Dr John Hawkins

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Recent Entries:

New Year's Eve
Saturday
Brighton
Back to the Muddy Ditch
Gevrey Chambertarp
Boxing Day
Christmas Day
Christmas Eve with Mum
Bubble Tea and the Heath Again
Breaky Bottom at the "Beach"
St. James's
Primrose Hill and The Heath
Bromley
Monday
Sunday
Local Friends
Breaky Bottom on the Heath
Holborn
Family Dinner
Breaky Bottom
Erika's Christmas Concert
The Usual Suspects
French Onion Soup on Ivinghoe Beacon
Lunch at the Pineapple
Thursday
Hackney
Pevsner
Monday
Gloomy Heath
Christmas Tree
More Black Dog Hill on the Heath

New Year's Eve

[Sunday 31st December 2023]
I decided to make a relatively short daytime foray out to the Bourne End area near Maidenhead to revisit the "People's Republic of Cock Marsh" and the Bounty.
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Saturday

[Saturday 30th December 2023]
Once again stayed close to home. Spent most of the daytime editing yesterday's video, then went to the heath for a bit towards the end of the afternoon but didn't take any photos.
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Brighton

[Friday 29th December 2023]
Went down to Brighton for the daytime to film another pub video.
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Back to the Muddy Ditch

[Thursday 28th December 2023]
Another day of rather gloomy weather forecasts, so again I put off a foray out of London and just headed to the heath for a bit in the late afternoon / early evening.
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Gevrey Chambertarp

[Wednesday 27th December 2023]
The weather wasn't very good for the few days after Christmas, so I put off plans for a more ambitious foray into the countryside, and instead today just went to the heath for a bit and drank some Gevrey Chambertin under a tarp.
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Boxing Day

[Tuesday 26th December 2023]
The girls flew off to Japan today. I made sag paneer for dinner in the evening.
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Christmas Day

[Monday 25th December 2023]
The now traditional Christmas Day routine - mostly at home, with a visit to the Pineapple in the early afternoon.
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Christmas Eve with Mum

[Sunday 24th December 2023]
Drove up to the East Midlands for a Christmas Eve lunch with Mum.
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Bubble Tea and the Heath Again

[Saturday 23rd December 2023]
Went down to Camden with Erika to get bubble tea in the morning. In the afternoon I headed back to my new favourite spot on the heath, a muddy ditch.
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Breaky Bottom at the "Beach"

[Friday 22nd December 2023]
Didn't manage to get out of London for the winter solstice this year, so instead went and sat on the "beach" at Bankside with Andrew and tried another of the 2018 vintages from Breaky Bottom.
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St. James's

[Thursday 21st December 2023]
Went for a traditional pre-Christmas visit to Fortnum and Mason, and while in the neighbourhood had some wine in St. James's Park.
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Primrose Hill and The Heath

[Wednesday 20th December 2023]
Went to Primrose Hill for a change to see what the local wine shops had to offer in terms of Burgundy. Then took said bottle to the heath.
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Bromley

[Tuesday 19th December 2023]
I trekked all the way down to Bromley today to do just a few seconds of filming for a silly Christmas video.
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Monday

[Monday 18th December]
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Sunday

[Sunday 17th December 2023]
Didn't seem to leave home today!
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Local Friends

[Saturday 16th December 2023]
I visited the heath in the afternoon for a bit, then in the evening our local friends came over for a pre-Christmas dinner.
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Breaky Bottom on the Heath

[Friday 15th December 2023]
Tasting some of the Breaky Bottom 2018 vintage which I helped to harvest on the heath.
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Holborn

[Thursday 14th December 2023]
In Holborn in the daytime to film another pubs video.
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Family Dinner

[Wednesday 13th December 2023]
Another school Christmas concert for Erika in the daytime, then in the evening Erika and I headed down to Woking for a family get together.
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Breaky Bottom

[Tuesday 12th December 2023]
A mixed case arrived from Breaky Bottom today including excitingly the newly released 2018 vintages which I helped to harvest!
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Erika's Christmas Concert

[Monday 11th December 2023]
Actually the first of two school Christmas concerts Erika was in this week, this one surprisingly at the Old Vic!
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The Usual Suspects

[Sunday 10th December 2023]
Out for Sunday afternoon / evening drinks with former colleagues.
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French Onion Soup on Ivinghoe Beacon

[Saturday 9th December 2023]
One of my more successful outdoor cooking endeavours, on this occasion I attempted to make a French classic atop Ivinghoe Beacon, and it turned out rather well.
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Lunch at the Pineapple

[Friday 8th December 2023]
Lunch at the Pineapple with Chie while Erika was at school.
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Thursday

[Thursday 7th December]
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Hackney

[Wednesday 6th December 2023]
In Hackney in the daytime to film another pub video.
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Pevsner

[Tuesday 5th December 2023]
Another volume of Pevsner's guide to London architecture.
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Monday

[Monday 4th December]
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Gloomy Heath

[Sunday 3rd December 2023]
A gloomy late afternoon / early evening on the heath.
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Christmas Tree

[Saturday 2nd December 2023]
Decorated the Christmas tree with Erika this evening.
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More Black Dog Hill on the Heath

[Friday 1st December 2023]
This time tried the rosé. Another lovely sunset.
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