The great kitchen launch completely failed to be photographed by us, or indeed by anyone, as had one of the reasons for celebration. We were brought the most wonderful things by all sorts of people […]
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a tale of two pies
Rachel came round to help cook for the grand kitchen launch, and was brilliant help. We made two raised pies*, for nostalgic reasons on my part. One was mostly chicken, the other veal and pork. […]
… and awe…
With cousins and aunts in Lewes, bonfire is something we’ve meant to do for ages. Train down, lunch with Sophia, then an afternoon at (cousin) Rachel’s house, just off the High Street and an absolutely […]
shock…
The wedding breakfast at St Pancras – it was such a low-key event that we totally failed to take pictures. Before that, the smallest room at Camden Town Hall (room only for the registrars, our […]
day trip to portsmouth
Half term, and off to Portsmouth on the train with Ricky. We’d pre-booked the completely pointless but quite fun Spinnaker Tower – there are terrific views all round, into bits of Portsmouth that even Robin […]
real magic
A wonderful outing to the headquarters of the Magic Circle, with nearly all the family (sadly Ricky was ill and he and Rachel couldn’t do it), but Hannah and all but one of her lot, […]
gwyneth’s birthday outing
A slightly early 93rd birthday celebration – a trip to the National Trust’s Ashridge Estate, preceded by an enormous pub lunch. There’s a monument to the Duke of Bridgewater, Father of the Inland Waterways, with […]
more great colour
Cousin Polly (or Cecilia) and her husband Mark were over from California, and turned up with a bunch of brilliant red flowers whose name I have gone completely blank over. They weren’t red on the […]
escape to lyme 1
As probably the last possible opportunity for campervan trips this season, down to Lyme Regis for the weekend. Eleanor Coade was given a house here which she decorated lavishly with her Coade stone. It’s falling […]
first visitors to the nearly-finished kitchen
Rachel and Ricky came to eat. The kitchen isn’t finished yet – still handles to go on to drawers, a replacement work top for one made the wrong size, and loads of little bits. But […]