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Recent Entries:: London to Devon
Bank Holiday Monday
Girls Back from Japan
Cleaning
Lebanese Food on the Heath
Thursday
Avoiding Being at Home
Electricians
Monday
Sunday
Saturday
Beyond Meat Pizza
Gemma
Heath Again
Fungi and Foxes
Monday
Wessex Ridgeway - Tisbury to Maiden Newton - Day Two
Saturday
Friday
Thursday
Whitstable
Vera's Birthday
Beech Nuts
Rainbows on the Heath
Trolley and St. James's
Rain
Dentist and Dinner at Olivo
Wednesday
Umbrella
Monday
Wessex Ridgeway - Westbury to Tisbury - Day Two

London to Devon: [Tuesday 31st August 2021]
Drove down to Devon, stopping off at Fleet services, Woodhenge and Stonehenge en route.
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Bank Holiday Monday: [Monday 30th August 2021]
Out for a pub lunch, then a walk to Hampstead Heath.
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Girls Back from Japan: [Sunday 29th August 2021]
I got up very early this morning to go and pick the girls up from Japan. Mostly had a quiet day at home catching up, and I made a Sunday roast of sorts in the evening.
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Cleaning: [Saturday 28th August 2021]
Spent most of the morning and some of the afternoon engaged in various cleaning and household maintenance tasks - got the new fridge freezer installed, had the old one taken away, and also disposed of the cupboard at the local tip.
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Lebanese Food on the Heath: [Friday 27th August 2021]
I fancied Lebanese food for dinner this evening, so went down to Phoenicia, our local Middle Eastern food shop, picked up an assortment of things, and took them along with some Chateau Musar to dine on the heath. That was rather nice.
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Thursday: [Thursday 26th August 2021]
Removed and dismantled the cupboard the old fridge freezer had been housed in, which was quite satisfying. In the evening another foray to the heath.
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Avoiding Being at Home: [Wednesday 25th August 2021]
Second day of the electrical works today, and once the electricians had finished I did my best to avoid being at home, as the place was a complete tip.
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Electricians: [Tuesday 24th August 2021]
Had to clear out some bits of the flat today to make way for the electricians to come and do some rewiring.
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Monday: [Monday 23rd August]
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Sunday: [Sunday 22nd August 2021]
Evening on the heath.
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Saturday: [Saturday 21st August]
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Beyond Meat Pizza: [Friday 20th August 2021]
For the first time in probably over a decade I had a pizza from Pizza Hut, intrigued because they had some vegan meat toppings from Beyond Meat.
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Gemma: [Thursday 19th August 2021]
Old friend from work Gemma was back in the UK for a few days, so I went down to Deptford this evening to catch up with her at Andrew's house.
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Heath Again: [Wednesday 18th August 2021]
A similar pattern to yesterday evening - a stroll on the heath earlier on in the evening followed by a visit to the Pineapple.
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Fungi and Foxes: [Tuesday 17th August 2021]
Early evening stroll to the heath, spotted a few fungi, then later on an evening visit to the Pineapple, and spotted a fox.
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Monday: [Monday 16th August]
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Wessex Ridgeway - Tisbury to Maiden Newton - Day Two: [Sunday 15th August 2021]
Despite the luxury of a proper campsite, yet again I only seemed to manage a couple of hours sleep, and then fell foul of the usual wet feet issue the next morning, which made for another weary and rather sore trudge on day two. I was meant to walk all the way to Maiden Newton today, but gave up at Cerne Abbas, and got a taxi the rest of the way from there.
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Saturday: [Saturday 14th August]
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Friday: [Friday 13th August 2021]
Checking up on the garden.
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Thursday: [Thursday 12th August]
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Whitstable: [Wednesday 11th August 2021]
Headed down to Whitstable for the afternoon / evening, for some wine on the balcony of one of the Fishermen's Huts with old friends.
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Vera's Birthday: [Tuesday 10th August 2021]
Had a family zoom call to mark what would have been Vera's 102nd birthday. Looked through some of the old postcards Vera sent to us when I was a child.
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Beech Nuts: [Monday 9th August 2021]
Some beech nuts I had picked up on Hampstead Heath yesterday.
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Rainbows on the Heath: [Sunday 8th August 2021]
Sunday roast at the Vine, followed by a quick visit to the Southampton Arms, then wiled away the rest of the afternoon on the heath, looking at the rainbows in between the showers.
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Trolley and St. James's: [Saturday 7th August 2021]
Went out and bought a hand trolley (sack trolley?) to help get the fridge freezer back into place in the morning. In the afternoon I felt like dim sum for lunch, but timed it badly, and ended up having ramen instead. Then a bit of a wander round some old haunts in St. James's, followed by a quick visit to Fortnum and Mason, then back to the Pineapple.
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Rain: [Friday 6th August 2021]
Rained quite a lot this evening, but I trekked up to Archway regardless as I wanted a pizza from the pizza place there.
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Dentist and Dinner at Olivo: [Thursday 5th August 2021]
Finally went back to the dentist for a checkup after a long hiatus this afternoon, and afterwards went for a pint at the Duke of Wellington followed by dinner at Olivo.
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Wednesday: [Wednesday 4th August]
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Umbrella: [Tuesday 3rd August 2021]
Went to the Pineapple to retrieve my umbrella (which I'd left behind on a previous visit) and had some Thai food for dinner while I was there.
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Monday: [Monday 2nd August]
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Wessex Ridgeway - Westbury to Tisbury - Day Two: [Sunday 1st August 2021]
Day two of my walk from Westbury to Tisbury.

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