No posts for the next couple of weeks because I'm off to Milwaukee on Monday for the Bead and Button and after that I'll be spending a few days in Chicago.
Have a great couple of weeks.
All the best
Neroli
Saturday 30 May 2009
Tuesday 26 May 2009
Sandwich and Deal
Where I went
Highlight of this week was the next stretch of the Saxon Shore Way, from Sandwich to Deal. It's a short walk - only about 5 miles - so I took the opportunity to have a look round Sandwich before I set off. It was a gorgeous day, which showed Sandwich off to its best advantage. It's a lovely little town, really quaint and pretty, and I'd live there if I could, but it takes 2 hours to get to central London on the train, and a four-hour round trip to work just isn't on.
Highlight of this week was the next stretch of the Saxon Shore Way, from Sandwich to Deal. It's a short walk - only about 5 miles - so I took the opportunity to have a look round Sandwich before I set off. It was a gorgeous day, which showed Sandwich off to its best advantage. It's a lovely little town, really quaint and pretty, and I'd live there if I could, but it takes 2 hours to get to central London on the train, and a four-hour round trip to work just isn't on.
I took some photos of Sandwich which I tried to upload here, but no luck. For some reason the internet kept switching itself off every time I tried to upload! Instead you can see the photos on Flickr:-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/38772372@N02/
Sandwich has a thousand years of history behind it, and it's well worth a visit. You can find out more about Sandwich through the "Open Sandwich" website, and the link to this is below:-
http://www.open-sandwich.co.uk/
Sandwich is where the Kent "Makey Do" is being held on 11 July. Part craft fair, part making experience, it's being run by Jennyflowerblue. You can read all about it on her blog:-
The walk to Deal was mainly golf courses. After leaving Sandwich the Saxon Shore Way heads across the Royal St George's golf course until it reaches the sea, and then turns south with the sea on the left and the Royal Cinque Ports golf course on the right. I didn't get a chance to look round Deal, but I definitely will when I do the next stretch of the walk
Sunday was lovely day too, so I went for a short local walk around Green Street Green.
Alan and the girls are staying with his cousin Margaret this week, so I've got the house all to myself. Consequently I didn't go far on Bank Holiday Monday or today, Tuesday, because I wanted to enjoy the peace and quiet of being in by myself.
(Why am I off work on a Tuesday? Well, we civil servants get an additional day off in honour of the Queen's Birthday. We're Crown servants and she's our boss. At the Dept of Health this additional day is always the Tuesday after bank holiday at the end of May).
What I made
Still working on the floral filigree beaded scarf. I'm finally past the three-quarters mark and so the end is finally in sight! If you read "Bead" magazine, do look out for the picture of my prize winning bead tapestry "Magic Carpet" on page 8 of the latest issue.
What I read
This week I've been reading "The Ghost" by Robert Harris. An established ghost writer is hired to write the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister, closely associated with the war on terror, after the original ghost writer dies in dodgy circumstances. The ghost writer delves deeper and deeper into the PM's murky past.......to discover a shocking secret. Easy to read, but the ending is a bit far-fetched - or is it?
What I learned this week
"Robin of Sherwood" is the best televisual portrayal of the legend of Robin Hood. Accept no substitutes!
Sunday 10 May 2009
If you go down to the woods today
Yawn...another very quiet week.
What I did
Highlight of the week was bank holiday Monday - well, a day off work would be the highlight of anyone's week now wouldn't it? We went to "Wildwood", a wild animal park near Herne Bay in Kent. The highlight of a visit to Wildwood is seeing the wild boars and the badgers, and they didn't disappoint. The wild boars look big and evil and dirty, but their piglets are just sooooo cute! Only one piglet this year though. The keeper said that they thought that the extremely cold winter had meant that this year's litter wasn't so big. A couple of years ago they had about 8 piglets running about the place. The used to have three badgers that they'd rescued from a landfill site when their mother died, and couldn't be sent back to the wild. They still have two of them, but unfortunately one, Jeremy, died earlier in the year. The two remaining badgers, Big Bore and Medium Bore, were gorgeous. We have some badgers round our way, but naturally we don't see them very often. The keeper gave us an interesting talk about badgers while Big Bore and Medium Bore hassled him for food. After that we went for dinner at Pizza Express in Maidstone.
