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Don’t forget your purple pens, kids

Posted on April 23, 2022 by Gary

Today I learned that Jack and Jill may have been real because Jack fell down a hill in the town of Kilmersdon, Somerset. Jack may have been hit in the head by a stray rock from a nearby quarry. Jill … Continue reading →

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Return to Wheatley Lane

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Gary

Back in 2012, almost to the day, we visited the garden at Wheatley House. That day, nine years ago, there was a lot of road work going on, with numerous, complex diversions in place. Today, for our first NGS garden … Continue reading →

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Doing a Chinon

Posted on June 9, 2019 by Gary

In a completely different context, John mentioned the whole sorry Chinon episode on Saturday and, today, the same sort of thing happened to us. I guess we’ve just been to too many places and the memory of some has been … Continue reading →

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Again, we did not go to the garden centre

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Gary

I don’t know why we have a reputation for always going to the garden centre on a Sunday. I can’t remember the last time I went. We may have been here for 20 years but we’re clearly not completely English … Continue reading →

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A heavy fall of snow…drops

Posted on February 25, 2018 by Gary

Before I go on with today, I meant to mention, a couple of posts ago, that I’ve worked out how to make a Vienna Schnitzel without wheat flour. I used to make a sort of Chez Gaz schnitzel (veal wrapped … Continue reading →

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Motorways and gardens

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Gary

So, after a breakfast of coffee, croissants and pain au chocolate, we hit the road for home. Of course it rained on and off all the way. We had the cricket on the radio and listened as England started demolishing … Continue reading →

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Money in travel

Posted on August 9, 2015 by Gary

Once upon a time there was a young man called Thomas. He dreamed of arranging overseas trips for people who didn’t have access to the Internet. His idea was seized upon and embraced in a very tight hug. To say … Continue reading →

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Strangers in the garden

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Gary

Every two years, the hidden gardens of Grayshott are revealed. People open their gardens up to the inquisitive public who drool over displays of bright rhododendrons and azaleas as they wander from house to house through the village. There were … Continue reading →

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The perfect garden

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Gary

After lunch we visited our first NGS garden for ages. It is actually reasonably close to us but because of numerous detours in place because of roads closed for repair, it could have been in Yorkshire. Generally, open gardens will … Continue reading →

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A lot of garden art

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Gary

Today, after lunch, we went to an NGS garden as it was just up the road at Tilford, something that happens rarely! I mean, usually they’re miles away. Anyway, Tilford Cottage Garden, which has its own website here, is an … Continue reading →

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