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I saw Tony Blair's new tenants locked outside their new house this morning. I'm not sure if it was the actual Michael Caton-Jones and Laura Viederman but the paparatzi were taking plenty of photos.

here is an article about the house and here is more on the new tenants.

the house and delivery truck

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Tone bought his house on Connaught Square for when he stops being the Prime Minister and i walk past it on the way to work each morning.

there were worries about security but if people can't even get through the front door when they've got a key i don't think the PM need worry !

key holders and paparatzi:

here's an old picture. it's kezia reading to bella the dog in hull some months back.

it were a real pea-souper

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this is a bit of a teaser, but expect a complete picture story of the current parking meter replacement program happening on my route to work.

meanwhile, here are some bollards protecting the new parking meter, waiting patiently in its plastic wrapper.

i've been keeping a track of how far i've walked each week, and more recently, each day, for the last 60 weeks. And yesterday i passed the 4000km mark.

my knees hurt.

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which reminds me, it's not long now until the London Marathon on the 17th April.

if you haven't sponsored me yet, would you consider making an online donation via my justgiving webpage ? you can use your credit card (even if you're not based in the UK).

Currently i've raised £1,121.81 but i'd like to hit £1,500 if possible for Outward Bound. thanks to all those who've sponsored me so far !

and here's my new banner ad (for those who view the page using the rdf feed and don't see my sidebar):

as part of my marathon training i've been really trying to take photos without stopping.

this is quite a challenge as it requires a quick reaction when i see an object worth photoing.

so, i was very pleased with this glove which came out sharp enough to make a nice desktop background.

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look at this industrial strength cooker. it's a solid top. but obviously isn't:

it's does look quite smiley though:

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a good day for bananas:

spending time with my lovely wife !

i love the weathered-ness of this sign and the image in portrays

here's my mum teaching my daughters how to use a candle snuffer. there's always some fire related fun going on when we go to visit !

there's no cycling on the (very) high street, no bikes and two sort of dog signs. what a double category winner - it's got dogs and bikes !

thanks to michelle for pointing out this fantastic site

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look at this beauty, sent to me by a chap called mark

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if you want to cycle through this door you'll have to get off your bike first !

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here's another one of those statues with jesus and mary where jesus looks like a little old man !

close up:

esther made this fantastic easter art thing at school

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in Winchester we walked past a lady dressed like a tap. "that's got to be the worst job in the world" i thought to myself. until i spotted this chap standing next to her.

he's dressed as a toilet (and you can see tappy behind him in the big version)

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easter is the most important part of the Christian calendar. It's about something which i totally believe happened as an event in history.

if it didn't happen then christianity is worthless.

but since i (and many others) believe it did happen, we should totally celebrate what it means !

so, to all i say "happy easter" !

and to all who wouldn't call themselves Christians, perhaps today would be a good thinking day, to use to think about what life is really about.

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there's got to be some fantastic/comedy biblical explanation for this. but i can't think of it.

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esther spotted this before i did. it's a balloon person. just legs and a load of balloons for a body:

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kezia's legs are a little short, but she can still do the foot pedals if we put them on a box.

it's easter sunday so happy easter to you.

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we visited our local village church yesterday morning for their Good Friday children's activities. it's interesting visiting other people's churches and it makes you think what it must be like for people visiting our own church.

after all the activities we went for a massive bike ride. unfortunately my bike had two flat tyres for most of the way. some kind souls came out of their houses at one particularly 'low' moment and lent us their pump !

when we got home the girls were exhausted despite not doing much cycling themselves (although i think esther does some with her tag-along bike).

after a family hour of midtown madness computer games we all watched Shrek 2 and went to bed !

canapes (can of peas)

just look at this chap !

a very dramatic glove picture. it just reached the line.

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here is a lost cat sign:

and here is a cat looking out of a restaurant window:

these look like packing crates. but they are actually modern london city houses.

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transport of classical music is one of my less well populated categories. so i was delighted to see this today.

hello to the drivers who wanted me to say hello to them on this here blog. hello.

do you spot the similarity between this man here and the top picture here ?

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it's always good to have another career in mind. here is me playing the part of a jolly cobbler.

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are you bored of telly ? well you can go to this cobblers and watch straps and batteries being fitted

who is the best slidey man ? well, last night, despite not winning, i was deemed the best slidey man.

i was obviously disappointed not to win. here i am looking very sadened alongside the winner and another loser:

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in the heat of the moment, in the game, i pulled off some audacious moves and surprised myself with my gamesmanship.

As a result i was presented with this luxury engraved tankard by a very important fellow:

this toilet made me think of Dr Who for some reason (returning to british telly on saturday night)

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here are the individual dogs:

this standard red cone has mated with this yellow metropolitan cone. the resulting offspring can be seen behind.

it's got the shape of red, but the colours of yellow.