It was Ann's birthday on Sunday, and, rather too much at the last minute, as it turned out, we decided to get out of town for the weekend. Trouble was, so had everyone else...
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I'm afraid I'm going to revert to the theme of the Beatles – it just keeps coming up here, and each time Ann says “You see?!” triumphantly. Ringo Starr's coming here soon...
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On Sunday afternoon, Mr McFall’s Chamber performed their first gig ever without Mr McFall. Robert is away in Chile for six months taking a well-deserved break, so it fell to Claire Sterling to sit in the hot seat and do her best Robert impression...
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The wind comes up usually in the afternoon – when I grew up here you used to be able to hear it moving through the town – it was rather a pleasant sound – of course, you don't hear it nowadays...
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I spent much of last week ill with various manifestations of a cold. I was up mid-week, breezing (and sneezing) about Viña del Mar looking for English teaching work...
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