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It’s been a cracker of a British week!<\/span><\/p>\n
We’ve had everything here starting with a Princess born,<\/span>
Wren veterans at VE celebrations,<\/span>
a visit to a Sir Christopher Wren inspired garden,<\/span>
and <\/span>a General Election.<\/span><\/div>\n


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It’s a real trip down memory lane for me returning to the <\/span>
 English countryside where I grew up.<\/span>

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1, I remember Wren…<\/b><\/span>
I was a country girl living in a small Oxfordshire village.<\/b><\/span>

<\/b><\/span>Learning to ride my pony and cantering across these hills,<\/span><\/div>\n

or perhaps more like careering wildly out of control, <\/span>
I had a spirited and young chestnut mare.<\/span><\/div>\n

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I never thought I would end up with a life of city living in Australia.<\/span>

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<\/span>2, I remember Wren<\/b><\/span>
I gave birth to my two daughters in Cheltenham maternity hospital.<\/span><\/b>

<\/span><\/b>They were easy uncomplicated births but<\/span>
on the third day after Daughter No 1 was born<\/span>
my car was stolen from the hospital car park.<\/span>
It was eventually found in Brighton six week later…<\/span>
I remember sobbing my eyes out <\/span>
with our new baby and a policeman taking notes!<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span>How things have changed.<\/span>
You don’t get the luxury of a week in hospital these days.<\/span>
Last weekend we watched (on the telly) Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge<\/span>
 leaving hospital<\/span> eight hours after giving birth to <\/span>
HRH Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana.<\/span>
Kate looked amazing, <\/span>
of course she had help <\/span>
… and a few more policemen than I did.<\/span> <\/span>

<\/span>Closer to home (my parent’s garden that is)<\/span>
 Mother squirrel finally brought her babies out for the world to see.<\/span>
‘scuse me for the blurry photo.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here they are<\/span> learning how to walk in a straight line without a wobble!<\/span><\/div>\n

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3, I remember Wren…<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
This week the country celebrated seventy years since VE<\/b><\/span> day<\/b><\/div>\n

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Across the country many Veterans, including Wrens <\/span><\/div>\n
attended remembrance services to commemorate v<\/span>ictory in Europe. <\/span> <\/span><\/div>\n
The Queen attended a service of thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey <\/span><\/div>\n
and in Horse Guards Parade, London <\/span><\/div>\n
10,000 people celebrated at a concert:  <\/span><\/div>\n
VE Day – ‘A party to remember’<\/span><\/div>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n
 Wrens – the nickname given to <\/span><\/div>\n
the Women’s Royal Navy Service.<\/span><\/div>\n
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4, I remember Wren…<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
voting at a General Election <\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
seemed far less complicated!<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Thursday was an interesting election day and by Friday<\/span><\/div>\n
the country seemed blurry eyed and in a state of shock, or pure delight,<\/span><\/div>\n
depending on allegiances.<\/span><\/div>\n
Billed as too close to call, the Conservative party<\/span><\/div>\n
formed a new government with an overall majority.<\/span><\/div>\n
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5, I remember Wren…<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Admiring Tyntesfield’s Orangery and kitchen garden<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
inspired by Christopher Wren’s <\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Hampton Court Palace.<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
Tyntesfield, outside Bristol is a splendid <\/span>house and garden. <\/span><\/div>\n
We had a very enjoyable<\/span> visit on Saturday. <\/span><\/div>\n
More to come on this later in the week<\/span><\/div>\n
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I hope you have enjoyed a little peep into my week!<\/span><\/div>\n
Thank you for your visit<\/span><\/div>\n
Looking forward to visiting you soon.<\/span><\/div>\n
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<\/a><\/div>\n
Linking with Our World Tuesday<\/a><\/div>\n
Five on Friday<\/a> – Thanks Amy!<\/div>\n

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