Tag Archives: snow

The white stuff

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Gary

I woke up at 6am this morning, courtesy of the poodles and a strong desire to use the toilet. When I opened the back door, so the girls could ablute, it was all sleety and cold. The sky was steely … Continue reading →

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Heat and cold

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Gary

I’m trying to convince Mirinda to write a bit about her stop over in Singapore but, ever since arriving home, she’s been a bit engrossed in writing a thrilling response to a government request for clarification on some sort of … Continue reading →

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World in white

Posted on January 19, 2013 by Gary

During Friday afternoon and in the early hours of this morning, we had a good dump of snow. Our street looked beautiful and white with very few tyre tracks to spoil the view. Our neighbours, the Crazies, had to have … Continue reading →

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Joan the Mad

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Gary

I love the fact that, in ‘olden times’, people were referred to as ‘the’ something. Charles the Bald, Philip the Ugly, Frederick the Handsome, Philip the Unnecessarily Violent, Brian the Boofhead, etc. It makes history just that bit more comical. … Continue reading →

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Steam engines required

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Gary

It snowed this morning in the South East. When I woke up and looked through the kitchen window all was clear. About 15 minutes later it started falling. Very quickly the garden was covered in white. It had stopped by … Continue reading →

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Filming at Hankley

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Gary

We went for a wonderful (if very long) walk at Hankley this morning. Given the snow fall, we knew it would look lovely and we weren’t disappointed. The bits with snow looked spectacular, the bits without looked just as wonderful … Continue reading →

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Snow day for work!

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Gary

Last night we had another fall of snow. Mirinda spotted it first in Canary Wharf on her way home from work. She said it looked lovely, falling through the street lights. Later in the night, I let the dogs out … Continue reading →

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Grimley no more

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Gary

I had my final physio today. Of course I didn’t know it was my final physio when I left this morning but I did have my fingers a bit crossed. To be honest, I was a bit worried about travelling … Continue reading →

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Scraping by

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Gary

We had about 2″ of snow last night. I know because I took a metal ruler out to the path this morning and measured it. Of course, the poodles went mad and Carmen spent far too long rolling in it. … Continue reading →

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Amber alert

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Gary

This morning, I decided to put a load of washing on before I went shopping. I filled the basket up from the bedroom with a black load and was about to put it in the machine when I realised I’d … Continue reading →

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