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    let it snow, let it snow, let it snow

    As the meterological chaos of earlier in the week fades away, it is probably futile to speculate on the prospective fortunes weather-wise for the coming few days! As it is, to those who have had to postpone their much-anticipated visits – rest assured that when you eventually can journey to Scarborough without the potential shame of being dug out of…

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    hold the front page

    An email I received last weekend prompted me to ponder my choice of opening gambit, as it were – namely my ‘welcome page’ picture. It seems that I should think more magnanimously and by now ought to have carefully ensured that each of my many facets and angles have been equally displayed at their most agreeably flattering and graceful, in…

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    happy birthday to me!

    The more keen-eyed and vigilant among you will have noticed some slight alterations to my website – I am indeed now 36! I enjoyed a wonderful day with presents; among them my favourite Green and Black’s chocolate with ginger, a distinctly high-tech nail related addition to the self-maintenance arsenal, and a bag of fabulous Arran Victory potatoes (which have today…