The only other happening of note was a visit to Comet on the bypass to buy and new camera. I will be setting aside some time this forthcoming Tuesday to try it out and start to learn about all its new functions.
What I made
I really put some hours this week into the Floral Filigree beaded scarf, and I have now completed and joined up 250 of the flowers. Only another 110 to go! I finished Kerrie Slade's brick stitch flower pendant, and I've made a start of the necklace bit of it, which should be finished tomorrow. I'm definitely going to post a picture of that when it's finished.
What I read
I'm still hauling through Frank Harris's biography of Oscar Wilde, which interestingly enough focuses on the time after he left prison, which most biographies don't really cover in much detail. I'm nearly finished it now, and it's been a fascinating read. Frank is a complete maggot and although he claimed to be Oscar's friend, he clearly bears out the phrase "with friends like him, who needs enemies?" His version of some of the events in this part of Oscar's life, and his role in them, simply don't agree with other sources. Frank is telling porkies. I'm also continuing to read "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell. It is a series of six interlinked stories and I'm very impressed by David's ability to tell different stories in different "voices". The mystery which runs through all six is intriguing, but given that this is a work of literature rather than a mystery story I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that the mystery never gets solved.
What I learned this week
There are two Hilton hotels on Praed Street in London. Make sure you get the right one, or otherwise you might find yourself attending a conference on microbiology.
What I did
Highlight of the week was bank holiday Monday - well, a day off work would be the highlight of anyone's week now wouldn't it? We went to "Wildwood", a wild animal park near Herne Bay in Kent. The highlight of a visit to Wildwood is seeing the wild boars and the badgers, and they didn't disappoint. The wild boars look big and evil and dirty, but their piglets are just sooooo cute! Only one piglet this year though. The keeper said that they thought that the extremely cold winter had meant that this year's litter wasn't so big. A couple of years ago they had about 8 piglets running about the place. The used to have three badgers that they'd rescued from a landfill site when their mother died, and couldn't be sent back to the wild. They still have two of them, but unfortunately one, Jeremy, died earlier in the year. The two remaining badgers, Big Bore and Medium Bore, were gorgeous. We have some badgers round our way, but naturally we don't see them very often. The keeper gave us an interesting talk about badgers while Big Bore and Medium Bore hassled him for food. After that we went for dinner at Pizza Express in Maidstone.
The only other happening of note was a visit to Comet on the bypass to buy and new camera. I will be setting aside some time this forthcoming Tuesday to try it out and start to learn about all its new functions.
What I made
I really put some hours this week into the Floral Filigree beaded scarf, and I have now completed and joined up 250 of the flowers. Only another 110 to go! I finished Kerrie Slade's brick stitch flower pendant, and I've made a start of the necklace bit of it, which should be finished tomorrow. I'm definitely going to post a picture of that when it's finished.
What I read
I'm still hauling through Frank Harris's biography of Oscar Wilde, which interestingly enough focuses on the time after he left prison, which most biographies don't really cover in much detail. I'm nearly finished it now, and it's been a fascinating read. Frank is a complete maggot and although he claimed to be Oscar's friend, he clearly bears out the phrase "with friends like him, who needs enemies?" His version of some of the events in this part of Oscar's life, and his role in them, simply don't agree with other sources. Frank is telling porkies. I'm also continuing to read "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell. It is a series of six interlinked stories and I'm very impressed by David's ability to tell different stories in different "voices". The mystery which runs through all six is intriguing, but given that this is a work of literature rather than a mystery story I wouldn't be at all surprised to learn that the mystery never gets solved.
What I learned this week
There are two Hilton hotels on Praed Street in London. Make sure you get the right one, or otherwise you might find yourself attending a conference on microbiology.
Sunday 3 May 2009
A short one this week
Not much going on for me this week, as you can see...........
Where I went
Only the 1 outing this week - a four mile circular walk around Petts Wood on Saturday. I walk this route once every year, about this time of year...why?....it's because of the bluebells. My walk takes me through Petts Wood itself, and through the National Trust's Hawkwood Estate, and through a number of woodland areas full of lovely, lovely bluebells. Here's a picture, but not from this year's walk because my camera is knackered and I haven't got a new one yet.
