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Allotment Adventures: Autumn Approaches

The last time I went on holiday, was before I had the plot. In fact, the call to say there was a plot available came on the last day we were in Amble, we came home on Saturday and by … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Everyday Living

Happy Monday! Today, I re-enter everyday living and the dreaded commute. 6am this morning was a bit of a shock and it’s always surprising how difficult it is to slip back into routine after only a week off. The morning … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: After the Wedding

Happy Monday! Things I have learnt this weekend, I apparently don’t age (this is not true but sweet of them to say so), the cake was fine, an evening spend dancing and drinking results in a Sunday migraine. To be … Continue reading →

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Jelly

I like jelly of all types but was bought up with the strong belief that green jelly is the only good jelly so it’s generally the one I have. This week I made jelly and fruit pots. I’m not even … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Happy Friday! It’s been a week, I’m struggling with a complete lack of common sense in anyone else, my feet being bitten by bugs and unrelated to the bites, one of my toenails falling off. I’m kicking off Friday with … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: The constant watering 

This week I have been pushed for time, which is why this is going up late on a Thursday, rather than its traditional Wednesday amazing what you can do on a phone during the commute!  We have still not had … Continue reading →

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Early mornings

The new job requires early mornings. We hotdesk and the commute is a bit longer than the last one. So at the absolute outside ie to be in the office at 9am, I need to be out of the house … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Hard work

Sometimes when you have an allotment, it seems like you work stupidly hard but don’t materially change anything. This week was one of those weeks.We started, Ma at the top of the plot and me at the bottom. Ma weeded, … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany

Last week was as predicted, interesting. I don’t like not being competent and I spent Thursday and Friday reminding myself that I’m not expected to know everything on my first two days. The commute has been fine but I need … Continue reading →

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Photo of the week

This week’s photo was taken on Monday and about sums it up. The BT Tower vanishing into fog…

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