Dr John Hawkins

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Platform 9 3/4, Hampstead Heath and Fairy Lights
Sneaky Pint, Yard Sale, Lebanese Food and Butterbeer
Cider
Pie and Mash
Wednesday
Autumnal
Monday
Picnic on the Heath and Drinks by the Thames
Hampstead Heath Yet Again
Wild Life and Pubs
Outdoor Cooking
Frying pan
Tuesday
Monday
Undrinable Homemade Wine
Autumn
Friday
October
Ashling Park Estate
Tuesday

Platform 9 3/4, Hampstead Heath and Fairy Lights

[Sunday 18th October 2020]
Erika and I walked down to St Pancras in the morning to visit the Platform 9 3/4 shop there, so she could pick up a couple of Harry Potter items she had wanted for a while. Another perfectly timed opportunity for a pint outside the Pineapple on the way back. In the afternoon I went for another walk to the heath, then in the evening we put some fairy lights up in the garden.
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Sneaky Pint, Yard Sale, Lebanese Food and Butterbeer

[Saturday 17th October 2020]
Packed quite a lot in today in retrospect. Went to our local Middle Eastern food shop in the morning to buy things for a Lebanese dinner this evening (it being our wedding anniversary) and timed it perfectly for a sneaky pint at the one table outside the Pineapple on the way back. Went to Erika's friend's school yard sale in the neighbourhood later on, and picked up a wedding anniversary present for Chie - a Lost in Translation DVD. Lebanese food for dinner including some 1997 (!) Chatea Musar. After dinner I had a go at making Butterbeer (from Harry Potter) for Erika.
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Cider

[Friday 16th October 2020]
Cider out in the garden after work, and generally feeling very autumnal still.
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Pie and Mash

[Thursday 15th October 2020]
Ordered a Manze Pie and Mash delivery, which arrived today - making tonight's dinner an obvious choice. Also went for a quick early evening walk to the heath before dinner.
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Wednesday

[Wednesday 14th October 2020]
Glass of ESW out in the garden.
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Autumnal

[Tuesday 13th October 2020]
The garden looking damp and autumnal again.
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Monday

[Monday 12th October]
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Picnic on the Heath and Drinks by the Thames

[Sunday 11th October 2020]
A rarely busy / social day, starting off with pizza on the heath for lunch with local friends. Then later on in the afternoon I headed down to the Thames for al fresco drinks with the usual suspects, and we were treated to some lovely views and a rainbow over the river.
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Hampstead Heath Yet Again

[Saturday 10th October 2020]
Went for a stroll to the heath while Erika was at Japanese school in the morning.
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Wild Life and Pubs

[Friday 9th October 2020]
Erika drew this picture for me, which I thought was rather lovely.
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Outdoor Cooking

[Thursday 8th October 2020]
Thought I'd give my new frying pan a go this evening, and did some al fresco cooking.
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Frying pan

[Wednesday 7th October 2020]
Received a new frying pan (for camping) in the post today.
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Tuesday

[Tuesday 6th October 2020]
Not much to report.
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Monday

[Monday 5th October]
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Undrinable Homemade Wine

[Sunday 4th October 2020]
"Bottled" the wine I had made in 2020 so I could make use of the fermenting vessel again for this year's harvest. It doesn't look good. Takoyaki (or a vegetarian version thereof) for lunch, a stroll on the heath in the afternoon, and some more Roebuck Estates in the evening.
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Autumn

[Saturday 3rd October 2020]
Feeling very autumnal - the leaves on the blueberry bush changing colour.
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Friday

[Friday 2nd October 2020]
Fish (well, halloumi) and chips for lunch, wine from Roebuck Estate in the evening.
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October

[Thursday 1st October 2020]
So it's October then.
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Ashling Park Estate

[Wednesday 30th September 2020]
Received a case of wine from Ashling Park today.
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Tuesday

[Tuesday 29th September 2020]
Something red out in the garden. Don't recall what it was now.
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