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Back to the Goyt
I switched off the engine and sat in the car for a few moments taking in the familiar but recently much neglected view. I opened the window and listened to the silence. Lilly was getting restless in...
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Muddy Dog
The Dale is very wet and very muddy. Lilly the Collie has managed to get quite a lot of the Dale on her paws and tail and other furry bits. Its getting dark as we trudge through the puddles, sneaking...
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Dog hair under the bed
I think this blog has got tired like its author. Its a bit frayed around the edges, some of the bits don't work any more. A lot of the content doesn't make any sense and has a habit of repeating...
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One slice of toast please.
2.30am Sunday morning. I am awake but only just. The wireless is still on. Radio 7, I think its a play. Sounds like a Morse. I reach out and grab my phone and check it for texts. There are none. Lilly...
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Bit of a winge
Mrs BW is out on a course, the Munch bored in his room, Lilly asleep on the bed, and the Weasel has just popped out for a bit. I am sitting here resisting the strong desire to go down stairs and make a...
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The final slice
I'd been looking forward to it all evening, that last slice of apple pie, left over from Sunday lunch. And there was double cream in the fridge. It was a big fat slice with crumbly bits and apple...
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The Wiz is off on her travels.
Sitting in what I grandly call the office, but which is in fact a spare room that we do not need. Well its a space with my stuff in it anyway. Looking out of the window, I can see that the rain has...
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A bit of a catch up
With the Wiz in Ethiopia, and the Munch working hard as an apprentice chef, I was home alone with Lilly the Collie for most of the weekend. Mrs BW made a brief appearance in between shifts at Hardwick...
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The Wanderer returns
If you had been at Heathrows terminal one international arrivals, on Sunday, you may have observed a slightly scruffy, dishevelled, middle aged man waiting anxiously by the barrier. He had already had...
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I am a Prat. WARNING HARRY POTTER SPOLIER
Well okay I guess for anyone that knows me well that's not exactly front page news. But I am. We went to see the last Harry Potter film last night at Didsbury. It was excellent and I shall write about...
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Not the Goyt
A confession. I have not been to the Goyt for a while. The main reason is that Lilly, our excitable Border Collie has a habit of chasing birds and rather than take her there and keep her on the lead...
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Congratulations Wiz
So the next adventure starts. A place to read dance at Leeds Met. Fantastic. We are very very proud of what you have achieved. Its been quite a journey with one or two rocky bits on the way but your...
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Comings and Goings
All the comings and goings are unsettling Lilly the Collie. She cannot get used to the fact that several of her pack are absent at anyone time. She was beside herself with excitement last Friday when...
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Merde! You fool.
For several months since they moved in, I have greeted our new neighbours with a Bonjour here and an au revoir there. I think I even ventured to comment on the weather in my clumsy school boy french.I...
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What a tackle, What a decision!
First let me make a confession. I am an Englishman who has never supported Wales before nor wanted them to win before. Well okay I did once support Cardiff when they were playing Leicester Tigers but I...
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What a Good Dog!
I don't take Lilly to Monks Dale very often. Not because its remote and difficult to get through. Its just around the corner so to speak, if you allow for a little bit of down the valley and over the...
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If only you had gone to Spec Savers Sir!
I had the pleasure of referring Buxton Thirds against Ashbourne Fourths on Saturday. For the record Buxton won 19-14 and no one got yellow carded or red carded. Sir kept his hands firmly in his...
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Things I don't want to ever hear again
"Dad, its the Munch. I've been shot in the leg."I hold the phone to my ear. Already I am up from my seat and heading down stairs to find Mrs BW."You've been what?""Shot in the leg dad, I'm at the...
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Belated happy New Year
The last few days have been a bit challenging weather wise to say the least. The background to this stormy spell has been the constant wind, which when its not trying to pry away our roof tiles, makes...
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A Squirrel has a lucky Escape.
Another windy and overcast day with a hint of rain in the air. Lilly the Collie looked at me and then padded over to where her lead hung amongst the coats and scarves. She sniffed it pointedly and then...
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The Perfect Cup of Instant Coffee
Yes it is possible to make a decent cup of instant coffee. It needs a little more time and care but not that much. I always use Alta Rica, but the method will improve any blend from the humble...
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Moaning Monday
The self service checkouts at our local Morrisons are a pain even when they work, with their patronising instructions, and random refusal to accept items. But at least they do something to reduce the...
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Interrupted Ball throwing, Collie not amused.
Taking Lilly for her walk this morning across the back fields on another perfect cloudless early spring day, I noticed that there were a lack of small birds tweeting in the trees and bushes. The reason...
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Cats and Lawns
Next doors cat creeps through the long grass of our back garden and makes its way to one of the large bushes. There it settles down to stare at me. I stare back it. Its a strange cat, a throw back to...
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Greyness
As I write this, I occasional look out of the window. Just a glance. Just to see if anything interesting is happening in the Close. It isn't, so its back to the screen. The one thing that doesn't seem...
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