What I made
Continued with the brick stitch necklace - finished the big flower and then started on the medium flower - which took me longer to do than the big one. I kept messing it up and having to take it out - because I was trying to watch the Blues Brothers at the same time. When I'd finished the medium flower I went back to the floral filigree beaded acarf and worked on that for a while.
My pattern for a Greek Key square stitch beaded bracelet appeared on the Bead and Button website - this link should take you right there:-
What I read
I'm currently reading "Cloud Atlas" by David Mitchell. It's six interlinked stories, and the book was shortlisted for the Booker Prize - as well as winning Richard and Judy's "Read od the Year" - so two very different recommendations there. It's slowly drawing me in, but I haven't read enough of it yet to offer any useful comments.
What I learned this week
Using a Stenley knife to sharpen pencils isn't a good idea.
Monday 27 April 2009
The sun has got his hat on
Well we’ve had some gorgeous weather over the last week. Every day has been warm and sunny, people have started wearing summer clothes and smiling a lot. It can’t last – it’s unseasonable weather – but let’s hope it’s a little foretaste of a wonderful summer to come.
Where I went
I went to see “In the Loop” on Wednesday. “In the Loop” follows a successful BBC sitcom “The Thick of It” about a Government spin doctor – Malcolm Tucker, an unpleasant and foul-mouthed Scotsman, said to be based on Tony Blair’s chief spinner Alistair Campbell – and his relationship with the hapless Ministers, civil servants and political advisers who have to work with him. In the Loop offers more of the same, and very funny it is too, with the added dimension of the British characters being bested at every turn by two wily American Secretaries of State and their political advisers, demonstrating that when it comes to political sleaze and slime we still have oh so very much to learn from our cousins across the pond.
Malcolm Tucker was played by the superbly talented Peter Capaldi, and I was very glad to see that Malcolm’s second in command Jamie – an equally unpleasant and foul-mouthed Scotsman – was featured in the film. Beyond that, many of the actors from “The Thick of It” played slightly different characters in the film (but not Chris Langham, of course!!!) which could get a bit confusing, but this is a very minor gripe. I’d certainly recommend it, and I’ll be buying the DVD as soon as it’s released.
On Saturday I got back to walking the Saxon Shore Way long distance path. The path runs from Gravesend in Kent to Hastings in East Sussex, and follows the line of the coast as it was in 300AD. Saturday’s walk took me from Plucks Gutter (intriguing name!) to the beautiful town of Sandwich. The walk didn’t start that well. The path runs along the south bank of the River Stour – the Isle of Thanet really was an island in those days and the south bank of the Stour marked the coastline. The path was surrounded on either side by undergrowth which was full of hundreds and hundreds of insects which kept buzzing round me. More insects seemed to live in the grass on the path, and rose up in swarms with every footstep, and a small cloud of black flies followed me along, buzzing round my head. However, the path soon came to fields, most of which were full of or had recently been full of sheep or cows, so the grass was cropped short, which was very helpful. What wasn’t so helpful was the constant need to be careful not to step in animal s**t, but you can’t have everything.
My view as I walked along was dominated by the three concrete cooling towers of Richborough Power Station. You can see this for miles around – in fact I first saw it when I left Herne Bay – and I have been walking towards it for the last 20 miles. Well, today was the day I finally drew level with the power station, and sat down to have my picnic lunch directly opposite it. It’s disused now, and so it should be taken down. It’s a real eyesore, a blot on the landscape, these three harsh and horrible concrete structures despoiling the beautiful flat and fertile lands of East Kent. From the power station I continued along the river to Sandwich, one of the historic Cinque Ports and a beautiful little town. I’ll be back there in July for jennyflowerblue’s “Makey Do” event, and here’s a link to her blog about that:-
http://amakeydo.blogspot.com/
What I made
I am really cracking along now with the floral filigree beaded scarf, and may even be finished it by the end of June! I did a few lines of the Black Heart cuff, and on Sunday I sat down to teach myself brick stitch. I have never done this stitch before, but one of my classes at the forthcoming Bead and Button Show uses it, and so I thought it would be useful to get a bit of practice in. I played about with the stitch for a while until I’d got the hang of it, and then practised my new found skills by making a brick stitch floral necklace by talented designer Kerrie Slade from a recent issue of “Beadwork” magazine.
