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Sunday, 14 August 2011

I'm back!!!

We have just had a really great week near Weymouth, Dorset - the weather was kind, the children were not at their worst, but I honestly never want to eat chips again!

I was surprised how much I missed you all - we had a sporadic phone/internet signal; Blogger was being a complete and utter arse, so apologies on their behalf for all sorts of muddles and with only a teeny touch screen to play with, it got a little frustrating.

Thank you for all your comments during the week - there is no way I am going to be able respond to them all individually, the ones that got delivered to my phone have now vanished (?!) and although I tried to keep up with the blogs I follow, I don't think I can go back over all of them and add the comments that immediately sprung to mind!  I will shortly do a post about setting up for mobile blogging, as the joy of reading blogs set up for 'on-the-go' browsers compared to 'web-view' was immense!

But hey, back on the laptop and ready to roll, and normal service will be resumed (Blogger-pending!).

I won't bombard you with a tonne of photos, but these pretty much sum up the last seven days...

The view from our cabin; next year the Olympic sailing will be right there, behind that tree...


Monkey World, was full of monkeys...


...but lemurs are the best!  (Sorry Sarah x)


Chesil Beach; with miles and miles of pebbles...


We spotted fish, sharks and turtles at the Sea Life park...


...and posing children (everywhere we went)...


A lot of time was spent in the pool...


...and a little window shopping...


More time at beach at the end of the lane...


... and running joke of the week:
"What time is it?"
"Willy o'clock!!"
(A full 360' sweeping second 'hand'!).


As for my hexing... I'll be saving how little I managed to get done for another post!

I hope you all had a good week.  I am so jealous of all you lucky FoQers!

For now, it's back to the piles of laundry I go x

20 comments:

  1. Oh I have fond memories of Monkey world! Looks like you had some good weather too! Glad you had a great time and are now back in virual reality again! Jxo

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  2. LOVE that clock!! Did you bring one home as a souvenir? Glad you had such a good holiday but so pleased to have you back.

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  3. Fantastic clock! Sounds like you had a fab time, glad you're back :-)

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  4. Welcome home! It looks like you had a great time! Lovely beaches and adorable critters...what more could you ask for?

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  5. ahhh babe, so glad you're back! dont know what got the bigger laugh, willy o'clock or lucky FoQers! lol Glad you had a good time and got some sun, and monkey world? Envious... seen all the episodes, some more than once...

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  6. Can`t be England..the sun is shining! Love Chesil Beach - my mum lives near the Somerset Dorset border and it is gorgeous round there. Welcome back to the virtual world!

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  7. Welcome home! Monkeys everywhere, I suspect! Great clock!!LOL!

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  8. I can't wait to hear more about setting up for mobile blogging - not that your vacation pictures are interesting LOL. You had me intrigued with all the techy talk....sort of like pillow talk for me. hehehehe

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  9. fantastic c(l)ock ...

    nice to have you back Hadders ... x

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  10. It's looks like you had a beautiful time! I'm glad you had a wonderful, safe trip. That clock is something else! Too funny!

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  11. Welcome back!!! You were missed :-)

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  12. ROFL, love the clock! Welcome home :o)

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  13. Looks like you all had a great time, and lovely weather too! Can't wait to hear how you set up mobile blogger, I have tried before and failed!

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  14. Love that clock! Your photos are great :)

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  15. OMG that clock is too much! And turtles- love turtles! And what a lovely view you had. Looks like a grand vacay. xo

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  16. Glad to see the sense of humour's still intact! Please tell me you own that clock :) x

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  17. I love those little lemurs! So cute! It looks like you had lots of fun.

    I am feeling you on the loads of laundry. Ick. I don't mind doing it, but I hate putting it away.

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  18. fantastic cock... i mean clock! ha ha ha ha ha!

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  19. Good to have you back, missed you. but glad you had a good family hollybags.

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  20. Yay, you've been using the phone! Well done. The break was obviously great fun

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