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London to Aix en Provence
Covent Garden Pubs, Somerset House and Pizza
Tuesday
Trofie with Pesto on the Heath
Korean Food and Billy Can Gin and Tonic
Saturday
Friday
Walking to Watchet
Quantock Hills
Vegan Unagi
Vegan Goose and Hite
Cinema
Saturday
Bury St Edmunds and Grantchester
Crazy Golf, Orford and Glamping
Ufford
Hampstead and Badminton
Marshes
Gilbert and George
Lasagne
Last Day of Work
Outdoor Cooking and Flying Ants
New Stuff
Al
Another Day Out with Erika
Pangbourne to Goring
Homemade Pizza
Exton Park and Monster Munch
Erika's Bedroom Redesign
ESW in the Rain
Back from Devon

London to Aix en Provence

[Thursday 31st August 2023]
Travelled by train from London to Aix en Provence today. Eurostar to Paris, then 1st class on the TGV from there to Aix. Arrived in Aix in time for a late al fresco dinner in a lively square in town.
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Covent Garden Pubs, Somerset House and Pizza

[Wednesday 30th August 2023]
Quite a mixed bag of a day. I spent a bit of time in the afternoon making a video about Covent Garden pubs. Erika joined me for the tail end of that, and then we went for tea and cake in Somerset House. After that, dinner with work friends who were visiting from the US.
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Tuesday

[Tuesday 29th August]
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Trofie with Pesto on the Heath

[Monday 28th August 2023]
Went to the heath to cook trofie with pesto for lunch.
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Korean Food and Billy Can Gin and Tonic

[Sunday 27th August 2023]
Went for Korean food today for lunch on a whim, although to be honest it was a bit disappointing. Later on I randomly made a gin and tonic in my billy can.
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Saturday

[Saturday 26th August]
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Friday

[Friday 25th August]
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Walking to Watchet

[Thursday 24th August 2023]
Woke up in the Quantock Hills, had a simple breakfast on a hilltop watching the sunrise, then walked from there to Watchet where I had a second breakfast. Then got the bus to Taunton, and the train back to London.
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Quantock Hills

[Wednesday 23rd August 2023]
I got the train down to Taunton, for a one night stay in the Quantock Hills. I seemed to hit it at a perfect time of year, with the heather in bloom, and on a day with good weather, and the colours were utterly glorious. A beautiful part of England, I don't know why I had never been before!
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Vegan Unagi

[Tuesday 22nd August 2023]
Vegan unagi (eel) was better than expected.
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Vegan Goose and Hite

[Monday 21st August 2023]
Neither of these things were very good.
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Cinema

[Sunday 20th August 2023]
Took Erika to the cinema for a change. Later on I went to the heath for a bit around dusk.
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Saturday

[Saturday 19th August 2023]
Bit of sabrage. Not much else to report.
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Bury St Edmunds and Grantchester

[Friday 18th August 2023]
Breakfast and a morning / early afternoon stroll around Bury St Edmunds, then later on stopped off in Grantchester for a late lunch / afternoon tea on the way back to London.
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Crazy Golf, Orford and Glamping

[Thursday 17th August 2023]
Did a round of crazy golf at the golf course hotel in the morning. Then motored on to Orford, where we had lunch and spent some of the afternoon. From there, we then proceded to our glamping site near Bury St Edmunds, where we'd be staying the night in a "pod" in the woods.
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Ufford

[Wednesday 16th August 2023]
Drove to Suffolk, where we had somewhat randomly chosen to stay the first night of our trip in what was essentially a golf hotel, because it had a swimming pool and was close to the part of Suffolk we wanted to visit.
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Hampstead and Badminton

[Tuesday 15th August 2023]
Did a quick pub tour of Hampstead for a video. Then later on played badminton with the girls.
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Marshes

[Monday 14th August 2023]
I went for a walk in the marshes of the Thames Estuary.
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Gilbert and George

[Sunday 13th August 2023]
Went to East London for lunch and to the visit the Gilbert and George centre. Also a visit to Eataly.
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Lasagne

[Saturday 12th August 2023]
I made a very nice lasagne for dinner.
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Last Day of Work

[Friday 11th August 2023]
After 16.5 years, today was my final day of employment with the company. The girls came to the office with me to help me pick things up from my desk.
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Outdoor Cooking and Flying Ants

[Thursday 10th August 2023]
Got the train down to Hassocks to spend the evening cooking and drinking wine while watching the sunset on the South Downs. Whilst doing so was attacked by a swarm of flying ants.
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New Stuff

[Wednesday 9th August 2023]
Replacement GoPro and my new MacBook arrived today. In the evening some ESW on the heath.
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Al

[Tuesday 8th August 2023]
Started off going for some early evening Burgundy in a ditch on Hampstead Heath, but then received an invitation from Al to head into the centre of town for dinner.
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Another Day Out with Erika

[Monday 7th August 2023]
More dimsum and bookshops with Erika, followed by gelato this time, then later on a spot of gardening.
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Pangbourne to Goring

[Sunday 6th August 2023]
I headed to an old stomping ground in the daytime for a walk along the Thames Path and to revisit some old favourite pubs. Mostly took video, not many photos.
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Homemade Pizza

[Saturday 5th August 2023]
Went to Sainsbury's, so we could buy ingredients for homemade pizza - Erika had got an idea for making a sort of face shaped pizza.
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Exton Park and Monster Munch

[Friday 4th August 2023]
More Exton Park on the heath, this time with some Monster Munch.
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Erika's Bedroom Redesign

[Thursday 3rd August 2023]
Erika was experimenting with some ideas for redesigning her bedroom a bit.
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ESW in the Rain

[Wednesday 2nd August 2023]
Went and sat on the heath in the rain under a tarp and had some ESW.
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Back from Devon

[Tuesday 1st August 2023]
Drove back from Devon today.

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