Holidays
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The Zante Diaries 2010 Part One
The Zante Diaries 2010 Also known as ‘An Idiot’s Guide to Zakynthos’ or ‘What the Other Kids are Missing. Poor Dudes’. Sunday 25th July 2010 It is our second full day here and already I am at my wits’ end with Maxim. He snores, he steals my bed, puts my pen lids up… Continue reading
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Shut Up and Drive, Being Part Two of Two Blogs, ‘In the Last Week Frank Has Left the House’
on 2nd July it was my brother Maxim’s birthday. We celebrated yesterday… By going go-karting. I had never been before – not many of us had – so it was understandable, I think, to say that once we pulled on the jumpsuits, messed around calling balaclava ‘baklavas’ and watched the rather crap safety video, I was… Continue reading
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Tea At The Ritz, Being Part One of Two Blogs, ‘In the Last Week Frank Has Left the House’
Last Tuesday it was my mum’s fiftieth birthday (I’m sure she appreciates my informing the Internet of this fact). Because she is Mum, and a secret Mrs. Bucket, my immediate family plus one grandmother took a trip to London. To The Ritz Hotel. For afternoon tea… At half seven in the evening. Apparently you have to… Continue reading
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Who Let the Dog Out? Oh Yeah. We Did.
You all remember Fred, don’t you? I do, I live with him. We took him out for walkies down the field yesterday, same as ever and he started to sneeze on the way back. I’m not kidding, they were proper sneezes complete with Fred bashing his paw over his nose, like, “What’s happening to… Continue reading
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