1. Narrowboats moored on a canal that is higher than the surrounding fields.
2. Berkhamstead Castle, which is a few honey-coloured tumble-down walls and some grassy mounds. There is a little cottage in the middle of all this - I imagine the curator lives there.
3. Hearing the hunt go by with horns and hounds in full cry. It was their last day of legal hunting. 'I support you,' said **** to a red-faced rider in a dark blue coat and high hat. 'Thank you, my dear,' he replied as his horse stepped along the chalk path.
The real end of Christmas, multitasking and life before.
1. We eat the last of the Christmas treats with our coffee -- a few stray stollen bites from Lidl. 2. While listening to a work webinar, I f...
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1. An enormous fat bumble bee at work. She is so bulky that she can knock dead blossoms out of the way as she gets right in to the new jasmi...
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1. The shortest night and the longest day. I was up at Wellington Rocks with Anna, Paul and Jason. We couldn't see the sun through the m...
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1. I promised myself I wouldn't moan and grumble about it -- but I do. And as if by magic, a very kind friend produces the required blaz...