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Been a few anniversaries or dates of notes, recently including Hampton Court’s dry moat being wet and frozen! Similar to 10 years ago when I was getting my independence back on the bike, and terrifying Sara as I had no concept of how unwell and different I was!
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Didn’t freeze at least that year, though I was very cold! Which comes from being unwell/fragile I guess!
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And Claudia had her 16th birthday, which reminded me of Claude and with that the various stories he told.