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koi carp
Feeding the fish
It is amazing how much sh*t two people can accumulate through the years. I remember moving to our flat about 9 years ago and it only took a few trips with both our cars.

Time passes and stuff builds up. Not all junk mind, just bits of life.

Why are books so heavy? I supposed you are literally packing and lifting a solid block of wood, although it is probably true that wood is lighter as it has more air in its structure.

Must keep on packing and then feed the koi later. Fingers crossed that I don't kill the fish and turn the garden into a dump within a month!

new homeGot confirmation from the solicitor that the house purchase has completed this morning. Woo hoo!

Now all that decorating to do. There's only so many times you can paint over the wallpaper.

Pity Rich and Jo have gone on holiday otherwise we could have shared a drink with our new neighbours.

Airplane image
Ssss--tttorrr--ppp!
We left Prague in 26 degrees of heat, which had been 33 earlier in the week, and arrived in Bournemouth amongst wind and rain.

What was scary though was the blooming landing. Having a window seat I could tell that we were already a fair way up the runway before we were close to touching down. Not a good sign. Once all tyres were on land the reverse thrust kicked in, water spraying everywhere.

I had the feeling that a lot of runway seemed to be passing underneath us and when the reverse thrust was so strong that it starting shuddering the plane I just began to see the lights that signalled the end of the runway coming into view. I thought, oh dear this could be tricky.

Luckily a final slam on the brakes brought it all to a sudden halt, with literally yards to spare. It was a tight turn to get the plane around and taxi towards the arrivals hut.

A round of applause went up and everyone was thankful for being OK despite all the wind and rain. Reminded me of our trip to Dublin which had just as adventurous landing but at least there were fire engines and ambulances ready and waiting.

Holiday review of Prague - Photos of Prague 2007

drink
Fancy a drink
We've exchanged on the house today. Woo hoo! Completion for June 1st.

Just celebrating the milestone with a homemade caipirinha-cum-mojito!

Caipito or Morinha?

Take a glass, squeeze in some segments of lime and drop them in. Add a couple of teaspoons of brown sugar. Take the end of a wooden chopstick (my own improvisation) and muddle the limes with the sugar. Add Cachaca to taste. Do a bit more muddling.

Drop in about 5 mint leaves. Do just enough stabbing of the mint leaves to release some flavour. Do not muddle the mint leaves otherwise it will break up too much. Found that out after the first attempt. Add some ice cubes and top up with Schweppes Soda Water.

Enjoy, responsibly.

ImageCongratulations to Julia and Tim McConnell on their 25th wedding anniversary. May there be many more.

Very nice to quaff a champagne over at their home. That Tim is a soppy old git isn't he, eternity ring and all.
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