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Sarukoru Halls in Blighty
- Dec 25, 2019 · ☀️ 7 °C Altitude: 24 m
  Richmond upon Thames East Sheen 51.451941, -0.28197551°27'7" N 0°16'55" W
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Christmas Day
December 25, 2019 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C
Christmas Day ! Everyone was up early to get stuck into all the presents under the tree.

It was a glorious sunny day so we went for a walk (and climb) in Richmond Park.

Then it was time to get stuck into the festivities. Negronis all round, and then Christmas lunch was a triumph - beef wellington, pudding and trifle.

Everyone fell into bed with new Xmas books and reading companions.Read more
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Sarukoru Halls in Blighty
- Dec 27, 2019 · ⛅ 7 °C Altitude: 15 m
  Richmond upon Thames Hampton Court Hampton Court Palace 51.403248, -0.33755151°24'12" N 0°20'15" W
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Ice-skating at Hampton Court
December 27, 2019 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Today we all headed out to nearby Hampton Court Palace where an ice-skating rink was set up for the Christmas season.

After a few turns of the ice rink, we got tickets into the palace and grounds. Hampton Court Palace is where King Henry VIII set up court, and it is now a historical museum. There are real working kitchens with huge hunks of meat roasting, and pies cooking.

We wandered through the Great Hall, reading about Tudor dining etiquette: "Don't shift your buttocks left and right as if to let off some blast. Sit neatly and still".

Henry's Counsel Chamber is set up with projections of all the main players (Cromwell, Cardinal Wolsey etc) holding forth with advice and opinion.

There were also actors in costume roaming around acting out hilarious scenes about a group of players coming to court to entertain Queen Elizabeth. Lots of Shakespearean confusion, cross-dressing and audience participation.Read more
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Pam Welty Europe 2019-2020
- Jan 12, 2020, 12:16pm · ⛅ 50 °F Altitude: 23 ft
  Elmbridge District Thames Ditton 51.393219, -0.34103851°23'36" N 0°20'28" W
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Hampton Court
January 12, 2020 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ⛅ 50 °F
Came here as a kid and recall having a great run through the maze. The castle presentations have changed a lot since then, but the maze was still fun. I made it all the way in and back out without help from the spotter man.

The kitchens were open. There were costumed interpreters cooking a real roast on an open fire. As Henry VIII loved sugar, there was also a costumed confectioner making edible confetti.Read more
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Jantje Bartels London 2019
- Mar 6, 2019, 1:31pm · 🌧 12 °C Altitude: 14 m
  Richmond Marble Hill Park 51.452928, -0.31291751°27'11" N 0°18'47" W
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St Stephen's Church
March 6, 2019 in the United Kingdom ⋅ 🌧 12 °C
Mit der U-Bahn sind wir dann ein ganzes Stück aus London rausgefahren und haben da mit einem Team von drei Pastoren in der St Stephen‘s Kirche auch über Church Planting Projekte - jetzt in der Praxis und nicht vornehmlich mehr Theorie wir am Morgen - geredet. Die waren alle nett und Tee und Flapjack war auch wieder mal sehr gut.
Eine schöne Kirche mit einem interessanten Einblick in den Versuch wieder mehr Menschen dazu zu bewegen zur Kirche zu gehen.Read more
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Joel Baldwin European Odyssey
- Jul 18, 2017 · ☀️ 24 °C Altitude: 11 m
  Richmond upon Thames Twickenham Twickenham Green 51.446136, -0.34322551°26'46" N 0°20'36" W
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Day 153: Working
July 18, 2017 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
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Knuckled down today and got all of my work done! Finally caught up with videos that needed editing - I had to finish some from Ireland and England, as well as the one from Westminster Abbey. I'd been putting that one off because I wasn't able to film inside Westminster Abbey and would need to source non-copyright images from official channels, but it was easier than I thought and the end result was quite good (I think!).

Also finally finished my "About Me" video which has been a work-in-progress since about week 2 of the journey. It's just so different from my other videos, I really need to be in the right frame of mind to work on it.

Happy with the amount that I'd gotten done, and ended up watching Netflix until quite late in the evening. Also took the dogs for a walk during the day.Read more
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Running around on the village green
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Chilling out
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Joel Baldwin European Odyssey
- Jul 19, 2017 · ⛅ 21 °C Altitude: 11 m
  Richmond upon Thames Twickenham Twickenham Green 51.446136, -0.34322551°26'46" N 0°20'36" W
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Day 154: Relaxing
July 19, 2017 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
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Not much happening today at all. Went to Tesco's to buy more supplies (our lunches are their 3 pound meal deals of sandwich/snack/drink, and our dinners are often their pre-prepared chilled meals which are cheap and tasty).

