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Don't worry, Miles and Colin's mother will be back.
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Sorry for being vague, Rayleigh is intended to be a girl!
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We got home to find a full-scale war in progress between Mhairi and Joe. Joe expected that whilst he was on his Summer course, his Mother would go on holiday, and she had told him there was no way he was living in their house alone for any length of time. I hadn't the slightest idea what to do, the last time I inserted myself in one of their disputes, Mhairi had been furious. In normal circumstances, Joe could have stayed with his Dad, but Joe had announced that there was no way on earth he was
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“What’s the letter, anything important?” Brian smirked and handed it to Gordon. The two were having a nice quiet evening at home as Toby was staying with his Grandmother, in theory to give them time to sort out after the holiday. But in reality, they were simply enjoying the rare time of being together, alone. The letter was very official looking, on the sort of heavy paper that no-one ever used nowadays. It was from Brian’s solicitor, not saying anything new but simply providing offic
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Vikings ships & nude beach
Robert Hugill commented on Robert Hugill's story chapter in Vikings ships & nude beach
@drsawzall a washer is common UK parlance for a thing you wash clothes in and a big fuck-off one implies it is far larger/fancier than Owain thinks he needs. -
Vikings ships & nude beach
Robert Hugill commented on Robert Hugill's story chapter in Vikings ships & nude beach
I have seen the Vasa too, which is just as impressive in a different way -
The Viking Ship Museum was stunning, or rather its contents were. If the Opera House had been something of a disappointment in that Colin's reaction had been cool, here he was the opposite and was entranced by the detailed wood carving in the boats, the craftsmanship and the fact that it survived. For the first half hour he kept exclaiming and would read out every single date. Colin was a reader, he read everything and as soon as he realised that I didn't he would keep giving me the best bi
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“Good lord, when I joked about a crappy holiday cottage coming between us, I hadn’t quite envisioned this.” Russ was standing at the back door of the house, watching Toby messing around in the garden with Brian whilst Gordon made coffee. The man had arrived late morning, having messaged them the night before. His driver had deposited him, before going off to a local hotel, and Brian and Gordon had both wondered whether Russ might end up in the hotel too. Toby had insisted on showing Russ ar
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"Fuck. They're really 1000 years old. Just look at that woodwork." Colin stood rooted to the spot, staring at the three Viking ships. We had made it; we had finally reached the Viking Ship Museum as part of our weekend in Oslo. It hadn’t been our first stop on the holiday, quite; we had arrived the previous day and already explored a bit. But there had been times when it felt as if the trip might never happen. What with the house, my relapse and Colin's concert with the choir, it had seemed
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Evidently it is originally an old Yorkshire phrase but has, I think, become more common
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Colin had been ridiculously nervous before the concert, not helped by the fact that he'd felt unable to practice unless he was at home on his own. This would be the first time he'd ever sung with the Chorale when he had someone he knew in the audience. Or at least, someone he’d actually invited, after all the wives of other blokes in the choir didn't count. Come to think of it, it was the first time Colin had done something and had folk there. Not because his parents weren't supportive, the
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They had had ten days of pure chill-out; Pont-Audemer, so far, counted as a great success. Mind, it had started rather badly. The journey down had taken them eight hours, what with delays on the M25 in England, and on the coastal motorway in France. They had rapidly got bored with Toby’s recitation of interesting facts about where they were going and the things that they would see, but if it helped to keep the boy engaged then what the hell. Not surprisingly, Gordon and Brian had a stupid argume
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Sorry to disappoint you, but Piggy is just a bit of colourful background!
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We didn't see that much of each the week after because we both found ourselves tied up in work. But there was one meal together mid-week, and we still went to the usual take-away. Colin was also busy for another reason; the choir had a concert on the Saturday. It was an afternoon thing, at the Methodist Church and there was no way I was going to miss it. I’d mentioned it to Mhairi and, a little to my surprise, she and Joe announced that they were going to come along. Neither had that much intere
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I have always assumed that Val was short for Valentine! So Primrose works. Holiday minus one refers to the holiday been just one week away. The odd way, my mind works!
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Thanks, more to come!
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“Will you two be OK?” “Dad!” “Of course, Brian”, Noah looked every inch a boy trying to show he was a year older than Toby, and thus could be trusted. “I often do this. Mum and Dad don’t worry if I’m in the house on my own for an hour or so.” Brian smiled, “OK. If you’re sure, but make sure you don’t set fire to anything or cause a flood.” “Dad!” Brian grinned, “Have fun, sport. Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do and see you at your Gran’s tomorrow.” The boys sat at th
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The current arc of the story does have a finite end, I'm afraid but given the positive reactions to the story, I will have to see how I can take the characters forward.
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Monday morning, I had to go to the doctor's to get my vital statistics checked, make sure I was still alive. I'd joked about this to Colin, but he hadn't taken it well, he was still worried about me. I apologised, though it was too early in the morning for such conversations. I explained that I'd always dealt with my health using humour, otherwise everything was too much over the top. But there wasn't really time for a long discussion. Colin had stuff to do early afternoon, so he arranged t
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Thanks, and I might have got to the end of distinctive idiom but you never know!
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"We have a bit of a problem. Jason." Gordon stared at Hugh, who had loomed over his desk as soon as he and Gordon had arrived in the office. "One of the outside guys on Friday?" "Yep. Well, it seems that he was hit on by a couple of blokes." "Yeah, well, they got a bit lively. I thought no harm done, what did you think, Brian?" Brian shrugged, "The guys seemed OK when we closed things down, no-one had any beefs, and most were joking about incidents like that. What's this abou
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Plenty more to come, sorry Colin's chapters sometimes come out a bit compact.
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Thanks, I had rather suspected that it was of Northern origin (as am I)
