pipes and drums

visiting Scotland again

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February 5th 2014
Got home last night from a few days in Glasgow. I had a lovely time, and now that Martha is a little bit older there's lots of playing to be done. She never tires of knocking down a tower you've carefully built, or pulling apart the lego sculpture you made, or for that matter shredding the newspaper you were reading. I must say, its quite fun playing with such colourful toys again. We most ... read more

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