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Everything breaking again?
Had a pretty good weekend again – mowed the lawn with my hover mower which took a long time – the petrol one has broken down again. Sarah was stranded at Newland Park after hockey as her car broke down – starter motor we think. Ironic really as we were talking about bump starting diesel’s…
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Shorting Stopped
I’ve watched this week with great interest – BBC Business pages have been constantly open and on refresh! As per my blog on Wednesday – the government have stopped short selling – and the shares have rebounded strongly. Which is good as I bought some HBOS shares near their bottom during the week. read more
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Financial Markets
I cannot quite believe what is happening at the moment with the financial markets in what appears to be domino meltdown. Llloyds TSB and HBOS have announced they are talking about merging – with customers of HBOS reportedly starting to take their money out – what is the matter with people? The speculators who are…
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Tomato Blight
For the second year in a row – its been so wet in my greenhouse, the tomatoes have gone rotton on the vine – very frustrating as the few i’ve had have been very tasty. Had to strip them all out already… The cucumbers have slowed up a bit out of the greenhouse as well.…
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St Giles Show and Blackberry Picking
What a fantastic and busy weekend we had. First up I cycled off to hockey on Saturday morning – bearing in mind i’ve hardly moved off the sofa since I was ill back in March – so it was a bit of a shock to my system to say the least – enjoyed it though.…
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Rebecca Starts School
Somehow I managed to hold myself together this week when Rebecca started school for the first time. She didn’t take too well to the first drop off but is really enjoying it and now just waltzes in – which is good news. read more
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Trees on the A40
I’ve noticed recently whilst driving between Gerrards Cross and Beaconsfield just how many dead trees there are – masses of them – especially near Wapseys Wood dump. All very strange. read more
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Rebecca’s Last Day
What a sad day – Rebecca’s last day at nursery today. Off to school in a couple of weeks – which is a whole new world for her. We are also wondering what Jamie will make of it without her being there – as they are very close. read more
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Fun Weekend and Busy Week
Although the weather was wet again – it seems to have been raining non stop this ‘summer’ – we had a pretty good weekend. On Saturday I managed to fix the front guttering round the porch so it stopped leaking – though there are loads of other leaks to fix I noticed – and on…
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