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March

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1 Beach

Little footprints in the sand - leaving your mark Until the next high tide... So all is transient... Alles Vergängliche ist nur ein Gleichnis The Mystic Choir at the end of Goethe's Faust as used by Liszt and Mahler in their settings. I have still not worked out your CD challenge, a glass of wine to take me through it when you are black? When I'm back, certainly.

Clark beach bums cocktails on a beanie.

Laskar soup Thai green curry

2 Cool dude in a warm climate.

Here comes the sun

Blue skies

Glenda

Proof positive that, in warmer climes, the police box cladding is shed for something a little more airy.

Rule One of Beach Holidays:
It doesn't matter how much you shower, towel or rub, sand will always infiltrate itself into your personal and intimate folds, tucks, cracks and crevices with abrasive consequences.

Rule Two of Beach Holidays:
It doesn't matter how much unguent you slap on yourself, some bastard insect will come along and take a chunk out of your anatomy leaving a big, red, itchy lump behind.

4 See Trevor This is from the BBC Lose to Burnley, Bournemouth, Swansea and Leicester. Beat Chelsea, Manchester City and Tottenham. The story of Liverpool's crazy season. They're also well on their way to doing a double over Arsenal after an excellent 45 minute showing at Anfield. Couldn't agree more.

5 Great Explorers of Our Age No54: Equatorial beach patrol

Great Explorers of Our Age No55: Carry On Up The Kazinga

Great Explorers of Our Age No56: Twenty Millimetres Under The Sea

5 We can report a first contact with the local fauna. Trevor was the victim of a viscious biting attack from a feisty Trigger Fish whilst snorkelling today. Please note that Trigger Fish are about 15cms long when they are well grown. Trevor is bigger. The bite is just above the ankle. BTW

6 We have towel art in the bedroom. Now, children, using these five photographs as your stimulus, write a short story about friendship, inclusion and the importance of brushing your teeth every day.

8 Stop-over lounge. Abu Dhabi Airport. 8pm here (4pm GMT). Flight leaves here 2:30am Thursday (10:30pm GMT Wednesday). Into Manchester about 6:30 am. Excellent holiday. Plan is to have a decent meal here and then sleep for as much of the journey as possible. Take full advantage of the lounge but ensure you are fit to board Am drinking a very good Americano at present and copious water to stave off dehydration. Already showered so I'm feeling fit.

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12 Josh and Ben

12 Josh and Ben

19 Le rosbif à la Mary Berry.

20 Beef and veggie pie with taters. Nom nom.

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23 David Guy was attending The Power of Two at Royal Liverpool Philharmonic with Nigel Smith and Roland Zollner. Stravinsky Pulcinella Suite Poulenc Concerto for Two Pianos Sibelius Lemminkäinen Suite (Four Legends) Christian Lindberg conductor Anderson and Roe piano duo

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22 Cat on a keyboard

24 Guy is feeling glad at Formby National Trust Beach with Ross William Clark. Taking a breath of fresh air and hoping to see some red squirrels. Got to see a few squirrels and a possible sighting of a jay - to be confirmed after further research in the Big Boys' Bumper Book of Birds.

26 Mothers' Day

Medalions of pork tenderloin with spiced apple sauce, green vegetables and boiled vivaldi potatoes.

27 How pleasant, this weekend, to have re-introduced myself to Fitou and Corbières - two French red wines much ignored by the hurly-burly of the supermarket wine racks.

And how pleasant also to have this little cluster of rescue tulips in the front garden - rescued as bulbs discarded from the park last autumn but not cleared away. We brought them home to see what would happed and have been rewarded.

28 A grey, damp day on Crosby beach.

Removal of PIP mobility allowance. Useful session with CAB. Road map now clearer. Coffee and Bakewell for him Coffee and Danish for me. Then a routine medical check and care plan update for Ross.

30 Coffee in cafe

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30 Josh and Damien

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