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Erika's School Play
Tuesday
Bivvy
Return to Joy King Lau
Back to London
New Quilt and Ivinghoe Beacon
Gloomy Heath
After the rain
Tuesday
Monday
Flask in Highgate
Cake and Heath
Friday
Thursday
Wednesday
Tuesday
Monday
Sunday
Harting
Light Attachment and Borough
Pineapple and Camden
Hampstead
Tent
Mushrooms
Sunday
Rain and Fire
Friday
Thursday
Fox
Tuesday

Erika's School Play

[Wednesday 30th November 2022]
Went to see Erika's school play this evening, it was about the vikings, the topic her class has been studying this term.
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Tuesday

[Tuesday 29th November]
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Bivvy

[Monday 28th November 2022]
Realised I hadn't even opened the bivvy bag I received with my new quilt last week, so tried those out together this afternoon.
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Return to Joy King Lau

[Sunday 27th November 2022]
I was surprised to discover this morning that out old favourite dim sum haunt Joy King Lau had reopened, albeit under new management, with a different menu. So with a little apprehension we decided to go and try it out for lunch today.
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Back to London

[Saturday 26th November 2022]
There was a train strike so I couldn't get a train back to London from Tring. Instead I got the bus from the foot of Ivinghoe Beacon to Dunstanble, and from there the Guided Busway to Luton, where trains still seemed to be running more or less as usual.
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New Quilt and Ivinghoe Beacon

[Friday 25th November 2022]
My new sleeping quilt (like a sleeping bag, but more open) arrived this morning, and I took it out for a trial run with a wild camp near Ivinghoe Beacon this evening.
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Gloomy Heath

[Thursday 24th November 2022]
Gloomy walk on the heath.
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After the rain

[Wednesday 23rd November 2022]
A walk to Hampstead Heath after a rainy day. Cleared up nicely in time for sunset.
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Tuesday

[Tuesday 22nd November]
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Monday

[Monday 21st November]
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Flask in Highgate

[Sunday 20th November 2022]
We met up with local friends for a slightly chilly Sunday roast outside the Flask in Highgate.
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Cake and Heath

[Saturday 19th November 2022]
Getting Erika to go to Japanese school on Saturday morning is always a bit of a struggle, but today after quite a tiring week and a late night the night before (not Erika's fault I should add) Erika really dug her heels in on the issue.Consequently she and Chie had a bit of a falling out this morning. So Erika didn't go to Japanese school, and instead she and I spent the morning / early afternoon baking a cake to try and cheer Chie up. Later on Erika and I went for a walk to the heath together to catch the sunset.
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Friday

[Friday 18th November 2022]
Went for an early evening walk to the heath.
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Thursday

[Thursday 17th November 2022]
I took Erika to gymnastics again this evening - this time in the car, and afterwards we once again headed down into Camden to pick up dinner. Erika chose Chinese food from "Vegan Planet".
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Wednesday

[Wednesday 16th November]
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Tuesday

[Tuesday 15th November]
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Monday

[Monday 14th November]
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Sunday

[Sunday 13th November 2022]
Up early, and a lovely misty walk in the morning back to Petersfield, then train back to London from there. The girls went out for a bit later on in the afternoon so I went for a stroll to the heath.
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Harting

[Saturday 12th November 2022]
Got the train down to Petersfield for a walk in that area - starting with a pub lunch at the beautiful Harrow Inn, and then up onto the South Downs somewhere around Harting for a wander and eventually a wild camp in my new tent.
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Light Attachment and Borough

[Friday 11th November 2022]
Received a new light attachment for my GoPro today. In the evening went down to Borough to meet the usual suspects.
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Pineapple and Camden

[Thursday 10th November 2022]
Went for lunch at the Pineapple with Chie. In the evening I took Erika to her gymnastics class, after which we headed down into Camden to pick up bubble tea and vegan fried chicken.
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Hampstead

[Wednesday 9th November 2022]
Approached Hampstead Heath from the Hampstead side for a change (wanted to go to the wine shop in Hampstead first).
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Tent

[Tuesday 8th November 2022]
After the absolute wash-out at the weekend attempting to sleep under a tarp, I had decided I should probably have a tent instead for those sort of weather conditions. It arrived today.
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Mushrooms

[Monday 7th November 2022]
Spotted a couple of mushrooms growing out of a crack in the pavement.
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Sunday

[Sunday 6th November 2022]
After a particularly wild camp (constant rain and wind) on a hilltop I got up early and walked back to Hassocks, then got the train back to London. Quiet day at home for the rest of the day.
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Rain and Fire

[Saturday 5th November 2022]
I decided, perhaps ill advisedly, to head down to the South Downs and do a rainy walk from Hassocks to Lewes, where I caught a bit of the Bonfire Night celebrations there, before heading back up into the hills for a very windy / rainy wild camp.
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Friday

[Friday 4th November]
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Thursday

[Thursday 3rd November 2022]
Another early evening visit to the heath.
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Fox

[Wednesday 2nd November 2022]
Early evening visit to the heath, spotted a fox.
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Tuesday

[Tuesday 1st November 2022]
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