Monthly Archives: February 2014

When I’m moving windows

Another day’s delay. The builder is starting tomorrow. I was up, ridiculously early, waiting for the crew to turn up. They didn’t. Eventually, the builder emailed to say a digger was turning up tomorrow morning (early) and he’d be here … Continue reading

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Temporary abode

Mirinda was supposed to have a book group meeting today to discuss 18th century poetry. Unfortunately, Chawton House Library had a flooded driveway with access limited to boats and seals. It was, therefore, cancelled. So, rather than waste a holiday, … Continue reading

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Macbeth

So, the building work we saw up at Hankley a while back was the beginning of a set for a new film version of Macbeth. It is being made by the same people who produced The King’s Speech. I have … Continue reading

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On the tiles

Today we went and looked at tiles for the extension. What a bewildering array of options! In my typical style, I spotted an Italian range which I immediately decided were perfect. In Mirinda’s typical style, we had to look at … Continue reading

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Building ships

Each week, Nick (at work) checks through my work and adds things for me to work on. Sometimes this doesn’t amount to much (and some weeks he doesn’t even get time) and then, like this week, there’s a lot for … Continue reading

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Welcome home

There’s nothing quite like coming home after a week away. Though not necessarily to an empty house, devoid of wife and poodles and with the temperature set to just above freezing. While not on a par with the time we … Continue reading

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Farewell to Marrakech

There were Christmas carols playing at Marrakech airport while we waited for our plane home. I don’t know why. It was an odd way to end our Moroccan week. And we had a female captain on our plane home. I … Continue reading

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Ait-Ben-Haddou

I’m sure the streets of Spain were ringing with great happiness and relief today. Noise usually associated with fiesta would have rung out throughout the country. Why? Because the Most Annoying Boy in Spain was out of the country. How … Continue reading

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Finding a bottle shop

Today was our cultural day. Most of it was spent looking at various styles of architecture. ‘Various’ being the operative word there given nearly every building in Marrakech looks the same. I’m ignoring the ones in the tannery area because … Continue reading

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Goats in trees

A day at the beach. How many diary entries begin with those simple five words? Ignoring Samuel Pepys who probably never went to the beach, of course. And how many of those diary entries describe the simple pleasures of leaving … Continue reading

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