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Giselle

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Three years ago I went to see the breathtaking ballet Giselle at the Royal Opera House.  The whole production blew me away I see it returned to London just a few days ago And the whole production can be streamed on line from the beginning of December  Catch it if you can from Going Gently https://ift.tt/2YwJjEM

2009

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Earlier this year, after browsing through computer photo files, I blogged about two years in my life: 2007 and 2008 Today it's the turn of 2009 - twelve years ago now. That was the year I fulfilled a long held dream - to visit Easter Island but more of that in tomorrow's blogpost. The photo files remind me that in the middle of  that year, Shirley and I  visited Sussex on the south coast of England. We had three days at "The Dorset" - a public house in Lewes, near Brighton and then a week in an apartment in the charming seaside town of Rye. From there we strayed over into Kent, visiting Dungeness and Canterbury. As I recall, it was a lovely holiday - exploring a part of England that was unfamiliar to us in nice August weather.  Looking back, I regret that we did not visit the comedian, Spike Milligan's grave in Winchelsea near Rye - simply because at the time I did not know he was buried there. These three images must suffice to represent that happy vacation:- ...

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Off to bed early . I’m Still not well, which worries me Hey ho  I will leave you with this video  Very funny   from Going Gently https://ift.tt/3od9o4q

Winnie’s Rose

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I’m sat in my office.  Perusing the cost of new washing machines. I hadn’t factored the fact that my Samsung wasn’t immortal. More juggling of finances are in order. Hey ho. The gravedigger arrived early today and drove through my field to access the new cemetery with his mini digger . Village Elder Islwyn was there too. He loaned the digger briefly to landscape some of the more uneven parts of my field .  While I have been ill, he has taken it upon himself to clear the Glebe of rubbish and detritus, which was kind. Islwyn loves a project. I’ve missed some village news. The Village Community Association has started to clear the village pond and opened up their loaned chipper to the rest of the village over last weekend. I will walk up later to check on how much they’ve done , guilty a little that I wasn’t able to help.  I also missed the soup lunch at the Hall on Saturday,  Trefor’s had a one word review of it Looking unhappy, all he said was “ humm...