Nov

29

(My apologies for the quality of the photos used in the blog this week. The only photos that I took this week were taken with my mobile phone camera.) Ok! So, it is officially getting cold, even by my standards. This weekend sees the arrival of a bit of an Arctic blast! Our temperatures have [...]

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Nov

22

This weekend marks the 1-month marker to when our days will start getting longer again. I know that the worst is yet come and that it will still be a long cold winter, but when you put in perspective and look for the silver lining, it really doesn’t seem so bad. The Salt Grit buckets [...]

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Nov

15

I have felt a renewed motivation about the blog this week. So many people who I never suspected were reading this blog contacted us this week with loads of compliments. Nicky, your reaction was undoubtedly the best! Nicky only found out about the blog this week and she sat down and read almost all 19 [...]

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Nov

08

All week the fireworks have been going off. Oh yes they have! I suspect that from Halloween through Guy Fawkes, into Christmas and New Year the sparks are going to be flying for quite a while yet. Every night we are able to look out of almost any window of the house and see fireworks [...]

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Nov

01

October ends, and with it yet another month in the UK. We are now into November and I am pleasantly surprised with the UK weather for this late in the year. A lot of people are telling me that this is very unlike a normal October, when it comes to weather, so I am not [...]

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