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Boxing Day chez McGilveray

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We had the rest of the immediate family over for Boxing Day - Joe, Wendy, Archie and April. April is almost 6 and this is her first Christmas with Joe and Wendy. She seems to be getting into the swing of things. Archie is almost 14 and managed to lose the cynicism of the teenager for Christmas! He had some beanbags and a Superdry coat from Santa and spent most of the afternoon dressed in the one and lounging on the other..

Dorset weekend - Sunday morning

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We could only spend 2 nights in our lovely snug rented cottage as we all had work on Monday. I had booked Sunday lunch at the local pub, but we would need a walk before we tucked into our lamb. The kids and I had gone on a short walk after breakfast, around the church and a smallholding, but we needed more than that. I had noticed a signpost to 'Lambert's Castle' on the way into Hawkchurch. This proved a good place for a walk and the site of an ancient hill fort. On our way we played 'disc golf', a game using frisbees of different weights for clubs and objects like 'a tree' for holes. We also met a lady walking wolves (no pictures I am afraid), alsatians crossed with timber wolves, who apparently could make a meal of a small dog. Luckily Hettie is not small and the wolves were on leads. They were elegant animals and had the lope of a wolf. I used the D800e for these pictures as I was getting withdrawal symptoms.