage in the evening to reward myself for dealing with boring domestic issues today - our bins hadn't been collected for the last few weeks.
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Monday

[Monday 5th August]
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Sunday

[Sunday 4th August 2019]
Mostly stayed at home, and had a foodie sort of a day - Lion's Mane mushroom for breakfast, and Erika's home made soup for lunch.
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Greenwich Park

[Saturday 3rd August 2019]
Florian and family were visiting London for the weekend, so we went to see them for a picnic in Greenwich Park this afternoon.
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Friday

[Friday 2nd August 2019]
Worked from home, lunch at the Pineapple.
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Dentist and Oliveto

[Thursday 1st August 2019]
Went to the dentist followed by lunch at Oliveto and gelato at Olivogelo.
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Back to London

[Wednesday 31st July 2019]
Morning in Starcross, lunch in Exeter Quayside, then the train back to London in the afternoon.
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Tuesday in Devon

[Tuesday 30th July 2019]
Breakfast on Burgh Island before reluctantly checking out. Got a taxi from there to Tones, where we stopped off at Blue China to do some pottery painting, before getting the train back from there to Starcross. Dinner at the Anchor in Cockwood.
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Burgh Island

[Monday 29th July 2019]
Went to stay on Burgh Island.
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Dartmoor

[Sunday 28th July 2019]
Went to Dartmoor for the day.
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Dawlish

[Saturday 27th July 2019]
Got the train down to Devon in the morning, and spent the afternoon in Dawlish.
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Office

[Friday 26th July 2019]
Picture from the terrace at the office.
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Internet Troubles

[Thursday 25th July 2019]
Broadband still very unreliable. Took a picture of the "cabinet" out in the street as I had a theory it was overheating.
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Welsh Sparkling Wine Tasting

[Wednesday 24th July 2019]
Held a Welsh sparkling wine tasting at the London Welsh Centre this evening.
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Tuesday

[Tuesday 23rd July 2019]
A few random pictures.
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Din Tai Fung

[Monday 22nd July 2019]
Went for dinner at Din Tai Fung, the new Taiwanese dumping restaurant in London.
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Hitchin Lavender

[Sunday 21st July 2019]
Went to visit Hitchin Lavender for the afternoon.
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Henfield to Steyning

[Saturday 20th July 2019]
I decided today to walk part of the route of Hilaire Belloc's The Four Men, from Henfield to Steyning.

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Last Day of Term

[Friday 19th July 2019]
Erika's last day of term, school finished early so I took the afternoon off work and took Erika to the cinema to see Secret Life of Pets 2.
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Davenport

[Thursday 18th July 2019]
Some Davenport Limney Estate in the garden.
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Lavender

[Wednesday 17th July 2019]
Just one picture, of the lavender.
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Vine Leaves

[Tuesday 16th July 2019]
Inspected some of the leaves from the vines in my back garden.
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Dinner with Kyle and Al

[Monday 15th July 2019]
Out for dinner with Kyle and Al in Fitzrovia.
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Chap Flaneur Walk

[Sunday 14th July 2019]
Joined the Flaneur Walk through St. James's and Soho organised by the Chap Magazine.
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Saturday

[Saturday 13th July 2019]
Hat shopping in the morning in St. James's then spent the afternoon with Erika in and around home.
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Primrose Hill

[Friday 12th July 2019]
Drinks on Primrose Hill because Gemma was back in town for a while.
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Heron Farm

[Thursday 11th July 2019]
Tried the sparkling wine from Heron Farm this evening, the vineyard owned by one of my fellow students from the viticulture course.
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Temple of Seitan

[Wednesday 10th July 2019]
Went to Temple of Seitan for lunch.
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Ethiopian Food

[Tuesday 9th July 2019]
Erika had a late playdate so Chie and I went out for an early dinner at one of the nearby Ethiopian restaurants (yes there are several!).
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Monday

[Monday 8th July 2019]
Went out for breakfast with Erika before school, and got the result from my vinegrowing course today.
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Sunday

[Sunday 7th July 2019]
Played Sylvanian Families with Erika in the morning, and she went to a party in the afternoon.
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Japanese School Sports Day and Summer Fair

[Saturday 6th July 2019]
Busy day, with Erika's Japanese school's sports day in the morning followed by her regular school's summer fair in the afternoon.
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George Inn

[Friday 5th July 2019]
Early evening drinks at the George Inn.
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BBQ

[Thursday 4th July 2019]
Nice weather so had a barbecue this evening.
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Champagne For a Change

[Wednesday 3rd July 2019]
Champagne rather than ESW for a change.
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Sports Day

[Tuesday 2nd July 2019]
Erika's school sports day.
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Garden Check

[Monday 1st July 2019]
Current state of the garden.
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