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Nothing unusual about that except that it was written by me and illustrated by daughter Caryl. It was never a secret but it's been going on for years and with Caryl's now formidable sketching skills it was time to get the job done. This is the
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You can find prior blogs (throughthe search engine) with extensive pics of Waddesden, So I only took the main building (one the 43 Rothschild homes in the world, all on this scale!) and a recent renovation of a small dining room to a modern standard but still with lavish artistic
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Again a very cold day but bright and sunny. A lot of mud on the tracks, some residual snow, Badger holes and bare trees.Don't ask me why I hadn't changed into hike trousers--not been feeling the best lately, with a chest cold. Louis had
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I'd forgotten how laborious this is. Thick trousers and leg warmers, vest, thermal top, warm shirt, first fleece, second fleece then the windproof jacket--6 top layers in all. Finally heavy shoes or boots and two pairs of gloves. It takes forever, as does disrobing. You stand at
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A few inches must have fallen overnight, creating a white snowscape everywhere. nearly 40 Deg C in Sydney--what a contrast. Snowballing was popular and I managed to catch one of Tom's mid-flight and the result on the window.
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This will be my third blog on Hughenden( see Hughenden 2015, 2016) and this time we spent more time in the church on the property, which has an almost unbroken list of a mere 50 vicars, dating from 1190--over 800 years --some vicars serving almost 70 years. The '
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Following a rail trip by Chiltern rail from Great Missenden, passing through Harrow on the Hill -place of my birth, I found cousin Keith lurking with his Kindle by a pillar at Piccadilly tube station ticket barrier. Keith had arranged for us to go to a lunch-time cello recital
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I keep getting emails asking if I've been caught in a bizarre murder mystery yet. This sign appears on a fence right in the heart of old Great Missenden. It seems like a timely warning to residents and visitors. In reality, it's a sign on the
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Today I managed to get away for a couple of hours and went by a country route into Gt Missenden, famed as the home of Roald Dahl and his museum and tea shop, as well as being the scene for many Midsomer Murder mysteries. Murder in the woods seemed well
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Max wearing a hat knitted by his aunty Caryl.
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While Louis was at preschool today, singing a song for mothering Sunday (UK) , Jacqui was delivering Maximillian (Max) successfully at Stoke Mandeville hospital.
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Tomorrow morning UK time, Jacqui goes into Stoke Mandeville maternity unit for her caesarian,