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Books read in September

Posted on October 13, 2011 by nicdempsey

54. Starcrossed  – Elizabeth Bunce I need to stop reading Bookshelves of Doom. Generally, if Lelia liked it, I will and it will make my bank manager cry and Amazon happy. Loved this, loved Digger and how she changes over … Continue reading →

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Autumn is not a happy, fun time…

Posted on October 12, 2011 by nicdempsey

…or if one more person tells me how lovely it is to be out of summer and into autumn, I will scream. Even the interwebs isn’t free of this, Christina has been going on about grass being jewelled in autumn, … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music

Posted on October 9, 2011 by nicdempsey

Jurassic 5 – Concrete Schoolyard. It just popped up on the shuffle and I remembered how much I liked it.

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Amble

Posted on October 8, 2011 by nicdempsey

 

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Alnwick

Posted on October 7, 2011 by nicdempsey

2nd castle of the holiday. Unlike the other castles, not a ruin. Alnwick is still owned and run by the Duke of Northumberland and is (as they like to point out..a lot) still their family home. I could live with … Continue reading →

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Belfast

Posted on October 5, 2011 by nicdempsey

We’ve talked, walked, drunk cocktails, watched movies and fallen asleep on the sofa. We are masters of arsing about and it’s really nice..

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Instagram

Posted on October 4, 2011 by nicdempsey

Running out time and on the way to Belfast, these are the photos I would have instagramed (is that a word?), if there had been any kind of signal up north!

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Holy Island

Posted on October 4, 2011 by nicdempsey

So being as Ma and I were so far north as to be almost in Scotland, we visited Holy Island. Ma had been before, I hadn’t. I have often heard it described as a ‘thin place’, a place where the … Continue reading →

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Warkworth

Posted on October 3, 2011 by nicdempsey

Or, I like ruined castles, part one. On first day of our holiday, we went into Alnwick to buy food and then decided to walk from Amble to Warkworth, where there just happened to be a castle!! The walk was … Continue reading →

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Things that are happening in October..

Posted on October 1, 2011 by nicdempsey

1) I’m going to see Ryan (on Tuesday in fact), two days in Belfast and general talking and arsing about.. 2) Ben has a birthday. Also last week Ben got an A at his appearance (really hard to do), he’s … Continue reading →

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