Posts Tagged ‘beach’

Irresistible

16Jun09

Garden activities have taken something of a back seat lately, as I haven’t yet found the dedication to weed flowerbeds and dig soil over in the pouring rain – and don’t intend to, actually. Fortunately, it was bright, sunny and warm on Saturday when a group of us headed off to the seaside for Rachel’s [...]


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Endings

26May09

I’m sure it’s a cliché that people return from holiday declaring that they need another one to get over it, but maybe things become clichés because they’re true! Without wishing to sound ungrateful for my trip to the Caribbean (courtesy of the in-laws!), I wouldn’t have chosen to go somewhere so hot; I think I [...]


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Picking my jaw up off the floor…

28Sep08

It must have been the blue sky and sunshine that did it; I woke up yesterday and had to go to the seaside. Despite the habit tradition we’re developing of spending birthdays in central London, I wanted something a little more chilled out than the hustle-bustle-shoving of busy shops and streets. So after a lazy [...]


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“Look, Merlin – it’s a Chinook!”

20Sep08

Not a phrase I expected to overhear on Thursday afternoon; but when we set out in the van that morning, we didn’t know we were going to end up at Stonehenge. One of the perks of long drives across the countryside… It’s been a while since I’ve been there, and you can get a lot [...]


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This is… what I do with a spare 10 minutes

14Sep08

I love the seaside. I wish I lived a little closer to a nice beach; the in-laws and their big house by the sea are only 45 minutes away, but it would be great to just stroll out of my own front door and wander along the seafront. There are lots of things I like [...]


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