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Lol

Holiday within a holiday

Just returning from a work day trip to Dublin. One of the taxi drivers I took confided in me about his secret holidays-within-holidays.

He’s about to go to Lanzarote for a fortnight. Each morning he will get up at 6am and go to a fisherman’s bar. There, he will sink three or four pints and still get back to the sun lounger before his unsuspecting wife wakes up.

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countryside dogs

Inspecting Lewes

Had a lovely day out in Lewes yesterday with old friends from the Guardian. Jim’s dog Georgia loved bounding along the South Downs

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film Funny words

YOO-NITE-ED NAY-SHUNS

To this day, I can’t hear the words United Nations without repeating them back (not always in my head) as YOO-NITE-ED NAY-SHUNS after this scene in American Werewolf in London (skip to 1’20”)

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Four Quarters

This new bar 5 minutes away from us in Peckham is a retro dream. Refurbished, original coin-op games, local beer and a good attitude. Like being 14 again in the Alassio except without older kids asking you for 10p
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Wildlife

Staggering

Didn’t realise how rare or protected stag beetles are. Saw this one in our garden yesterday and it was beautiful.

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cycling

Tour de France

Regretting that I didn’t go to the Yorkshire stages, I made sure to hang out on the Embankment for an hour in the rain to see the peloton whizz by at the 3km to go mark on Stage 3. A proper thrill. All photos here

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New car sticker

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The dog helping me read a book

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SE London

Hellraiser at the bus stop

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