 Christmas Jigsaw January 2012 |
 Adbaston Concert March 2012 |
 Hannah Roberts and Simon Parkin from the RNCM |
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 Melanie Thorne's 80th Birthday celebrations in Devon March 2012 |
 Pre-birthday concert at Powderham Castle |
 The library |
 Melanie Pre-birthday portrait |
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 An iPhone at 80! Birthday Lunch at the Country House Hotel, Ilsington |
 Melanie with Mick Bettesworth |
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 John Leonard with Pat and Rachael |
 Ruth Bettesworth with Sue Leonard |
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 Post-birthday walk to Start Point |
 Dartmouth Higher Ferry |
 Dartmouth Harbour |
 Start Bay |
 Start Point |
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 The Lighthouse |
 A shower, coming over Start Bay |
 During the shower |
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 Violets |
 Gorse |
 Memorial at Hallsands |
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 Lunch for RSC retired members The Upper House, Barlaston March 2012 |
 David and Sheila Morgan (centre) |
 Derek Cooper (right) |
 Pat with Carmel Harrison and Peter Rowan |
 May and John Griffiths with Pat |
 Peter & Eleanor Calder with David Pitt |
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 Mike bought his new car in Stoke May 2012 |
 The Golf |
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 Happy new owners with Mum |
 Departure for Bristol (and Paris) |
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 with Brenda and Tony Johns |
 Coffee at home May 2012 |
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 Dorothy Clive Garden ... May 2012 |
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 ...with Brenda and Tony |
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 Rhododendron time |
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 The Laburnum Walk |
 near the waterfall |
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 Buxton Opera Festival July 2012 |
 The opening of James and the Giant Peach |
 Cootes ... |
 ... preening each other |
 The Well Dressing |
 model ships in the park on Sunday morning a clipper |
 A cargo vessel |
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 Excercise in the park |
 Walk at Tittesworth Reservoir on the way home |
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 Melanie's Visit August 2012 |
 Welshpool Station Welshpool and Llanfair Railway |
 Coach from the Zillertal |
 No. 822, The Earl |
 running round |
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 Departure |
 Lunch with Sylvia Melanie, Sylvia, Pat |
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 Maesmawr Hall |
 Visiting Gurnos and Pat Jones |
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 Departure from Stoke Station |
 Blackbook Zoo Bird Park September 2012 |
 Bewick Swans |
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 Japanese Goose |
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 Ring Tailed Lemurs |
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 Small Mongoose |
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 Pelicans |
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 Black Swan |
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 Kookaburra |
 Peacock with chick |
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 Meercats |
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 Penguins |
 Emu |
 Pelicans |
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 Emmanuel College Reunion September 2012 |
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 The hostel |
 from my room in the hostel |
 moorhens |
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 Mike Aukland |
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 Lunch for the Monday group December 2012 |
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 Derek, Colin, Margaret, Chris, Pat, David, John |
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 Christmas Eve, 2012 |
 Lobster! |
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 Apedale Walk, Christmas Day |
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 Christmas at home |
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 Starter: salmon and blinis |
 Christmas Pudding |
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