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Turning The Pedals

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This blog was called “Turning the Pedals” for a while, and the name befits this week rather well. At the beginning of the week we were holed up at my parents...

The One Where Miss Six Became Miss Seven

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I woke this morning at 7am, and figured I had at least another three quarters of an hour before getting up. To be honest, I was surprised the kids didn’t wak...

Answering Questions

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My quite wonderful far flung friendAntidamenfrom Norway (we have known each other sincewaybefore Tumblr), requested answers to the following questions - who ...

Easter In Cornwall

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Leaving the house on Thursday afternoon wasn’t so much a planned departure, as a concerted effort to lever everybody from the house. A somewhat calm day rapi...

Falling Apart At The Seams

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The weekend before last I was playing football on the green outside our house, and the bright idea popped into my head to see if you could kick a football wh...

Mcdonalds Build A Bear And The The New Ipad

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After standing in a freezing cold field for a couple of hours yesterday morning watching our eldest’s football team get walloped by a team of bigger, stronge...

Uncertainty

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News broke this morning that the company I have been working with recently has had the carpet pulled from under it in a sudden and dramatic manner.

Following Friendship

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Something occurred to me today. I have to admit I had not really thought about it before, which probably says a lot about me as a person (or at least, it wil...

Idiocy Abounds

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I had intended on walking to the gas station to get something to drink and eat - but was met by a traffic jam. At 11pm. All because the union containing the ...

The Sport Relief Mile

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The better part of Sunday saw the Beckett household (and W’s Mum) turn out en-masse in Higginson Park to take part in the Sport Relief Mile. We were all up b...