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The Gap Year – May adventure

Posted on June 11, 2017 by deborah @ the magic jug

What an appropriate way to end this Year of Adventures Great and Small, as we began it last year with a circular walk around London (The Capital Ring). This month we did something I’ve long wanted to do – a … Continue reading →

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The Gap Year: April

Posted on May 22, 2017 by deborah @ the magic jug

I seem not to have been paying attention – the Gap Year is over, and I didn’t spot it.  Inflation is apparently back with us – a year has inflated to 14 months.  We started in April last year by … Continue reading →

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The Gap Year: March adventure

Posted on April 9, 2017 by deborah @ the magic jug

This is getting to be a habit – an ‘adventure’ that to the outside world looks like nothing of the sort.  But maybe that’s just the point – to do things that are meaningful and different for us, regardless of … Continue reading →

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The Gap Year: January adventure

Posted on March 1, 2017 by deborah @ the magic jug

(oops, rather late again.  Sorry, overtaken by lack of sleep.  More of which another time). People, in January we went to Birmingham for three days. I know, I’ve been there before.  He has too.  So where’s the adventure? you ask. … Continue reading →

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Playing with colour

Posted on February 11, 2017 by deborah @ the magic jug

You’ve probably noticed by now how much I enjoy colour.  Now I’m learning to play with it myself as well as enjoy other people’s games.  Learning by doing. I’ve been using odds and ends of yarn left over from other … Continue reading →

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The Gap Year: December adventure

Posted on February 10, 2017 by deborah @ the magic jug

(oops- a bit late.  Trying to catch up with myself.  Gradually….) Another ‘adventure’ that isn’t so very adventurous.  But we enjoyed it a lot, confirming my view that ‘adventurous’ isn’t a pre-requisite for an adventure. Oldest son and daughter-out-law were … Continue reading →

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The Gap Year: November Part 2

Posted on December 23, 2016 by deborah @ the magic jug

Mini-adventure 2 (all photos by Malcolm – apart from the chips) We had talked about having a few days away in late November to celebrate our ‘going out together’ anniversary. The GWR rail offer planted a seed of an idea … Continue reading →

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The Gap Year: October ‘adventure’

Posted on November 14, 2016 by deborah @ the magic jug

Another month where you might not consider what we did to be an adventure, but I do. Because we didn’t go away anywhere or do anything exotic, and yet it was both familiar and unfamiliar, and quietly entrancing. We stayed … Continue reading →

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The allotment: August and September

Posted on October 10, 2016 by deborah @ the magic jug

This summer was different from previous years.  We were away such a lot, and despite no longer working, somehow I seemed to have far less time than usual to spend on the allotment. But it was a good way to … Continue reading →

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New York parks – part 2: Bryant Park

Posted on October 7, 2016 by deborah @ the magic jug

(all photos by Malcolm) Bryant Park is a city centre (Manhattan) park that used to be a drug haunt but has been cleaned up and given a complete makeover (back some years ago now).  I’m told by one who knows … Continue reading →

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