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Scenes from a Walk

Posted on February 21, 2023 by nicdempsey

This is my last week of commuting from my Mum’s house, and so the last week of doing this walk more or less very day (sometimes I get the Drain). Here are some pictures from my walk:

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Osterley House and Park

Posted on June 7, 2022 by nicdempsey

On my staycation (a staycation is when you have time off work but stay at home, not when you have a holiday in the UK!) last week, Ma and I took advantage of our National Trust memberships and visited Osterley … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: The Winter Work List

Posted on November 3, 2021 by nicdempsey

Once the clocks go back, and it’s too dark to pop in after work, we visit the allotment less. We do still grow things over the cold season and right now we’ll still harvesting carrots, turnips, kale, chard, parsnips, cabbage … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Make Friends with an Engineer

Posted on October 27, 2021 by nicdempsey

We finally have a polytunnel! Richard and Sue came on Saturday and Richard with some help from me and Sue, put it together. Richard also fixed the sides of the new flower bed that will be next to the polytunnel … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Back to Work

Posted on October 20, 2021 by nicdempsey

After a week away and a couple of weeks of not doing much work, we were back in the saddle this week. Most of the work was done at the back of the plot, we cleared the space for the … Continue reading →

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Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery

Posted on August 31, 2021 by nicdempsey

Ealing is a great place to live, it’s got really good transport links, it’s got lots of shops and green spaces. One of those green spaces is Walpole Park and the park has Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery. The restoration has … Continue reading →

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Kew Gardens

Posted on July 20, 2021 by nicdempsey
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Friday Links: A mixed bag

Posted on August 16, 2019 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! You may or may not have noticed my absence from this space, I was having some site issues and was just really busy so it took me a while to sort out! Anyway, here are some links… Lyme … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany

Posted on February 26, 2018 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! We are currently in the midst of a cold snap and there was snow this morning and a fire drill. The snow didn’t really settle, it’s stopped now but they are predicting more and I expect that all  … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on June 9, 2017 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! This post was written on Thursday and is therefore election result free. I’m sure that I’ll have links about that next week. Whether it’s a happy Friday for you or not, (tomorrow is World Gin Day so I’d … Continue reading →

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