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Up hill and down dale

Up hill and down dale

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I’m not entirely sure how Betty is still alive. The good weather has arrived which means a return to our walks into the countryside: local hikes from the house, treks further to the north, and longer trips taken in Spain. Many of which are certainly not flat. Betty comes with us each time of course. In September she’ll be 14, and it will also be a year since she had surgery to remove the lump on her leg. She no…

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A month in the country

A month in the country

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So now that we have settled in, I’m using that term very loosely, our attention has turned to the outside area. We have land front and back of the house which still looks exceedingly scruffy, there’s still some builders’ stuff lying around and mounds of gravel. So perhaps, when we look up in our guide book to identify the plants coming through, we should not be surprised by the phrase occurs especially on wasteland. We also have a lower field….

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