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the sleigh ride starts!
A weekend spent putting up the Christmas tree, marzippaning and icing the Christmas cake and getting stuck into the first of this years’ viewings of Miracle on 34th Street and Elf (with Muppet Christmas Carol and It’s A Wonderful Life to follow this weekend, courtesy of the Prince Charles Cinema’s ever-reliable December programme) has finally brought about the gradual segue…
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an even quieter place…
…is where I currently am, for some last minute R&R before the Christmas panic excitement gets into full swing. I will be back for business as usual from Wednesday, which will also mark two weeks to the day since I baked my Christmas cake for the first time in a good few years! Cake 2024 is wrapped up safely awaiting…
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a quiet place…
It really is! November that is – at least once Guy Fawkes night is over. Even the fireworks don’t seem as loud as they were, although the trip down to the celebrations in Battersea Park a couple of weeks ago was well worth the effort since it included not just fireworks but stage shows, well above average food and superior…