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Behold The New Bag Of Inifinite Holding

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While travelling back from Cornwall on the train with the children on Thursday, our youngest daughter pointed out that my trusty backpack had not one, but fi...

A Few Of My Favourite Things

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When I sat down to compile this list earlier this evening, I was planning on putting a blogroll together, but then it kind of morphed into this post. Before ...

Cards Against Humanity

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Oh. My. Word. We went for a meal at a friend’s house last night, and after eating lots of wonderful food, and drinking lots of wonderful wine, we got out “Ca...

The Journey Home

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We’re heading home from the coast today after the better part of a week spent with my parents. I packed the children’s bags yesterday afternoon, and we spent...

Another Day Another Adventure

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After waking up a little after 7 this morning, I dragged myself out of bed, stumbled off in the direction of the shower and re-enacted the morning scenes of ...

Talking To Myself

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If you read the perceived wisdom of professional bloggers on the internet, they emphasise the importance of having an “about” page. I’m not sure I entirely a...

Slowing Down Is Difficult

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I woke up at 6am this morning, when the alarm clock on my phone eruptedI had forgotten to disable it. After falling asleep for a while, and then staring at t...

Fresh Air Hills And Crashing Waves

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After a trip out to the pub with my parents earlier for lunch, I noticed the sky was slowly clearing, and asked the kids who would like to have a walk down t...

Escaping To The Coast

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This morning the alarm clock erupted at 7am, and started playing music from the local radio station. After watching the minutes tick by for a while, I eventu...

Final Day In London

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After the initial shock of getting upand leaving the house before sunrise, the routine became easier throughout the week. I didn’t read the books queued on t...