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Circumnavigating the UK- Lost at sea!
In my haste to write up my cruise, I totally forgot to mention what happened after we left the Orkney islands and headed straight to write about our adventures in Belfast.But, the eagle-eyed of you may...
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What is it? #50!!!!!!!!!!
Hello y'all!How are you? Well, I hope.It's been three months since my last instalment of 'What is it?'The idea of the game (if you have missed the previous 49) is that you look at the picture above and...
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5 brooches #42
Ev'ning all!Hope all is super with you!Life seems to be zooming along at a chaotic pace! Another busy weekend with house-viewings and then a concert and rehearsal in West London!Anyway, I expect you...
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Garden latest- October 2-16
I missed my September garden update. There's a reason for this.I have been a complete sloth when it comes to the garden in September. Poor neglected garden.Anything it has done has largely been...
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Somewhat prim and proper
...but the length of the skirt makes it less so.I wore this today - the top is vintage and I bought it from the lovely Vix at the Vintage fair I met her at. The skirt is from Henry Holland, shoes from...
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Canoeing on the Lea River
Over a week ago, on the Sunday, CBC and I had made plans with his brother to fulfil our Olympic water-based ambitions. So duly, on Sunday afternoon, we headed to the Olympic park to go to Moo canoes...
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A corner of my house.
I like the idea of getting a look at a corner of someone's house. A snapshot of a moment in someone's life and homee, no matter if it is messy or tidy. In fact, messy is more interesting. It would be...
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September reads 2016
Here's the books I was planning to read this month. Alas, the Marsh went into October, the Radcliffe hasn't been begun yet and the Scheherezade, I've only dipped into. But the others? Well, let's...
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A simple walk
My decidedly Boo Hiss attitude to Autumn is well documented in this blog or in the comments section of other people's blogs. I've been feeling the Autumn-blues this week: the death of a much-beloved...
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5 brooches #43
Hello there,Evening to ye.I hope that all is going well for you.Who's up for some more broochage?Ok then...My Doctor Who character, the Adipose, came from Goodnight Boutique and he's featured once...
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Mustard and olive vibes
Hello there,I am sorry about 3 days of outfits and brooches in a row, but really I have more important things to write-about nobler causes and also my Cruise writeups to finish and they take me so...
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Circumnavigating the Uk- day 6- Unexpected Liverpool: Speke Hall
During my last cruise update, I left you in Belfast, where we had enjoyed the delights of the Giant's Causeway. Then I left you with details of what happened because of the storm in the Scottish...
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5 brooches #44
Brooches, brooches, brooches. Roll up, roll up, roll up! On this day for school, I was aiming for Pirate chic with a stripy top and a scarf round my neck. The message in a bottle from Erstwilder plus...
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Bev at Confuzzledom does some fun posts which I have totally enjoyed over time. She did this one called Three things which I liked so I am stealing it!Three things I'd never give up:Books, tea,...
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Circumnavigating the UK Day 6 Part 2- Walking around Liverpool- colours in...
In my previous post, I shared my journey to Speke Hall in Liverpool.On my return to the town, Mum decided to walk back to the boat and I decided to walk around the town. We'd been given some maps with...
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Remembering a Mad Cat Lady
Today was the funeral of that dear family friend that I've talked of periodically on here over the last few years. She was the most wonderful, eccentric, eclectic person I knew.It is hard to believe...
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A wondrous wander through Haltwhistle
Haltwhistle is a fairly little Northumbrian town, close to the Cumbrian border. In its heyday, it was a bustling town, the end of the Alston railway line. Now, it's claims to fame include being the...
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5 brooches #45
Hello there,Back to school today. I do love my job but that doesn't stop me feeling absolutely gutted when the holidays are over!I will try to wear a jolly range of brooches over the following weeks- I...
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Style imitating Art October: grey and peaches...
Hello there,I hope you have had a lovely day. Mine has been surprisingly successful and enjoyable. Doing my annual Tudor minstrelling round the school with year 4 and now 3 classes. I cause havoc but...
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Back to the Wind in the Willows
A few weeks ago, I shared photos of my walk at Hanningfields Nature Reserve and Reservoir. We enjoyed it so much that we invited my sister, her husband and my niece to come with us a week later for a...
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