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Recent Entries:: Halloween
Pumpkins
Udon and a Negroni on the Heath
Friday
Thursday Evening on the Heath
Wednesday
Alex and Alice
Beaches and Chinese Food
Foraging and a Couple of Devon Pubs
Driving to Devon and Lunch at the Lazy Lobster
Science
New Phone and Benoit
Wednesday
Office
Pink Sky
Deptford
Oven Toaster
Squirrel and Sabrage
Early Morning Mist
Hampshire Downs
Anima e Cuore
Erika's School Trip
Day After Mum's Birthday Party
Mum's Birthday Party
Fire
Thursday
Stroll on the Heath
Tuesday
Monday
Sunday
Hiromu

Halloween: [Monday 31st October 2022]
The annual bout of silliness which I'm really too old to take part in.
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Pumpkins: [Sunday 30th October 2022]
The day before Halloween. A lot of pumpkin carving.
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Udon and a Negroni on the Heath: [Saturday 29th October 2022]
I went to meet Chie and Erika at the end of Erika's Japanese school and we went for lunch together at the udon place in Brent Cross.
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Friday: [Friday 28th October]
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Thursday Evening on the Heath: [Thursday 27th October 2022]
The girls were out for the evening so I had an extended stay on the heath.
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Wednesday: [Wednesday 26th October]
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Alex and Alice: [Tuesday 25th October 2022]
Spent the morning with Alex and Alice, who were also visiting Devon this week, then did the long drive back to London after lunch.
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Beaches and Chinese Food: [Monday 24th October 2022]
I woke up early and drove to Dawlish so I could have a coffee on the beach around sunrise. Later on we headed to Teignmouth and got the ferry over to Shaldon, where Erika and I collected sea snails on the beach there. In the evening we headed into Exeter for Chinese food.
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Foraging and a Couple of Devon Pubs: [Sunday 23rd October 2022]
The weather forecast predicted fairly heavy rain later in the afternoon, so we tried to fit all our outdoor activities into the morning / early afternoon. So it made sense to stay fairly local to Dad's house, and we decided to go foraging for chestnuts and mushrooms in the woods nearby. A late Sunday lunch at the Ley Arms after that, then a bit later on after the rain stopped Chie and I ventured out for a walk to the Anchor Inn in Cockwood.
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Driving to Devon and Lunch at the Lazy Lobster: [Saturday 22nd October 2022]
Spent most of the daytime driving down to Devon, including a return visit to the Lazy Lobster in Chew Magna for lunch.
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Science: [Friday 21st October 2022]
Did some science experiments with Erika in the evening with a Japanese kit she has that recreates weather phenomena.
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New Phone and Benoit: [Thursday 20th October 2022]
Got a new phone today - having used the previous one for three years i thought it was ready for an upgrade. In the evening met up with Benoit who I used to work with over a decade ago, and now lives in Paris.
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Wednesday: [Wednesday 19th October]
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Office: [Tuesday 18th October 2022]
I actually went to my office today, for the first time since I think January 2020. Can't say I particularly enjoyed the experience.
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Pink Sky: [Monday 17th October 2022]
Nice bit of pink sky in the early evening.
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Deptford: [Sunday 16th October 2022]
Popped down to Deptford for a bit in the afternoon to see Andew.
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Oven Toaster: [Saturday 15th October 2022]
Started using a Japanese style oven toaster today (we'd had it for a while but hadn't used it as it was technically for Chie's job), partly as we assumed it would be a bit cheaper to run than the main oven.
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Squirrel and Sabrage: [Friday 14th October 2022]
A few photos of a cheeky squirrel in the daytime. In the early evening sabraged some ESW.
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Early Morning Mist: [Thursday 13th October 2022]
Walked down off the Hampshire Downs after my wild camp the previous night, and headed to Bedwyn to get the train back to London.
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Hampshire Downs: [Wednesday 12th October 2022]
I took the day off work and went for a walk and a wild camp on the Hampshire Downs.

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Anima e Cuore: [Tuesday 11th October 2022]
Chie and I went out for dinner in the evening, to a restaurant called Anima e Cuore which we had been meaning to try for some time.
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Erika's School Trip: [Monday 10th October 2022]
Erika headed off on a residential school trip this morning - four nights away from home!
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Day After Mum's Birthday Party: [Sunday 9th October 2022]
Having stayed the night at the hotel we had more time with family in the morning, then lunch together before we said our goodbyes and headed off back to London.
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Mum's Birthday Party: [Saturday 8th October 2022]
Drove up to the East Midlands in the afternoon for Mum's birthday party, with afternoon tea on arrival, some nice glimpses of the sun setting over the River Trent (and a good opportunity for family photos!) followed by a barbecue buffet dinner and lots of rose Nyetimber.
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Fire: [Friday 7th October 2022]
Decided to have a little fire in the back garden, testing out the Honey Stove I'd bought over the summer.
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Thursday: [Thursday 6th October]
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Stroll on the Heath: [Wednesday 5th October 2022]
Went for another extended stroll on the heath this evening, and made a YouTube video while I was at it. Nice sunset this evening.
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Tuesday: [Tuesday 4th October]
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Monday: [Monday 3rd October]
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Sunday: [Sunday 2nd October 2022]
Quiet day at home. Did some pruning in the afternoon (the vines had taken over the garden a bit over the summer). In the evening a (vegetarian approximation of) a Sunday roast.
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Hiromu: [Saturday 1st October 2022]
Chie's university friend Hiromu was visiting London this week with her husband, so we met them this afternoon for a sort of afternoon tea picnic on Hampstead Heath.
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