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| Saturday, 9-Jul-2005 00:00 |
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Cornwall in the sun
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Day 2 of the Cornwall trip was much much better, much more like summer!   We woke up cooking in the tents because the sun was shining and the sky was blue  We all headed down to the beach but Anna, Pete & I decided to walk further down the beach, away from all the crazy crowds and screaming children. In fact, we managed to find such a peaceful place that we ended up sleeping for four hours rather than doing anything else!  Probably just what we needed!
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| Saturday, 2-Jul-2005 00:00 |
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Cornwall in the rain
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Table Mountain?
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Rain... not good for a camping weekend...
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Rain... Not good for the beach!
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After arriving and dancing on Friday, Saturday morning I was up at 7:30 to pack for Cornwall. A whole crowd of people from Pete's work were going for a surfing weekend and Anna & Pete invited me to go along with them.
Day 1 was not all that fantastic as it was raining and FREEZING!  Not much warmer than Cape Town and it's supposed to be summer here... We spent some time on the beach in the rain then went back to the campsite. The sun came out for a few hours giving us a chance to dry out which was nice!
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| Friday, 1-Jul-2005 00:00 |
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2005 South West LeRoc Challenge
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Well those of you who have heard me talk will know that I can talk for hours and hours enthusiastically about "dancing", more properly known as Le Roc (or ceroc or modern jive or french jive). One of the bonuses about coming back to England for a while was the opportunity to put my dancing shoes back on again for a while
I landed at 6:30am in the morning, had breakfast in London, got a train to Bristol, had lunch with a friend, had two hours sleep and went to the 2005 South West LeRoc Challenge... I hadn't slept much, I'd travelled a lot, I hadn't danced in a year so I figured I'd mainly watch and take photos, just dance a few songs... good intentions   I sat out perhaps 10 dances max... I danced for over 3 hours... I did my first dance competition!!!!!!!!!!
The South West LeRoc Challenge is basically what it says it is, a big competition for dancers from the South West of England (and people from Wales as well). Most couples had been practising for a while... I ended up doing it as a last minute decision with a guy who's partner who had dropped out at the last minute... We figured we'd do it for a laugh, have some fun and not get far past the first heats... We went from the first heats straight to the finals!!!!!!!!!!   We didn't get placed in the end as they only placed the top 4 out of the 6 couples in the final but it was really great fun Here are some of the photos... The ones of Nick & I were taken by other people for obvious reasons, the rest are my own
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| Sunday, 19-Jun-2005 00:00 |
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The dangers of temptation
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Having dogs and a cat around is an endless source of amusement. This was the story that I watched just after breakfast this morning.
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| Saturday, 18-Jun-2005 00:00 |
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Photo Challenge #77: Away from home
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A while ago there was a photo challenge with the subject "home"... my entry for that was http://hfarmer.fotopages.com/?entry=415736
When I go away from home, my toothbrush has a fancy little hat to keep it nice and clean in my wash kit
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| Friday, 17-Jun-2005 00:00 |
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Up close with things in my sitting room
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Well it all started out quite normally with photographing a pine cone in the slip of sunshine coming through the window. Then I got a bit bored with the pine cone and moved on to other things...
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| Thursday, 16-Jun-2005 00:00 |
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The best kind of dinner
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What can possibly be better than inviting a friend for dinner and him cooking it himself... Steve came over for dinner last night and cooked up a storm... a big soup and bread and salad followed by a puff pastry and apple and orange pudding... oh yummy! I'm going to be eating leftovers for a few days as well
Thanks Steve!!
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| Monday, 13-Jun-2005 00:00 |
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Mandu & Sushi
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On the count of three...
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...she can't resist if we both beg!
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The dogs came to visit me the other day... thing is I know they didn't come out of love - the real reason was far too obvious!
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| Saturday, 11-Jun-2005 00:00 |
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Photo Challenge #76: A sunny day
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A sunny day: blue skies and sunshine. A real treat in the middle of a wet and grey winter!
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| Monday, 6-Jun-2005 00:00 |
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More lessons from the garden
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Determination
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Perserverance
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Persistence
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This little tree was caught in the flood when the river came down last week. It was bending and flapping around but stayed put.
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