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Saturday, July 17th, 2010
It is very shiny
Today we had fun at the local village fête – there were stalls with candyfloss, ice cream and arty-crafty things for sale. And we saw a dog display team from Wales and a big marching band who palyed lots of nice tunes as they walked up and down. But my favourite was the big red fire engine which was on display and you could go and play with it.
At first, I was a bit nervous as I thought the firemen would want to put out my fire, but I had a chat with them and they were very friendly. They realised that I was another professional who deals with fire every day, and thought I was more than capable of keeping it under control. Here you can see me sitting on the front bumper of their enormous tender.
Tags: fete, fire engine, ingatestone, red
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
I feel at home
Today we went over a really big bridge into Kent and visited a place called Castle Farm. They grow acres of lavender there in the sloping fields – it looks very pretty and everything is purple as far as the eye can see! It was just my colour.
Tags: castle farm, crops, kent, lavender, purple
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Monday, July 12th, 2010
I wonder where he has gone?
Leo and me stopped off at a place called Willy Lott’s Cottage, on the way home from our trip to Suffolk with Caz. Apparently it’s very famous as a man called John Constable put it in one of his paintings.
We thought we would say hello to Willy but when we knocked the door there was no answer. Perhaps he had just popped out for a while, but we didn’t stop very long as it started to pour with rain! Willy will be pleased though, as it filled up his pond and he won’t have to use a hosepipe.
Tags: flatford, house, john constable, leo, mill, painting, pond, willy lott's cottage
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Sunday, July 11th, 2010
Enjoying the fresh sea air
We enjoyed a lovely trip to the seaside today, to a place called Southwold. There is a big pier where we had lunch and watched lots of people swimming in the sea. I decided not to have a dip as Leo and me preferred to sit on the prom and catch a few rays of sun. Later we had a big ice cream to cool us down. What a grand day out!
Tags: beach, leo, pier, prom, seaside, southwold, suffolk
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Getting wet feet
We went for a little walk this evening to Buttsbury Ford to see what we could see. Caz spent some time dodging the splashes made by the cars going too fast through the water. Then this pair of cyclists came by, who were much more civilised.
Tags: bikes, buttsbury, cyclists, ford, landscape, river, water
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
Munching the sarnies
Today it was time for Mr Duck to go home again. So Caz drove us all to Huntingdon to pick up Alistair’s car, which has been fixed!
As it was such a lovely day, we decided to have a picnic by the river at Godmanchester on the way. We saw lots of ducks, but Mr Duck was the only one who was allowed to share our lunch – otherwise there would have been nothing left!
Tags: godmanchester, leo, mr duck, picnic, sandwich, tomato
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Sunday, June 20th, 2010
Bye Bye Horatio Hog!
Me, Leo and Mr Duck were at Science Hack all weekend with Caz and her geeky mates.
While we were there, we met Horatio Hog, who was just about to take his humans (Nat and Simon, another couple of geeky friends) on an 18-month journey around the globe. He was very excited about all the travel.
While the humans said goodbye to all their friends, we chatted with Horatio and hoped that he has a great adventure.
Tags: farewells, hedgehog, horatio, leo, mr duck, science hack, scihack, travel
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