Luggage defeated (I think) so I am ready to jet

Hand luggage has been packed. I’m hoping that nobody looks too carefully at the weight of my hand luggage or asks me to unpack my ‘purse’. I don’t think that most people carry 320GB external hard drives in their purse!
I suspect that I may be very, very, very close to the weight limit on my [...]

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Yarn and sushi and other good things

Yesterday I went up to London to meet up with my sister for sushi and yarn shopping. As we weren’t due to meet up until 6pm and I didn’t fancy trawling through trains during the rush hour, I decided to go up a couple of hours early.
Hmm. What on Earth could I do with myself?
And [...]

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That weekend update post thing I promised

Today I am feeling much better and I have plans to go into London for supper with my sister, yarn trawling in John Lewis (yay!) and possibly a quick stop in the British Library so that I can say that I’ve been. I have also spent the morning bagging up a huge stack of magazines [...]

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Snowdon: An Epic Journey

There is a scene towards the end of Man in the Iron Mask (the newer one, not the Richard Chamberlain 70s version) where the Four Musketeers (and Phillipe) decide to make one final charge on the younger musketeers and the King Louis. The young musketeers fire everything they have at our heroes, shots go everywhere [...]

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Off to climb a mountain

I have packed, I have printed route maps and I have updated the iPod with the latest podcasts. I am now ready for my trip to North Wales to climb Snowdon.
With any luck, by this time on Friday I will be sitting in the hotel bar marvelling at how wonderful the climb was
See [...]

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The BIG announcement

There is something that I have been keeping from you. One might even go so far as to say that I’ve been lying at times about something. It’s something huge in my life but I’ve not been able to tell anyone about it.
Well, I made the big announcement to my department at work yesterday so [...]

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Snowdon training walk 2: Everest?

I went on our second proper training walk for Snowdon. It was five miles long and a bit tougher than Monday’s, involving a few more climbs including the steepest climb in the area. As we live in one of the hillier areas of England, it takes a bit for us to be impressed by hills [...]

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Snowdown Training Walk 1: I have conquered the elements!

I am soaked, exhausted and very happy. It’s a bank holiday here so Da and I did our first real training walk for Snowdon. It is hideous weather today (rain, wind, yuck) but I thought it would be good practise seeing as we’re unlikely to guarantee perfect weather for our climb.
We walked across the farm [...]

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Stuff and more stuff

Today has been a quiet day at home, catching up on stuff that I’ve recorded and doing lots of knitting. A new project has been cast on and I’ve got a bit more work done on the blanket. In fact, the blanket now has two completed rows plus some patches. It’s looking beautiful. Um, very [...]

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Tea at Claridge’s (and yarn trawls)

Oops, I haven’t posted here for longer than I thought. I could have sworn that I cross-posted a few more things than I apparently have…
And while I was away, WordPress has updated the Dashboard! I quite like it already – all the bits I check every time (including my stats) are right there without me [...]

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