How Biddy came to stay

March 2003: "I was now standing, just as helplessly "

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We are in mourning. We are distraught. We have lost our beloved Lad

February 2003: "Our beloved Lad had to be put to sleep this month."

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Mince Pies and Mulled Wine

January 2003: "It was also about the only time when we had a traffic jam in the village"

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When the lights all went out in...

December 2002: "Sparky says he wants a drop of whisky in his boy"

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That Sinking Feeling

November 2002: "The note of panic, desperation, almost pleading in Chris's voice made me say..."

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The Suffolks

October 2002: "The new visitors got their heads down and started eating as soon as they were in."

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Summer Guests

September 2002: "...neither the summer, nor Suffolk, nor us, is all she had hoped for."

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Beanz Meanz...excitement

August 2002: "...a bunch of excited, young, jabbering foreign students is a whole different bushel of wheat."

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Some guests just don't know when to leave

July 2002: "…..has decided that we really do offer the best accommodation and facilities and has moved in with his family."

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He's in the dog-house now.

June 2002: They're just like us really. There are people they like and there are people they dislike, just as there are people we look forward to seeing and there are people who, well, we're not quite so fond of.

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Lenny, Lenny

May 2002: Lenny Lenny stood on the bank next to the frozen pond and watched with anxiety, his brow furrowed, as I walked across the ice to the far side. He then stated firmly: "I'm not going on there, boy. I'm not going on there. They keep telling you on the wireless not to go on the ice."

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