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Down the pub with the lads

Thursday evening Julie and Bob picked me up in Julie’s new car (Peugeot) and took me to the Lilacs pub at Laverton. Richard Lovett and Mike Sanders turned up and we decided to have a few beers. High quality real … Continue reading

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English summer, still

Jan is in Cambridge, working, and I’m enjoying the last of the English summer. The sun is shining on Higham Ferrers and it is a balmy 20 degrees. The forecasters warn that cold air is coming from the west and … Continue reading

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Subway sardines

Saturday. Last day in New York. Breakfast in the diner, pack the bag, check out and leave the bag at the hotel. It’s pleasantly warm and sunny. We set off walking to the United Nations building which is on our … Continue reading

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All that jazz

Lovely sunny day, another big breakfast in the diner next door. We have to step round cameras and crew who are making a film shoot in the hotel’s Blue Bar. There seem to be film shoots all over the place … Continue reading

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NY NY What a wonderful town!

We’re in New York, staying at the elegant Algonquin Hotel near Times Square in Midtown Manhattan. The hotel opened in 1902, alongside the Harvard Club and Yale Club. It’s known for hosting the Round Table of Vanity Fair writers and … Continue reading

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