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Category: Activities

Garden Work

May 5, 2020 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

We have had a busy two days. Last week we had a delivery of bedding plants from Yarnton Garden Centre.…

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Posted in: Activities, Hook Norton, Weather Filed under: bedding plants, colourful, containers, garden, gardening, leisure, pastime, plants, pots, summer bedding

Lockdown – Week 5

April 28, 2020 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

Still in lockdown, but now getting used to it. I’ve been making full use of the good weather and have…

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Posted in: Activities, Hook Norton Filed under: Coronavirus, Covid-19, DIY, keep calm and carry on, life, lock down, social distancing

Lockdown – Week 4

April 13, 2020 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

Week 4 in lockdown now underway. UK is on track to have the most deaths in Europe as now over…

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Posted in: Activities Filed under: birdsong, Coronavirus, country living, Covid-19, lock down, quietness, restrictions

Living in lockdown….

March 28, 2020 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

The UK is in virtual lock down in a concentrated effort to limit the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. We…

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Posted in: Activities Filed under: calming, carry on, Coronavirus, Covid-19, disease, exercise, health, illness, isolation, life, lock down, positive, social distancing, stiff upper lip, virus, wellbeing

Coronavirus – Covid-19

March 19, 2020 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

This whole pandemic sounds as if it is from a science fiction novel. However, it is not, it is actually…

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Posted in: Activities Filed under: British phlegm, calm, carry on, Coronavirus, Covid-19, disease, everyday life, health, hoarding, illness, lock down, shortages, stiff upper lip

People watching

January 29, 2020 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

I normally walk along the street without taking much notice of my fellow pedestrians. However, here I am in one…

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Posted in: Activities, Travel Filed under: clothing, entertainment, fashion, kilt, observation, Oxford, people, style, theatre

Dinner Companions

March 29, 2019 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

The final “assignment” we had to write for the travel writing course was 250 words about “someone I met while…

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Posted in: Activities, Travel Filed under: background, conversation, cruising, film, life, movies, passengers, people, personalities, roots, travel

Back in the saddle

March 25, 2019 Whitehall1965 Leave a comment

First cycle ride for a number of weeks yesterday having had a shoulder injury due to a fall last time…

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Posted in: Activities, Sport Filed under: cycling, fitness, sport

Sunny Monday Post

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Lovely sunny day here in Hook Norton. Grass cut for the first time last week, it certainly needed it as…

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Posted in: Activities, Sport Filed under: Kingsholm, rugby, sport

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