Snipe makes me laugh, she really does. We’ve both got our routines and habits and adjust our lives together around them. I’ve got used to her checking up on me when I’m in the bath before hiding in the bedroom …
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Well, kind of. I’m up, dressed, breakfasted, have done the laundry and hung it out to dry, and changed the sheets, which means that whatever I do between now and the end of the day, my final task before bed …
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I’ve never pursued sailing as a hobby, which is odd when you consider that I’m a sailor’s daughter, but I spent my childhood enjoying landlubber activities and the open sea, despite being on the doorstep, remained my father’s territory and …
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Yesterday’s supposedly gentle club ride (“no more than thirty miles,” announced G as we set off) turned out to be both hillier and longer than expected, though as a compromise we came home via the Levels. Which they are. I …
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Missive received earlier today: Your bloody cat went out in the pouring rain, got covered in mud, then rolled all around on the clean bedding! Luckily my response expressing sympathy for the poor cold, wet and muddy Mac was met …
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A bit like a ship making its way across the southern seas, I have, of late, experienced it all. Rough storms and towering waves, peace and tranquillity, becalmed and in the doldrums. But, as ever, life goes on and I …
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I’ve been meaning to cut my hair for ages and last night I finally got round to it. I bought my clippers just over a year ago and apart from one or two incidents (usually involving my quiff :sob:) and …
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Not trendy, you understand … just trending. The theme. That’s its name. I’ve given up: I am not stylistically-minded. Like the saying goes, I know it when I see it … I just can’t, you know, make it. I was …
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When my ex and I split up, the two hooligans cunningly disguised as cats went to live with her in Oxfordshire. As much as I miss the pair of trouble makers, is it wrong that I look forward to the …
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Since joining Cycle Somerset last month, I’ve been out with them several times and it’s going really well. There is at least one racing club in the area for them wot like going really, really fast, but the CS focus …
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