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A hectic dash in rush hour to return the Vauxhall Astra car to Croyden (thank heaven for satnav!), return by (new) tram to Croyden overground station, to Sydenham. Thence to Heathrow by overground and tube where we went by Cathay to Hong Kong and Sydney. Mary is at Jacqui and
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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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We drove, in rain, to the enormous Knole Manor, built for the Arch Bish of Canterbury and later 'possessed' by Henry VIII--then later the seat of the Sackville family for hundreds of years. Of the 350 rooms, 83 are still occupied by the Sackville family matriarch. The
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A visit to some of Tom's relatives at Whitstable today, reminded me of when,as a student, I crewed in a firefly class yacht from nearby Tankerton, in the National Championship series --50 years ago! The yacht owner won the comp the year before but sadly not with
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Cousin Valerie, in Aylesbury, generously arranged tickets for us both to go to Blenheim (Mary was 'Dobbying' in Sydenham ). The journey through from Sydenham, through Marylebone and from Stoke Mandeville, took the train through my home town of Harrow. Very strange sensation, really, to pass through your old
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Once back in London and our two 'abodes', we went with Jacqui to Dulwich Park and I took the opportunity to get some pics of Louis, there were kids hiring some great reclining cycles and Mary found an excercise machine! Later we had a meal at Jacqui and
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Here at last is a recent pic! He has just been told his first joke and he clearly appreciates it. it's the one about the Scotsman, the Irishm..............
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London's trains are hugely popular--in spite of the cost of tickets. I often wonder what all the passenger groups are doing --it's all so hectic. There are staff on all the main line trains and on every journey our tickets have been inspected--often twice!
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You know when you near the centre of power when you read a celebrity name (Andrew Coulson ) on the sentencing list outside the Old Bailey Criminal Court! The tip-off came from the Old Bailey QC guide we had for a London Walk we did, on the topic of Crime
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A new baby always means a lot more work and here is Mary -hard at it with the laundry! People manage to make these small gardens so attractive, like Jacqui and Tom's, as well as the neighbour garden. Later we walked to a 'nursery / cafe' for
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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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We spent a lot of the day with Michael around his Dalston flat. He took us to 'The Pub on the Park' for a true British Sunday roast beef lunch. London has many fashionable 'squares' --this small one is Albion Square. We walked along Regent Canal