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June 2006

abbie’s leaving do

here is abbie. she’s leaving the world of UK telecommunications regulation to travel the world with her chap and eventually end up in New Zealand (the idea being to get there by surface, mostly by land). how cool would that be ?
she’s keeping a blog of her adventures which you can read here
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where exactly ?

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donkey derby

this donk is running a race at our local donkey derby, but after having abonded its rider, it decided to eat some grass. much more fun.
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people waiting for crisps to fall from the sky

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anti-gravity bollards

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managing expectations

I love this sign stuck up near the entrance to a National Trust place we went to on Saturday:
“If you’re expecting a dazzling display of winter pansies and tulips in the Parterre this spring, unfortunately you will be disappointed”.
we weren’t expecting such things, but i felt compelled to be a little disappointed anyway.
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ghost statue

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danger of electrocution

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andy two glasses

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looking worried

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running just because they can

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hell-fire caves

we went back to the Hell-Fire caves yesterday where it was very chilly on a very hot day
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then we drove to nearby hughenden manor
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here is the manor (note the blue sky !)
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water tank

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ShoP

interesting use of upper and lower case letters
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dog bin

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hassock of the week

anyone know what this is all about (guesses only from those who don’t know!)

strange standing leaf

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whistlers

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non intuitive keyboard

this keyboard would be a complete nightmare to type on.
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mattress

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