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Sea, Sand, Sardines & Sangria
I spent a lazy lunchtime in the shade of a beach Chiringuito (beach bar/restaurant) Enjoying the views of the Mediterranean and overlooking a not too busy beach.
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They’re changing Guard at Buckingham Palace
I was on a flying visit to London to see friends and also get my passport renewed. The passport renewal takes 4 hours so I had time to use.
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Sand in my socks!
Another lap of the sun and another year older for all of us, but namely today the youngest in our family, little Finley Arthur. Finn’s come a long way in his two years and is now speaking in short sentences, but usually starting with “duggee, hey daddy duggee, is duggee daddy, look!”.
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Hampton Court Palace Flower Festival
I went to this years, RHS Flower Festival set in the grounds of the 16th century Hampton Court Palace. Once the home of King Henry VIII and whichever of his wives were around at the time.
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Cartagena
Snap decision one Thursday to drive to see Cartagena in Murcia which is south eastern Spain. As ever sat nav utterly accurate – 4 hours to do 405km. Great drive around Granada and up into the wooded hills on very quiet roads. Scenery changes and the Land and hills become very dry with little vegetation. Murcia is a very dry part of Spain.
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Run Forrest, run!
Since I started running I’ve added some targets…. 5Km (Done), 10km (Done), 15 Km(Done), 18 Km (Done). The next step was quite challenging, especially when you travel a lot and need to do extra effort to keep the training routine.
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Bee Pollen
The local village is well known for its honey production – it even has a small museum dedicated to bees.
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Hotel Welcome
How nice it is to walk into your new hotel room and see this?
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First of the Season
Vegetable growing last year was a little bit difficult when we lost the water supply for about 6 weeks at the point where all the vegetables hit their growing peak.
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Smart Homes & Beyond ..
Anyone who knows me even slightly, knows I am at heart, a massive Gadget geek, and I have been since a small boy, the relentless march of technology has seen some wonderful advancements in areas that make our lives easier and I know that the Younger generation take these for granted..(My Neighbours daughter actually asked what a Camera was the other day…we had to explain that they are separate items, not just attached to Mobile phones & iPads.)