Sunday was the 180th lunch party for Annabel, Rachel and Rose in Lewes. Lots of other relations there too, and the weather was wonderful, with a patio at the back of the hotel to enjoy […]
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cambridge oddities (2)
After the telescopes we went to Wandlebury, recommended by a guest at Damian’s party. It’s a Roman hill fort, with a Roman road running close by, and woods and paddocks and a house with a […]
cambridge oddities (1)
Damian’s 60th birthday party was on Saturday, so we took the opportunity for the first camper weekend of the year and drove to Cambridge. Completely fortuitously the weather was totally stunning, and after a predictably […]
expose the young
The Martin Creed was such fun we decided to take Ricky. He loved MOTHERS, thought the explanation was very funny: ‘when you’re small your mother is always big. So it seemed like a good reason […]
high places
Exploits in Istanbul 3.3 Up the Golden Horn by ferry and a climb through the cemetery for a trendy coffee. Then back by funicular and bus for a drink on the terrace bar at the […]
punting
We took Tim’s father’s paintings to Damian in Cambridge so that he could photograph them. It was a doubly successful delivery trip in that Robin had found somewhere which would take all the old computer […]
a day by the sea
On a brilliantly bright Sunday to Two Tree Island, one of the few places we’d not yet been to on the Essex coast out of London. It’s a bird sanctuary, has a knee-friendly path all […]
foreign travels
With weather set to be fairly foul again, and the knee in need of a quietish day, we drove down to Dulwich to see the Hockney prints, which are as wonderful as they ever were. […]
catching up
Liz L came to London. So very nice to see her. We met up at Greenwich and I dragged her on one of my favourite walks, along the river to North Greenwich. It’s still pretty […]
melting ice
The London Ice Sculpture Festival promised much, but was slow getting going on the day we went. But getting there early meant that Ricky (and I) had a go at chiselling a (slightly preformed) block […]