Yes, this week was, indeed, one of ups and downs. But let's start with the positives: Hurrah, we did exchange on our house purchase last Friday! At 4.55pm, five minutes before the deadline for the day, I got a call from the solicitor to say it had all gone through. Huge sighs of relief all … Continue reading Five on Friday: ups and downs
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Five on Friday
The photos above are from last weekend’s trip to Herefordshire. My friend’s family own a house there that is the very stuff of watery-eyed English nostalgia. A huge mansion, surrounded by formal gardens, giving way to fields of cows, sheep and hay bales as far as the eye can see. In the distance, a church … Continue reading Five on Friday
Five on Friday
Hello! Phew! Goodness, it's been a busy few weeks. I'll try and sum it all up in five salient points... It's been a fortnight of hospitals. Last week, the sproglet had his tonsils and adenoids removed, which meant a day at St Thomas's and then a whole week of quarantine at home. He was pretty … Continue reading Five on Friday