What I read
This week I’ve been reading “Company of Liars” by Karen Maitland. Set during the Black Death of 1348 it follows the fortunes of a company of travellers, drawn together by expediency and a desperate need to avoid the plague – each with a secret they’re concealing, and a scary young rune-reader who always tells the truth. As the try to outpace the plague it becomes clear that the plague isn’t all they need to be worried about…..A highly recommended read – I finished all 548 pages in 3 days, but I won’t say any more for fear of giving the plot away.
What I learned this week
If you’re going to be near a river on a hot day, consider taking some insect-repelling cream with you.
Where I went
I went to see “In the Loop” on Wednesday. “In the Loop” follows a successful BBC sitcom “The Thick of It” about a Government spin doctor – Malcolm Tucker, an unpleasant and foul-mouthed Scotsman, said to be based on Tony Blair’s chief spinner Alistair Campbell – and his relationship with the hapless Ministers, civil servants and political advisers who have to work with him. In the Loop offers more of the same, and very funny it is too, with the added dimension of the British characters being bested at every turn by two wily American Secretaries of State and their political advisers, demonstrating that when it comes to political sleaze and slime we still have oh so very much to learn from our cousins across the pond.
Malcolm Tucker was played by the superbly talented Peter Capaldi, and I was very glad to see that Malcolm’s second in command Jamie – an equally unpleasant and foul-mouthed Scotsman – was featured in the film. Beyond that, many of the actors from “The Thick of It” played slightly different characters in the film (but not Chris Langham, of course!!!) which could get a bit confusing, but this is a very minor gripe. I’d certainly recommend it, and I’ll be buying the DVD as soon as it’s released.
On Saturday I got back to walking the Saxon Shore Way long distance path. The path runs from Gravesend in Kent to Hastings in East Sussex, and follows the line of the coast as it was in 300AD. Saturday’s walk took me from Plucks Gutter (intriguing name!) to the beautiful town of Sandwich. The walk didn’t start that well. The path runs along the south bank of the River Stour – the Isle of Thanet really was an island in those days and the south bank of the Stour marked the coastline. The path was surrounded on either side by undergrowth which was full of hundreds and hundreds of insects which kept buzzing round me. More insects seemed to live in the grass on the path, and rose up in swarms with every footstep, and a small cloud of black flies followed me along, buzzing round my head. However, the path soon came to fields, most of which were full of or had recently been full of sheep or cows, so the grass was cropped short, which was very helpful. What wasn’t so helpful was the constant need to be careful not to step in animal s**t, but you can’t have everything.
My view as I walked along was dominated by the three concrete cooling towers of Richborough Power Station. You can see this for miles around – in fact I first saw it when I left Herne Bay – and I have been walking towards it for the last 20 miles. Well, today was the day I finally drew level with the power station, and sat down to have my picnic lunch directly opposite it. It’s disused now, and so it should be taken down. It’s a real eyesore, a blot on the landscape, these three harsh and horrible concrete structures despoiling the beautiful flat and fertile lands of East Kent. From the power station I continued along the river to Sandwich, one of the historic Cinque Ports and a beautiful little town. I’ll be back there in July for jennyflowerblue’s “Makey Do” event, and here’s a link to her blog about that:-
http://amakeydo.blogspot.com/
What I made
I am really cracking along now with the floral filigree beaded scarf, and may even be finished it by the end of June! I did a few lines of the Black Heart cuff, and on Sunday I sat down to teach myself brick stitch. I have never done this stitch before, but one of my classes at the forthcoming Bead and Button Show uses it, and so I thought it would be useful to get a bit of practice in. I played about with the stitch for a while until I’d got the hang of it, and then practised my new found skills by making a brick stitch floral necklace by talented designer Kerrie Slade from a recent issue of “Beadwork” magazine.
What I read
This week I’ve been reading “Company of Liars” by Karen Maitland. Set during the Black Death of 1348 it follows the fortunes of a company of travellers, drawn together by expediency and a desperate need to avoid the plague – each with a secret they’re concealing, and a scary young rune-reader who always tells the truth. As the try to outpace the plague it becomes clear that the plague isn’t all they need to be worried about…..A highly recommended read – I finished all 548 pages in 3 days, but I won’t say any more for fear of giving the plot away.
What I learned this week
If you’re going to be near a river on a hot day, consider taking some insect-repelling cream with you.
Sunday 19 April 2009
It's Grim Up North
A very, very busy couple of weeks, what with visiting my mother in Newcastle. The weather has been very good, though and it’s great to see Spring finally arriving.
