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We walked from the house along many woodland footpaths, to Little Hampden, where there is a splendid mansion (private) in huge grounds, home of Lord Ian Hampden Hollingden. There were signs on many stiles advertising legislative changes to the rules governing the grounds, which makes one suspicious. The language was
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After meeting at Guildford station, Clifford and I walked along part of the North Downs way, to the delightful village of Shere on the small river Bourne. We had a drink in the White Horse pub there and I encourage you to read the chalk board message. Cliff obligingly put
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Together with old schoolfriend Clifford, I visited Michael at his two Barratt construction sites. The Fulham site, by the Thames, is huge and at the time we arrived, people were working feverishly to detail the buildings and grounds, ready for completion certificates, that day. The river view is a good
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Today Cliff and Myself walked 13Kms, on the Chiltern Way, starting at Mill End, through Great Wood then on to Skirmett and he 'Frog' Inn (with Queensland barmaid!) then on to Hambleden and the car park. Weather warm with a little cloud--lots of Red Kites and Buzzards
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Time has been taken up with finding SIM cards--chasing round shops where I thought I'd left my 'phone behind (it was in my bag all the time!) --walking between my cousin's house and Sydenham, shopping etc etc. Anyway, yesterday I went by train to
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Meeting up with lifetime friend Clifford at Waterloo Station, we took a scarily fast water cat to Greenwich where there recently renovated Cutty Sark is housed (25 million GBP!) We passed the scenes pictured from the 'wedding' boat, but in poorer weather today. In addition we visited the
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The LAST surprise before we began the final countdown to Heathrow was to meet the Australian Ladies Olympic Hockey team on Shoreditch station.........they obviously were waiting for me and it was their surprise for me--how nice of them...... At Heathrow--long-time friend Cliff came to see us
Chris and Jenny
The best day of UK summer this year, so far! The last few days have been spent with niece's family (playing with great niece Jamie, 4 years), watching cousin Valerie cut the grass with a huge mower, on her smallholding (I helped with a smaller version) while Mary