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"First rule of naming something: never ask the British public."

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.. and on a sobering note to finish, a remnant of the Twin Towers, burnt and twisted.

Lots of information posters, which J found some amusement in: Jay: The deadpan way these were described made me laugh - to summarise - it couldn't climb, the doors didn't fit, it poisoned the pilots, ot often burst into flames, and the tails often fell off. Sounds great (😭😆😱😱😆😆😆) [br] funny (2).jpg ...

Other planes were available: (this may be a Spitfire?)

And inside, with a menu!

Juliet is a fan of Concorde, which she has recently made a jolly decent Lego model of, and Sam adores Spitfires, so they decided the Imperial War Museum at Duxford would be a good place to spend the day last week! Imperial war museum [br] concorde (1).jpg [br] concorde (2).jpg [br] concorde3.jpg [br...

That all worked out perfectly then

Here's to next time!

I billed it as 'OC's awful Holiday' as that tends to get more views :devil I think Furby must be right about the cut-up sausages. I am one of those whose eyes are bigger than their tummy and would probably take three when I ran out of sausage steam after only two. I had evil visons of us being serve...

Feels like you are getting a bargain there, OC! I would also be tempted to try it again, as apart from the stationary boat (!) you enjoyed much of the holiday. Arrrgh money stuff is all so complicated. Mr M used to do it all, but doesn't now. I've had to have a steep learning curve. Luckily STPD is ...

I wouldn't have wanted to do eight hours in a coach, either! good decision, OC Off I went and remarked cheerfully to one of the waiters that I bet he was glad we were on our way. He looked at me with a doleful expression and told me that we had to return to Oporto. So I ate my breakfast, wondering w...

Beautiful.

I love the way the little robin is about to sing.

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I have tended to start stories and post as I go, simply because I am the worst at waiting, especially when an idea excites me. I want to see the excitement of others, I crave their feedback, and enjoy their enjoyment. Recently, I've got a story in the works which I'm so incredibly excited about, bu...

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It's always such a thrill to me to get a new member. Just come and chat to us, Emily!

This is a very good question; and I'm 100% unequivocally in the finish and post camp. This is because I know myself too well, and how I can be very enthusiastic about a story and write loads - and then dry up. I need to know I have the story essentially done, "just" :rolleyes needing tweak...

Toasted cheese sandwiches are food of the gods, air fryer style. I'd never got them right before. CHIPS is one of the main things people use them for, but although I use my air fryer for almost everything else, I don't like airfryer chips :( but then I've always hated oven chips. Dry and tasteless. ...

Having been an auditor in part of my work life, I felt obliged to test them all :lol In chat last night, I guessed that the Naughty Pastry was... a TART. The reality was much better :rofl Had I been there with my girls we would undoubtedly have bought one - and then taken lots of sniggering selfies...

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