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Summer Days and NOT an Apology
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Saying farewell in style – Afternoon Tea at the Merchant Hotel
Taking a break from the Blog Journal, to get up to date on a few things that have been happening here: On Saturday a group of 10 friends met to say farewell to our friend Fiona, who has just qualified from Bible College to become a Methodist Minister (pastor). She is not moving too far…

New Beginnings
This title sounds like the name of a digital scrapbooking kit! Alas, no, I have not started designing my own kits. Much too difficult, I prefer to use other peoples’ stuff. So how was you New Year? We had a quiet New Years Eve, apart from our neighbour who came round and was coerced into…

Loving You
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Bonjour – House Swapping in France, Day 1
And so begins our 4th house swap adventure, and our first to France. You can read about previous home exchanges to Dublin, Boston and Galway previously on my blog. This time we are staying on the edge of a beautiful medieval hilltop town about 90 minutes north east of Paris. For the first time we…