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  1. Robert Hugill
    Gordon and Brian got up promptly; Gordon needed to fetch the minibus from work and on the way back he was planning on stopping for pastries at a new bakery they had their eye on. This meant that when Toby got up, there was the smell of freshly baked croissants and no requirement to eat something sensible first. After breakfast he’d grinned and asked whether they could do that every day. Elise and Nina were dropped off promptly by Elise’s Father. Liz Wells dropped Justin off shortly after an
  2. Robert Hugill
    Don't worry there will be lots more Venetia Murray, including the Lunch. No naked tea, however!
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    Have tweaked text slightly. Perhaps I should be issuing glossaries - English according to Hugill!
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    'lane' here is the English colloquial usage referring to a narrow road. In common parlance when I was growing up a lane was a road that wasn't really wide enough for two cars.
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    It was strange being in the huge house on my own. Of course I stayed in the annexe, but on Sunday there was the temptation to wander around the big house, trying to remember how it had been. But my old bedroom and the piano in the hall apart, the rest was only a vague memory. I called to mind notable scenes, but the house was only ever a backdrop. I could tell you that Dad and I had a fight about what degree course I was going to take, and that the fight had been in his study where he had been
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    Toby’s birthday started early. On the Sunday before they had dropped into Evie and Drew’s where there was a present waiting for him, which was nice but meant that effectively his birthday was lasting a week. To Brian’s surprise, both Nina and Elise had responded positively to the invitation to the Fen Archaeology Centre. But there was also the matter of the young people’s takeover at the Wetland Centre. So, Toby was going over to Elise’s on Tuesday to practice his talk and the three of them
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    I think Gray is worried both about Moggie's health and his own! And, Gray is meant to have some unlikeable traits though he comes over as nicer than originally intended. And Yes, I like cake. I was brought up in a baking household, making cakes, pies and tarts and started baking myself when I was quite young. As you probably gather, I make a mean Victoria Sandwich Cake!
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    “And this is the override button. If the alarm goes off, you can press this and enter the code again.” “Right.” Vince peered down at me. “Are you sure?” “Yes, Vince. I am not as dense as I look. And besides, the prospect of having to phone you in Puerto del Sol or wherever it is you are going in Spain is enough to concentrate anyone’s mind.” Vince nodded. We were in the utility room, which lay behind the garage. Though as with everything to do with the house, it was on a gran
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    Not an oversight so much as bad grammar. There is a line in 'Food glorious food' from Oliver that we used to sing as Cold kippers and custard!
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    Toby is about to be 15 and Noah is a year older
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    Not sure about the relative relationship of nosey besom and nosey bitch. Probably a regional thing. And Val and Marina WILL be back!
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    I hope to but you never know!!
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    His Mum had organised things carefully, Brian reflected. Toby was out in the garden, busy and content for half an hour or so, whilst he and Gordon were a captive audience in the kitchen. To what end, he wondered? She made no pretence of tidying up or starting the washing up. Instead, she turned to them and put on what he always thought of as her serious-talk face. “It’s about Toby’s friend.” “Noah?” “Him.” “He’s a nice boy; they have a lot of interests in common.” “I’m s
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    I think Indian, but it was a LONG time ago.
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    I used to have a friend who made a fruit curry that bananas featured significantly in!
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    Sorry, that's my bad. The banana and the jam were in DIFFERENT sandwiches, otherwise that would be too weird. Mind peanut butter and banana works nicely
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    The correct answer to the question is I'm not sure either. I've tried no to prescribe, so see how you think things develop
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    Mid-afternoon, I was pleased with my progress. I’d sent off my latest article, on time and the exact word length. To celebrate, I cycled to Castle Field, sat and wrote. Amazingly, it just started. I now had a trio of possibles for Simon. The problem was, normally I’d put early drafts of poems to one side, then come back later and polish, rework. But this was a commercial venture and time critical. Who to consult? Bas was good for personal stuff. I could tell him anything, but his main
  20. Robert Hugill
    It requires a bit of suspension of disbelief when thinking about an English summer too.
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    Sleepover

    Robert Hugill commented on Robert Hugill's story chapter in Sleepover

    Perhaps, as they are English, it will bite them on the arse!
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    Sleepover

    Robert Hugill commented on Robert Hugill's story chapter in Sleepover

    Yep!
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    Sleepover

    Robert Hugill commented on Robert Hugill's story chapter in Sleepover

    For those interested, this is the coffee pot in question. More here.
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    Friday, Toby came to Ares after school, though he was later than usual because his new year at school meant a different timetable and he had more to do late afternoon. Brian thought back to his own school days and suspected that the boy would soon start to want to spend the time after in Huntsford with his mates rather than lurk at his Dad’s work. Brian had already discussed the idea of getting a Toby a better bike, as he was doing a lot more on it now that he lived full time in Parborough
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    Wednesday I decided that I would continue my spreading bread on the waters, local fashion. I found a chain copy shop in town, where I had some business cards printed; only instant things, naff-looking but functional. Then I went in search of bookshops. There was only one; clearly the good people of Coningham either did not read or bought their books off the internet. There was nothing particularly local about the bookshop; this was a chain. There was at least a talks programme, but the spea
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