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admin on June 2nd, 2021

Sorry for the delay in blogs, I have been rather busy over the past few days. We had Stuart and family with us the weekend. Had a great time with them all. Improved weather so we kept away from trips to the beach and stayed local. Stuart Danny and I did our 5k run along […]

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admin on May 28th, 2021

Today my friend Norman and myself erected the Shelterbox tent. That’s the first time for about 18 months so it took us a nearly two hours. It is not an easy job as these tents become almost permanent homes for those round the world who have been victims of disasters. Stuart and family arrive on […]

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Les

admin on May 27th, 2021

Good ride with MikeD to Penshurst but when nearly there and turned onto the Penshurst Place road there was Uncle Les laying on the ground with his daughter Julie trying to sort him out. We arrived just after Les had hit a pothole and come off his new bike. We took a while to check […]

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admin on May 25th, 2021

After our break it’s back to the real world. Covid cases generally are low but there is a lot of concern over the spread of the Indian Variant. Many cases mainly in northern towns but some outbreaks further south. Some data is starting to indicate that the vaccines will protect from this mutation. However, it […]

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admin on May 23rd, 2021

Sorry for the delay. Had a great couple of days break in Bournemouth. It is the first time I had ever been there, it was brilliant. Not many people about as the winds were about 70 mph. Hotel was very good, their first day of opening, everyone was so friendly. Sue had her pedicure when […]

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admin on May 19th, 2021

Sue and I are off for a short break in Bournemouth tomorrow, so no blog until we return late Saturday. Might be able to do an update on Sunday. 60 mph gales forecast on south coast in next couple of days so we are dressing up for the winter weather and plan long walks in […]

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admin on May 17th, 2021

Today our 21-4-21 Shelterbox event started off with a photoshoot at Brands Hatch. It was great fun and good to be out with my Rotary club friends again, great break from Zoom. Some excellent photos which will be put to good use for our publicity for our towing a trailer with Shelterbox for 21 miles […]

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admin on May 15th, 2021

I took the opportunity for a different run route yesterday. Out to Langley then along the cross country path by the River Loose and lake. Halfway along I took a wrong turning finishing up in field of cows and marshy cow pats. I had to turn back and eventually found the proper path that took […]

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admin on May 13th, 2021

Sure enough the elusive hearing aid has been found in Barty House. It went from Mum’s room in the dirty linen and into the washing machine. It had a thorough wash before being found in the machine. The staff then worked on it to dry it and replace battery and believe it or not it […]

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admin on May 12th, 2021

Mum has now lost her one remaining hearing aid. We visited yesterday and joined staff in the search. She had it at breakfast but no sign of it so far. They have searched laundry, rubbish, lounge chairs etc etc but no luck. It really upset Mum yesterday as she couldn’t hear any of us including […]

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