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March 2009

xmas tree

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we threw our xmas tree away last wednesday.  it was a shame as the needles were still attached, and despite us chopping it down in December it was all quite alive.

and jane finally took the last few christmas cards down which were stuck on the downstairs toilet door a fortnight ago.  so i think christmas is finally over.  oh well.

thames path – part 21 sonning to shiplake

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yesterday it was back to the thames path after a few lots of months break over the winter (where much of the path was waterlogged or frozen)

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this stretch was surrounded by posh houses.  here is where uri geller lives:

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i’m not sure who lives here.  but they are a bit messy

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we would also have passed paul daniel’s house somewhere.  this probably wasn’t it, but shows the calibre of accommodation

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and there were kids of shiplake college messing about on the water (notice the 6 form girls on the bank urging the boys on)

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it was good to see some hand made signs rather than the usual proper stuff

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and near the end we saw this little lagoon thing


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with some speeding signs down the bottom

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unspringy bollards

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the exiles sent me these excellent pictures of bollards that weren’t springing back up.  an excellent series of shots.

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funkypancake
may be getting a little more international next month or so as we do a
family trips to both new zealand and minehead in april.  i’ll keep you
posted

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r2d2 target practice

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we saw this in hyde park last week.  it’s a target for the local artery club

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there were some quality beards about too

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this can happen

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this is from my supply of older photos.  in my pre-psychedelic phase !

frog and snail


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well, i guess spring is on it’s way. i nearly tripped over this quite large frog on the way back (probably about 10 cms long) and then i nearly squashed a snail. be careful out there people.

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daffs

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