28 days ago by andrewburdett

With Harriet due to go back to university tomorrow after spending the festive period skiing in France and at home with us, we decided to take a late-afternoon stroll down by the river. Matthew voted against coming, but the four of us that did go were rewarded with beautiful views. Parking the car at ...

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42 days ago by andrewburdett

Scroll down or click here for my video review of 2011. Tonight, Big Ben will strike midnight, and a new morn will dawn on 2012. It’s a year that London especially has been counting down to excitedly, due to the upcoming summer Olympics. To millions, the change of year is an opportunity to turn a new ...

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48 days ago by andrewburdett

Christmas Day for me has remained relatively unchanged since I was born, though one more obvious difference between the Christmases of old and those of more recent years is our greater reluctance to wake at the crack of dawn filled with the excitement of the day to come: it seems the joy of opening ...

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69 days ago by andrewburdett

Scroll down or click here for my video. With Christmas now just three weeks away, Dad started work on his annual indoor illuminations a few days ago. If you’ve never seen them, you won’t appreciate that they are a little more than tinsel and fairy-lights, so click here to watch a video of the 2009/2 ...

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113 days ago by andrewburdett

Yesterday (Thursday, 20 October 2011) will go down in history for a number of reasons. In sport, Chelsea beat Belgian team Genk 5-0; in UK news, the last illegal residents at Dale Farm finally left the site after a ten-year-long battle; and, of course, on the international stage, the Libyan Civil Wa ...

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160 days ago by andrewburdett

This Week’s Photo How could this week’s Photo of the Week be anything other than something from my parents’ silver wedding anniversary party?! Held earlier today (Sunday, 4 September), it allowed the whole family (along with friends and neighbours) to meet up in the beautiful venue of Norden Farm. A ...

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171 days ago by andrewburdett

At last, ladies and gentlemen, I give you the diary of my Jamboree experience. Like all good things, it’s been pretty delayed in its release, but all 12,318 words are now attached – with a good number of photographs – for your reading delight. The truth is, it’s taken quite a long time, and a lot of ...

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