They shut the road through the woods, table and terror.

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1. 'This used to be the carriageway down to the Abbey,' Lou explained as her mother's dogs walked us down a long, straight path through the woods. 'It's haunted. Sometimes you can hear hooves and carriage wheels.'

2. Having Christmas dinner cooked for you. Fenella roasted a chicken and we had roast veggies, carrots, mash, courgettes, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts - which is probably more than I normally eat in a week of suppers. Later, I heated a little brandy in a ladle until it caught light and then poured the blue flames over the Christmas pudding. As I washed up and Fenella hovered anxiously round her best china, Andy suggested conspiratorially to PaulV 'Do you want some ice cream?' I suppose it makes a change from port and cigars.

3. Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events. I don't think I've mentioned how much I like these subtle and imaginative books. The film is great. It is fantastically gothic and has a squalid, timeless beauty. It's a smashing yarn, too, with plenty of action, inventing, reading and biting.

Comments

  1. AnonymousMonday, December 20, 2004

    Get on with your work and procure me three - three, mind - reams of A4 paper.

    Peter Merry

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  2. AnonymousMonday, December 20, 2004

    I can not believe you went to see this film without taking your family. That is exactly the sort of behaviour expected from Wicked and Uncaring Relatives. Just before Christmas too.

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  3. ClareMonday, December 20, 2004

    Well if Certain People didn't go Gadding About Europe they might be invited to the cinema A Bit More Often.

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  4. AnonymousMonday, December 20, 2004

    'Tis uncouth to comment on your own blog.

    barrington

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