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Monthly Archives: May 2007
The Kingswood Tug Of War
The ususal tug of war against our next village neighbours never took place. Sunday the area was prepared. Nettles were strimmed down, a foot bridge was built over the border-marking brook, and a dam built of corregated iron was placed against … Continue reading
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Final day in Paris and back home
Today we visited the Pompidou centre, after a major delay in departure from hotel due to my not being able to find my passport, but finally it appeared in a highly original place. The Pompidou centre is a building with … Continue reading
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Sunday a very wet day in Paris
Sunday was very wet. It appeared to rain all day, cold grey sky which never broke all day. First we met a walking group over the underpass under the Pont d’Alma where Diana had been killed 10 years previously. There … Continue reading
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Paris on Saturday
We started the day a little later than normal after an excellent breakfast in the Radisson. Out on the metro, changed onto the line which takes us into the Latin zone. First stop was a visit on the Pantheon. This … Continue reading
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The Louvre and La Defense
Today the sun shone on us, at least to start with. Visited the Louvre first. Here we visited the rooms of Napoleon the third, objects d’art, sculpture and various modern sculpture. We felt we had to see the Mona Lisa, but it was … Continue reading
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Paris arrival
First day of our long weekend in Paris. Up at a reasonable time to try and get a good seat on the Easyjet to Paris. Despite checking in a few minutes after the opening time, we still seemed to be … Continue reading
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Swan Group of Churches Flower Festival
This weekend my new tripod went out for its first outing. It went around seven churches in the area where I live. These seven churches all belong to the Swan Group of churches. This was the 30th anniversary of the … Continue reading
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COA – Services year start kick off
COA launched the new year with a meeting at Center Parcs. A few meetings got in the way of an otherwise enjoyable afternoon of team building exercises and evening drinking. A few may have felt it would have been better … Continue reading
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Back in Edinburgh
I see my last blog entry was a month ago. We have been doing quite a few things this month. A visit to Cardiff for a long weekend and a trip around the London Docklands area with the Cambridge Society. … Continue reading
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