Where I went
The trip to Newcastle went better than I could have hoped, all things considered. We set off on Sunday 5 April and drove to Wakefield in Yorkshire, where we stayed overnight at a Premier Inn on the outskirts of town, next to a curiously named pub called “The Rhubarb Triangle.” The day after that we headed off to Newcastle, stopping on the way to go to the National Museum of Coal Mining, where we got to go down a pit, which was very interesting.
We stayed at another Premier Inn in Newcastle, next to a pub/restaurant called the Stonebrook. My husband recently bought a sat-nav (it’s his new toy!) and we let the sat-nav guide us to our Premier Inn, which was out in the middle of nowhere to the north of Newcastle. The sat-nav took us right through the centre of Newcastle by the most complex route imaginable, in the middle of the evening rush hour! And that was only one of a number of weird / wrong things it told us to do during the week. To say nothing of the extremely annoying voice. My husband turned the sound off in the end, after I’d threatened to pull the sat-nav off the dashboard and hurl it though the window.
The day after that we went to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. It was stunningly beautiful, and I can’t recommend it too highly. There is a Victorianised castle there, looking spectacular perched on a rock above the bay, and the ruins of the priory which was once the cradle of Christianity in Britain. There were also a number of decent pubs and tea shops, as well as gift shops for the tourists. Going across the causeway to the island was also quite fun, though when the tide had come in Laura said she felt “trapped” even though we all knew that the tide would be going back down in a few hours. It rained a bit when we first got there, and it was very windy all the time, but I guess that it is always windy out there.
The day after that we collected my mother and went on a trip to Hadrian’s Wall. It was unbelievably cold and windy, and everyone was freezing cold. We hauled ourselves off to a bit of the wall that contains the most complete fort (Housesteads) and looked at that for a while. Building a wall right across the country was an amazing feat of both architecture and engineering, but when all is said and done it’s still just a wall. We looked at the wall and the fort for a short while and then scuttled back to the warmth of the car. Being a Roman legionary posted up there must have been complete hell. We then went to the lovely village of Corbridge where we stopped for a cake and a coffee before going to see Corbridge Roman town. Again, it’s just a load of foundations, but there are an awful lot of them and it was marginally warmer than being out on the wall.
The next day we went to Durham. I had been really looking forward to this as it’s my very favourite place in the North-East. It’s such a lovely city, with tiny little alleyways, gorgeous river views, a castle and the most beautiful Cathedral in the world. There’s not much in the way of shops though.
Our final day in Newcastle was spent at Bamburgh Castle. This is a huge castle which sits ominously on a large rock which rears up from the Northumbrian coast. From the castle you can see the beautiful sand dunes for which Northumberland is rightly famous, and the castle itself was good too. Well with a visit.
The day after – Saturday – we made our way South again, stopping in Leeds to visit the Thackray Medical Museum. The most extensive medical museum I’ve ever been in, it has an impressive array of early surgical instruments, and displays charting the history of medicine and surgery. My daughters really loved it. Then it was back to the Premier Inn next to the Rhubarb Triangle for an overnight stay, and then back to Orpington on Easter Sunday.
On Easter Monday we went to Tunbridge Wells to see the “Day at the Wells” exhibition – only to find it had shut. But we had a good day out in Tunbridge Wells nevertheless, and spent our time poking about in the shops.
What I made
While I was in Newcastle I did some intensive work on the Black Heart bracelet and since I’ve been back I have really put my back into the floral filigree beaded scarf and I’m finally past the half-way point!
What I read
I had borrowed “Cityboy” from a friend, and took it with me to Newcastle in the hope that I’d be able to finish it really quickly, and I did. This sorry tale of City folk by Geraint Anderson confirms most peoples’ worst beliefs about the greed, arrogance and selfishness of City traders, whose reckless pursuit of the quick (and easy) buck has tipped the world into recession. Geraint spent twelve years working in the City, so he does know what he’s talking about. While he may have left the world of banking behind, I think it will take a while longer for his banker’s arrogance to wear off – he comes over as insufferably smug, which puts a large damper on what might otherwise have been a half decent book.
What I learned this week
Don’t go to Hadrian’s Wall. It really isn’t worth the bother.
