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A good bye
Wednesday 25th October 2023 Saying goodbye can be tough. Sometimes I find saying goodbye to a place is difficult too. Even though my...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 25, 20232 min read
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Memory cheese
Tuesday 24th October 2023 A mooch day is vital to my existence. What's a mooch day? Well, today was one of sleeping late (which was a...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 24, 20232 min read
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Icy connections
Monday 23rd October 2023 'Did the scraping noise wake you this morning?' 'No, what scraping?' 'Frost...' Argh! There was indeed frost on...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 23, 20232 min read
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Sunny sepia Sunday
Sunday 22nd October 2023 Today was an extended family day which I love. But my morning started off really bright and sunny which always...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 22, 20232 min read
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Lindesfarne concert
Saturday 21st October 2023 My trip in the UK has definitely been 'live music' focused and tonight was another concert. Lindesfarne- a...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 22, 20233 min read
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Curly Friday
Friday 20th October 2023 I decided I needed to step out into the world today despite all the storm predictions and the driest place would...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 20, 20232 min read
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Stay inside day
Thursday 19th October 2023 I woke up and it was 7am. I could hear cars in the street so I figured it must be work time for some but I had...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 19, 20232 min read
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A train or 3
Wednesday 18th October 2023 I woke early ready to get cracking. My bag was almost packed but I wanted to do the last bit of laundry...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 18, 20232 min read
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Domestic bliss
Tuesday 17th October 2023 Today was my last full day of the housesitting in the Bay. I took a while to wake up but once I did, I sparked...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 17, 20232 min read
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Saint Andrews
Monday 16th October 2023 After all the adrenaline and stress of last night's rugby match, I slept surprisingly well. I woke up to a nice...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 16, 20232 min read
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Rugby dilemma
Sunday 15th October 2023 It was a long day for me, and I wondered how much sleep the young rugby players get the night before a match....
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 15, 20232 min read
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Edinburgh bus
Saturday 14th October 2023. At 6.30am the cats called. I jumped out of bed to look. Nope, not my charges. I must've been dreaming, I...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 15, 20232 min read
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Cabin (no) fever
Friday 13th October 2023 My barking subsided to a growl in the night but I could feel that my system was still struggling so in spite of...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 13, 20232 min read
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Cough, cough
Thursday 12th October 2023 I woke up to a strange noise. I was in the middle of an even stranger dream so I was glad to wake up but I...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 12, 20231 min read
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Bridges and brother
Wednesday 11th October 2023 The sky was stunning this morning so I thought it would be a good time to go out for a jolk - a mix between a...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 11, 20232 min read
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Dundee done - sort of
Tuesday 10th October 2023 Today I planned to go by train to a city an hour away, called Dundee. One of our long time family friends moved...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 10, 20232 min read
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Suburban Bay
Monday 9th October 2023 The morning broke with some sunshine squeezing through the clouds. My throat felt a lot better so decided to get...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 9, 20231 min read
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Feelin(e) Sunday
Sunday 8th October 2023 Waking up with a sore throat set the tone for my Sunday, which was less rainy than yesterday. I aimed to go for...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 8, 20231 min read
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Yellow walks
Saturday 7th October 2023 Edinburgh is wet, perhaps it was the pre-emptive tears for not getting through to the next round of the Rugby...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 7, 20232 min read
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Train trips and hot flashing
Friday 6th October 2023 Today was another travel day. I came through to Edinburgh by train and spotted a few interesting places that I'd...
Cathie Rooyen
Oct 7, 20232 min read
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