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    kung hei fat choi!

    And another whirlwind visit to the capital ends, after four days of hi-jinks, more spoiling-rotten with Ladurée macaroons, wine and dining out under Waterloo Bridge (in, I should hastily explain, a restaurant) which I had at one point thought may never get underway following one technical hitch after the next, and coupled with the usual enthusiasm of the local punting…

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    back on the road again!

    Well a week on and I can confidently say that I am fighting fit and more than ready to well, roll, (as it were) and after a handful of fun and lively meetings over the past couple of days I am very happy to be diligently handwashing, mending, decanting (my favourite part, the soothing effects of transferring things from a…

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    sick and tired…

    Well predictably, any ideas about birthday celebrating went out of the window when what began with a nasty headache and faint general feeling of shivery, not-very-well nausea around mid-afternoon on Saturday (enough, thankfully, to stop me actually travelling anywhere and spending money on anything) escalated to full-on, violent, hell hath no fury, food poisoning (presumably, although expecting to be dining…