Where I went
The trip to Newcastle went better than I could have hoped, all things considered. We set off on Sunday 5 April and drove to Wakefield in Yorkshire, where we stayed overnight at a Premier Inn on the outskirts of town, next to a curiously named pub called “The Rhubarb Triangle.” The day after that we headed off to Newcastle, stopping on the way to go to the National Museum of Coal Mining, where we got to go down a pit, which was very interesting.
We stayed at another Premier Inn in Newcastle, next to a pub/restaurant called the Stonebrook. My husband recently bought a sat-nav (it’s his new toy!) and we let the sat-nav guide us to our Premier Inn, which was out in the middle of nowhere to the north of Newcastle. The sat-nav took us right through the centre of Newcastle by the most complex route imaginable, in the middle of the evening rush hour! And that was only one of a number of weird / wrong things it told us to do during the week. To say nothing of the extremely annoying voice. My husband turned the sound off in the end, after I’d threatened to pull the sat-nav off the dashboard and hurl it though the window.
The day after that we went to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. It was stunningly beautiful, and I can’t recommend it too highly. There is a Victorianised castle there, looking spectacular perched on a rock above the bay, and the ruins of the priory which was once the cradle of Christianity in Britain. There were also a number of decent pubs and tea shops, as well as gift shops for the tourists. Going across the causeway to the island was also quite fun, though when the tide had come in Laura said she felt “trapped” even though we all knew that the tide would be going back down in a few hours. It rained a bit when we first got there, and it was very windy all the time, but I guess that it is always windy out there.
The day after that we collected my mother and went on a trip to Hadrian’s Wall. It was unbelievably cold and windy, and everyone was freezing cold. We hauled ourselves off to a bit of the wall that contains the most complete fort (Housesteads) and looked at that for a while. Building a wall right across the country was an amazing feat of both architecture and engineering, but when all is said and done it’s still just a wall. We looked at the wall and the fort for a short while and then scuttled back to the warmth of the car. Being a Roman legionary posted up there must have been complete hell. We then went to the lovely village of Corbridge where we stopped for a cake and a coffee before going to see Corbridge Roman town. Again, it’s just a load of foundations, but there are an awful lot of them and it was marginally warmer than being out on the wall.
The next day we went to Durham. I had been really looking forward to this as it’s my very favourite place in the North-East. It’s such a lovely city, with tiny little alleyways, gorgeous river views, a castle and the most beautiful Cathedral in the world. There’s not much in the way of shops though.
Our final day in Newcastle was spent at Bamburgh Castle. This is a huge castle which sits ominously on a large rock which rears up from the Northumbrian coast. From the castle you can see the beautiful sand dunes for which Northumberland is rightly famous, and the castle itself was good too. Well with a visit.
The day after – Saturday – we made our way South again, stopping in Leeds to visit the Thackray Medical Museum. The most extensive medical museum I’ve ever been in, it has an impressive array of early surgical instruments, and displays charting the history of medicine and surgery. My daughters really loved it. Then it was back to the Premier Inn next to the Rhubarb Triangle for an overnight stay, and then back to Orpington on Easter Sunday.
On Easter Monday we went to Tunbridge Wells to see the “Day at the Wells” exhibition – only to find it had shut. But we had a good day out in Tunbridge Wells nevertheless, and spent our time poking about in the shops.
What I made
While I was in Newcastle I did some intensive work on the Black Heart bracelet and since I’ve been back I have really put my back into the floral filigree beaded scarf and I’m finally past the half-way point!
What I read
I had borrowed “Cityboy” from a friend, and took it with me to Newcastle in the hope that I’d be able to finish it really quickly, and I did. This sorry tale of City folk by Geraint Anderson confirms most peoples’ worst beliefs about the greed, arrogance and selfishness of City traders, whose reckless pursuit of the quick (and easy) buck has tipped the world into recession. Geraint spent twelve years working in the City, so he does know what he’s talking about. While he may have left the world of banking behind, I think it will take a while longer for his banker’s arrogance to wear off – he comes over as insufferably smug, which puts a large damper on what might otherwise have been a half decent book.
What I learned this week
Don’t go to Hadrian’s Wall. It really isn’t worth the bother.
Saturday 4 April 2009
Northwards
No blog post this week - we're off up North to see my mother and won't be back until 13 April.
Have a great Easter!
Have a great Easter!
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