Visiting James at work
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Back in the Christ Church hall for a gin tasting!
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serious business. "Millers" and a Scots entry "Botanical" won the day for us
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Dinner at a St Clements pub. A Brisbanite on staff?
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A quick London trip. Sloane Square blooms
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A Kingston stop over where Paulie (care of James) had a 3 hour spa treatment. Great!
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Back to the festival. Paulie startled by the change - sun!
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Crime writers in action - Mark Billingham, Colin Dexter (of Morse fame) and Veronica Stallwood
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This Porter can't resist the sun
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and with the sun, we can't resist punting to the Vic Arms
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A true sign of generational change! The punting pole passes to James
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...and years of training paid off!
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Stephen is so confident with his skills, he chills
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But Stephen mutinies to get in his punting quota
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What's that up there?
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The weather brings out the crazies. A wing-walker on the bi-plane
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A tough day
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The tulips bloom
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We all head to France, but some stops on the way in Kent.
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Common Kent architecture
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And we arrive at Sissinghurst- bought to life in the 1930s by Vita Sackville-West and husband Harold Nicolson
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Vita shacked up in the tower with Jame's favourite writer Virginia Woolf when she visited. Something the National Trust don't talk about a lot :-)
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Only catch is the grounds were closed. We had to tempt law abiding ex-copper Neil to enter "by mistake"
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Paulie has always wanted to visit the beautiful gardens
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On the Dover ferry and ready for Dunkirk
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James captures the white cliffs
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