1 June 2025

Sorry (again and again and again and . . .). If anything, this week has been busier than either of the previous two. It seems like we’ve been busier than a one-armed wallpaper hanger, as my brother Steph said once upon a time. We’ve thoroughly enjoyed our all-too-brief visit with our good friend Miles and his wife, Kathryn, we’ve been frantically preparing for the village garden competition (yesterday) and for the Open Gardens (later today). Hopefully, it will stay (mostly) dry and perhaps we could enjoy a little bit less wind than we’ve had the last few days? Oh, and we also celebrated Penny’s and Jessie’s birthdays on Wednesday and we’ve welcomed Penny’s sister Judi who arrived from Toronto on Friday. Whew!

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25 May 2025

Sorry (again). Those of you who care will undoubtedly feel short-changed (again). We’ve been very busy following our return from Cumbria – we have Open Gardens in a week’s time but, more importantly, we had to prepare for our upcoming visit from our very good friend Miles and his wife who arrived yesterday. So, this edition will be mercifully short and hopefully somewhat succinct.

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18 May 2025

Sorry. I forgot to say that we will be away this weekend – we’re visiting our lovely former neighbours who are now living in the Lake District. So, no News today! I am putting this together on Wednesday, before we leave. Fortunately, we have much of our copy ready for (repeat) publication – we’ll steal the last bit of our Polarsteps SE Asia travel log to fill the gaps.

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