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Hi Alan,I'm here, but on holiday for a few weeks. Oysters galore and sex too.Yesterday I went trout fishing and cooked excellent whole trout on the barbecue, here in Normandy, France.A dozen oysters...
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Del Boy reporting here. Have just spent a wonderful week in Dornie, not far from Kyle of Lochalsh. Low clouds meant the high points were always obscured, but beautiful scenery non-the-less. The road...
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Hi Del Boy,Interesting to read that you holidayed in Dornie, it's a lovely wee spot.I note your use of the word "amazing" to describe the road to Applecross through the mist. I believe that the word...
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Surviving very nicely, thank you for asking.Nasty cold spell last week here in Jo'burg. Low gray clouds bitingly cold wind with a few flurries of sleet. Quite nostalgic really... remember the winter...
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Hi Rob,I well remember the winter of 61, I thought it was 62/63 ? I was with a group on exped in Wales near Abergavenny. We had just walked across a frozen lake when we were told it was a draining...
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Still here.And Rod, I think the bad winter was 63/3.Mel(Cornwallis boy '58-'65)
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Hi Mel,Good to see you around.You would have still been at school for that terrible winter. What was it like from a school perspective?I was a boy tiffy during that winter and at least we could get a...
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The following was sent to me today by Mike Viney.Mike Farge, St. Vincent House, Royal Hospital School 1958-1963I regret to inform you all of the untimely death of my old school-friend, Mike Farge, at...
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RodI only remember that we had to wait a long time to get a proper game of football!Mel(Cornwallis boy '58-'65)
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Mel,You're right. The playing fields were frozen solid for most of that term, so there were no field sports. I do recall playing inter-house rugby in the snow, but that could have been another...
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