And finally … the last 12 months
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Life’s too short to drink instant coffee
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I write a monthly report on my county councillor work which I send primarily to the parish councils in the Cottenham, Histon & Impington county division. I always finish off with a more personal item (And finally …). I’ve just…
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I’m just getting into another election campaign and by coincidence it’s my fifth. It’s also my last, honest, but nonetheless it gives me the opportunity to reflect on the five programs.

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Let’s get this one in quickly before I get another month behind. This is Julie Smith aka Baroness Smith of Newnham at the official ‘launch’ of Lib Dem Cambridgeshire & Peterborough mayoral candidate Rod Cantrill. It’s purely coincidental but I…

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Opps I’m running a little late … I don’t know how long this barn is going to survive because it’s right in the path of the A14 diggers on the right as you head north before Fenstanton. There’s similarly pithy…

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Nothing unusual about that you might say, it happens to everyone, but it is unusual for me because I can probably count the number of days I’ve taken off sick in almost 50 years of work on the fingers of…

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There was one of those features in the Observer food supplement last weekend listing exceptional places to eat breakfast. They’re nothing of the sort of course. They’re just a list.

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A bit more timely this one and it seemed for most of the month that this would have been one of my photos from Bruges (click here for that album) but at the last minute it had to be Alex…

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I’ve set a precedent with reviews of the year in 2013, 2014 1nd 2015 so here’s 2016. To some extent it’s been a year like the others: some sadness but so far not too much, some successes and some enjoyment.…

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This year we’re enjoying Xmas at Alex and Clare’s house. That’s the third year when we’ve had Xmas dinner with them and it got me thinking about the journey that I’ve taken in terms of my Xmas dinners.

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I’m still in catch up mode but here’s the photo from November and it’s a cliche. I think I take this photo every year and its leaves and berries from the Rowan at the front of the house, fist frost…
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