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  • Our boat is sold

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    1520 Yamkat has been sold. She is now in the hands of her new owners, and we wish them well. We learned a lot from her – dealing with maintenance, learning to sail her, dealing with emergencies at sea. Somehow she represented more about challenge than pure enjoyment for most of the time. Part of…

  • We’re installed in the US of A

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    It’s great to be back in our house – even though there’s a great deal of work to be done. It was very sad saying goodbye to all our friends and family in Europe, and I am looking forward to the opportunities I will have to visit them again. Having been in a rented house…

  • Happy Christmas!

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    What a year it has been! Sadly our last in the UK for a while, but rich beyond measure. We’ll write a proper retrospective later – perhaps in time for the Chinese New Year (our excuse for a late Christmas letter!), but this time around I would like to acknowledge all the gifts of kindness…

  • Barcelona photos – first batch

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    1651 I’ve posted the first set of pictures from Barcelona. Topics include: La Sagrada Familia Park Guell and Gaudi’s house Exploring the city I’ll have more as and when I can get them processed. Still to come are Casa Millo, and some of the cathedral and Tarragona. Enjoy. tim

  • Barcelona in November

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    1804 What a place! We just came back from a week staying in an apartment in the Gothic Quarter – easy walk to the Metro and many of the sights. I took lots of pictures – I’ll post them as I get them processed. But if you get a chance, it’s the most wonderful mix…

  • Three days in Dorset

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    1621 When my family first came to England (I think at the end of 1959?) we lived in a small coastguard cottage in Swanage. Last week we visited Swanage for the first time in many years, and showed our children where I lived when I was younger than them. On this trip, we stayed in…

  • Budapest

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    1275 I had been to Moscow once, but the rest of the family had never been to any country that was once part of the USSR until our trip to Budapest. It’s an interesting mix. Still lots of Soviet-era buildings, but the people have removed all the statues reflecting the brutalist style of the Soviet…

  • Mountain School Family Camp

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    1305 It’s a long time ago now. When the boys were small, they attended a wonderful pre-school just up the hill from us in Los Gatos. The characteristics of the school were an outdoorsy, robust approach to life, with lovely nurturing staff. But one of the main things was that it was all about parental…

  • Integrating my photo blog

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    I have maintained a separate page and blog for my thoughts about digital photography, but it’s hard to keep more than a couple of sites active and interesting, so I’m going to incorporate my comments on photography in this blog. The first thing I’ll do is re-post the old articles here, and then in the…

  • Flash: Our little boat

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    1182 Flash is our little sailing dinghy. She was built from raw materials over the summer of 2003. A wonderful project – and a great way to forget the stresses of the working day! The design and the bits came from an outfit called Flounder Bay in Anacortes, Washington. They are no longer there, as…