I write about my life: experience, memories and some photography.
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Meticulous planning and flawless execution but it was still daylight robbery! We arrived in Bali at about 4pm and were picked up by the hotel mini-bus. About 10 minutes into our journey there was a noise from the real near…
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the Front Page, Jakarta: 8 Nov 08
We arrived in Jakarta on Thursday after 24 hours of traveling courtesy of Stagecoach and Cathay Pacific. I lived in the city for 2 years in the 70s and last visited in 1982. My how it’s changed. There are high…
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Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers: 24 Oct 08
Us residents of South Cambs get a bit sniffy when we look over the border at Suffolk and Haverhill might as well be on the moon for all the attention we’d normally give it. OK residents of Haverhill might work…
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on duty in Cambridge: 13 Oct 08
Today I did my bit for democracy. This morning I spent a couple of hours getting steadily colder outside Boots in Cambridge supporting a Cambridgeshire County Council budget priorities road show. And after lunch I manned a Lib Dem stand supporting…
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Cottenham Ploughing Society: 4 Oct 08
Yesterday was the day of the annual Cottenham Ploughing Society competition and dinner/dance. The weather was fine for the former and I attended the latter with number one wife and as a guest of Rick Bristow, parish council chair. The picture above…
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Galleria, Cambridge: 23 Sep 08
Is this the best value for money lunch in Cambridge? I was there again today and in terms of value as distinct from simple cost it takes some beating.
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Arbory Trust: 11 Sep 08
I attended the ‘annual general meeting’ of the Arbory Trust in Barton yesterday. The trust exists to ‘manage’ a woodland burial site and has been in operation since 2000. The idea for the development of the site came from Peter…
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another birthday, another dinner; Carluccio’s, Cambridge 4 Sep 08
As a family, that’s us in the picture, we’ve been pretty good at remembering and celebrating birthdays. Last year was my big 6 so this year was inevitably going to be less of an event. But number 1 daughter came down from…
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Ludlow, another world: 19/20 Aug 08
Ludlow’s generally reckoned on being a bit of a gourmet centre but that’s not why I went there nor why I regard it as another world. Admittedly the breakfast at the Clive was first class (more on the hotel later) but…
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Crown and Punchbowl: 16 Aug 08
I’ve been going to the Crown and Punchbowl in Horningsea for over 10 years. The first time must have been 2006 or 2007 when it was really only a good local pub which served decent food. It then developed over…
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