These days, we’ve been popping in and out of estates offices and collecting catalogues of properties for let, shaking agents’ hands and nodding our heads smiling at how well-kept a particular apartment looks.
“Hmm, we’ll need some time,” we politely tell a lettings negotiator as she asks if we’re keen on placing an offer. And when [...]
Posts from ‘June, 2007’
The hunt continues
Cubsitting
Playing Warcraft till 5.30am in the morning, while knowing that the following day I had to look after a few dozen screaming children, was rather unwise. It was the Beavers’ and Cubs’ activity day up at Gilwell Park/UK Scout HQ, where they’d have a go at archery, rolling rock climbing, grass sledging and crate stacking. [...]
Poole & Brownsea Island
Just like the last time when I first visited the island with the Linsteadians three years ago, I had no luck yesterday with the elusive red squirrels. What we did manage to see were a great many ‘wild’ farm chickens, all plump and fluffy and strutting about the fields, some pheasants, and a man in [...]