Took the dogs for a walk. Did a bit of research for Netherlands and Belgium coming up. Played a bunch of Diablo 3 which has a new expansion, whoops. Watched some Netflix. Good fun.Read more
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Dogs patrolling the house
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No running around today, cricket on the village green instead!
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Joel Baldwin European Odyssey
- Jul 21, 2017 · ⛅ 20 °C Altitude: 10 m
  Richmond upon Thames Twickenham Twickenham Green 51.44685, -0.34187551°26'49" N 0°20'31" W
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Day 157: Day Alone
July 21, 2017 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
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More relaxing, Netflix, gaming and dog walking today. Today's difference was that Shandos went into London on her own, where she visted the V&A and the Saatchi galleries. I wasn't super interested so decided to stay home and mind the dogs.Read more
Joel Baldwin
At the park
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Another nice sausage dog that we met!
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Joel Baldwin European Odyssey
- Jul 17, 2017 · ⛅ 22 °C Altitude: 11 m
  Richmond upon Thames Twickenham Twickenham Green 51.446136, -0.34322551°26'46" N 0°20'36" W
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Day 152: Back to London
July 17, 2017 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
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Back down to London, as we take a bit of time off and prepare for the next legs of our journey! We left our flat at around 10am, walked up the road to the bus stop and caught a bus into the centre of Manchester (all of our luggage in tow). Got there just in time for the enormous station to be evacuated, then five minutes later to be told it was a false alarm!

We had plenty of time before the train so we had an early lunch - I decided to Eat Fresh while Shandos had some sushi, and we just sat on a bench inside the station. Our train left exactly on time at 12:30, and chuntered fairly quickly down the length of the country. Very familiar sights by now, mostly flat, neat fields, small scattered herds, motorways and settlements everywhere.

Arrived at London Euston at 2:41pm right on schedule, where we caught a Tube to Vauxhall, then an Overground service out to Twickenham where our house-sit is located. It's a long way west of the city, about half-way to Heathrow, or 30 minutes on the train.

Our house-sitter Dominnique picked us up from the station in her BMW; she seems quite wealthy and confident. She's a businesswoman originally from South Africa and she was heading to Croatia for a week for some meetings. She talked a mile a minute, but was gone very quickly as she had a plane to catch.

We introduced Schnitzel and Bailey, the cocker spaniel we're looking after for the week, and they seemed OK together. The house is quite compact (a 2-bed terrace), but definitely enough space for us. We got settled and then headed out with the dogs.

Twickenham is a pretty upmarket area, with a nice high-street and the Thames lazily rolling past on its way up to Oxford. We walked along the river and stopped at a nice pub called the White Swan where we had a couple of ciders each. Nice to know I didn't have to drive!!

The pub is also home to a rowing club and thus a small "beach", where Bailey promptly jumped into the river. Apparently he loves to do this, though he didn't appreciate the wash when we got home!

Settled in for the evening watching Netflix and catching up on internet!Read more
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Thames view from the pub
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Riverfront walkway
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Bailey in the water, Schnitzel watching on in horror
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Joel Baldwin European Odyssey
- Jul 20, 2017 · ⛅ 16 °C Altitude: 11 m
  Richmond upon Thames Twickenham Twickenham Green 51.446136, -0.34322551°26'46" N 0°20'36" W
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Day 155: See Yesterday's Entry
July 20, 2017 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Basically copy and paste that for today. More gaming, a bit of work. Eating, walking the dogs, relaxing. Listening to podcasts. Big thunderstorm overnight, so we broke the rules and let Schnitzel sleep in the bed since he was quite unsettled.Read more
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Joel Baldwin European Odyssey
- Jul 20, 2017 · ⛅ 16 °C Altitude: 11 m
  Richmond upon Thames Twickenham Twickenham Green 51.446136, -0.34322551°26'46" N 0°20'36" W
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Day 156: And Again
July 20, 2017 in the United Kingdom ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Same as yesterday, minus the thunderstorm. Only different today was some visitors!

In the evening we met up with my old flatmate James and his wife Anna. We'd last seen them the night before leaving London two months ago, which seems almost hard to believe! Went back to the White Swan with them and enjoyed a nice dinner sitting out in the sunshine and having a few drinks. The weather has been very up and down all week - sometimes it's sunny, sometimes it buckets rain, sometimes warm, sometimes cold. England in a nutshell really, but it was nice to have at least one warm evening!Read more
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