Category Archives: Friends

A Fine Surrey White

Posted on Oct 16, 2020 by

I’ve been walking with a few of my former law colleagues for a few years now, usually twice or three times a year. This Year of the Turnip has put paid to most of that (we had grand plans to … Continue reading →

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Murder Mystery – The Definitive How-To (Not)

Posted on Dec 16, 2019 by

Every Christmas time my family and a close set of friends get together for a large meal and then lots of ridiculous games. This has been going on without a break for twelve years at least and mostly ends up … Continue reading →

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Where The East Begins #capitalring #walking

Posted on Nov 8, 2018 by

A week or so ago, I wrote about a wander with the APE when we did a section of the Capital Ring, a circular walk around London that aims to take in as many of the green spaces as possible … Continue reading →

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Walking Talking Reminiscing…

Posted on May 12, 2018 by

The images are from a recent walk around Southwold, Coveheithe, Walberswick, Sizewell, Dunwich, Thorpeness and Aldeburgh with three friends and their dogs. If you are wondering at the absence of Dog, he is off games just now, having a stone removed … Continue reading →

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Drawing A Snow Line Under The Day

Posted on Mar 6, 2018 by

I’m skiing. In Italy. In the shadow of the Matterhorn. Cervinia, which apparently is ‘Matterhorn’ for the locals and the town, originally Breuil, was renamed by Mussolini…. but I digress. I’m with six friends, a small hand-picked elite of post … Continue reading →

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Slipping Down the Slopes #travel #skiing

Posted on Mar 17, 2017 by

Day One   Funny this skiing lark. You travel miles to obscure valleys and mountains that clever engineers have criss-crossed with wires and metal stanchions. You put on clothes in colours normally seen in Farrow and Ball paint charts (pistachio … Continue reading →

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Moi Aussi #walking #france

Posted on May 12, 2016 by

Ah La Belle France! I’ve had a few days, with three old friends, walking near Jarnac, which in turn is near Cognac (notice the …ac suffix, not sure what that means but there are a lot of acs in that … Continue reading →

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