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We drove with Valerie to show her, on a quick visit-- Little Missenden and on entering the rear of the Red Lion gardens we spotted what looked like Louis' hat! Sure enough it had an Australian store tag inside, so we claimed it from the bar! We must have
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Yesterday my Venture Scout Leader from Harrow, Lewis, made a brief visit and we enjoyed a walk and chat for an hour and today friends Mike and Vicky arrived for an hour. As we leave tonight, it is time to say thanks to so many people. In Australia, to our
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As a conclusion to the ride on Saturday, we went back via the Regents Canal and had a cake a tea at one of the canal-side cafes. Sunday morning, we found we had a couple of hours hire left on the Boris bikes, so we set off back along
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We travelled with Michael to his flat, by train, astonished at the bike numbers parked at rail stations. When Michael told us he had registered us for a cycle ride through central London, next day,we thought we were on a suicide mission, but Mayor Boris (who we met in
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Today we walked with Tom and Louis over Boddington Hill at Wendover, where a very big Iron Age fort once existed. Then Tom took us to the village, Lee -or 'Badger's Drift', where the first episode (and maybe more) of Midsomer Murders were filmed. I recall
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Our journey from Devon included an overnight stop with schoolfiend Geoff (OBE) and wife Patsy, at Ringwood, where Patsy produced an excellent evening meal. We drove, next morning, to Emsworth where childhood friend Myra was still cleaning her teeth when we arrived at the front door and -humorous as ever-
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We enjoyed lunch with a relative, Sally, husband Robin and one of their daughters, Violet in their splendid garden. The house itself has medieval origins -with modern studio extensions for Sally's painting. They very kindly presented me with a book which may throw light on our family Tudor
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A grey and windy day for a walk along the coast path to the private town and beach of Bantham, which I am told has just been sold for 7 million pounds (14 M $ A) There is a lifeguard but no money for a tower, so he stands on a
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Nephew David and wife Clare have joined us for a couple of nights, from Southampton. The first pic is breakfast and I can't understand why the windows look black. We got soaked trying to walk through Salcombe this morning, but undeterred, we set out this afternoon for the
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The weather news says it all.............. Our drive from North to South Devon was scenic but wet. One of the many intriguing things you notice while driving across the UK is the change in place names, from 'Garth' and 'Rock' and 'Ghyll' in the
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We were astonished to find that this whole town-a huge tourist atraction- has been privately owned since at least 1066 and only three families have been the owners--the current owner is a John Rous whose family has owned it for the last 250 years. So there is an
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There was an opportunity to dress up...