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Guildford – River Wey
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Hollywoodgate
The film Hollywoodgate is a documentary that follows a group of Afghan Taliban fighters. Set mainly in an abandoned American base, it’s a fascinating film. Filmed with the permission of the Taliban there’s an element of propaganda in what they permit to be shown, but that doesn’t detract from the insight one gets into their lives as well as to what was abandoned by the Americans.
We liked it a lot.
This 11am showing at the Wimbledon Curzon included a complimentary drink and cake. Nice.
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Re-joining the Labour Party
I think I first joined the Labour Party when Tony Blair first became PM, though it may have been before that. I resigned my membership when he took us into the Iraq War.
I have re-joined to celebrate and support Keir Starmer’s Labour government, hoping for the best after more than a decade of Tory misrule.
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British Museum
On a rare visit to London, and on a grey day, we walked from St Pancras Station to the British Museum and then around Regents Park.
An exhibit – The Quran 
A glimpse into London Zoo 
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Walk rained off!
A last-minute decision to do a walk along along the Wey-Navigation from Shalford to Guildford and on to the wonderful Dapdune Wharf was thrown out the window when on walking to the station I realised that the first of the two trains was cancelled, ruling out the schedule I was working to. Persevering, I worked out a different route, involving two trains and a bus, only to have that ruined by persistent rain as I approached Guildford. Abandoning any thoughts of a decent walk, I walked through the rain from Guildford Station to Dapdune Wharf. A toastie and coffee at the very pleasant café, where there is a largish collection of books (3 bought) and then on to the bookshop shed (6 books bought) meant the day had turned out well after all.
Dapdune Wharf is a very small, National Trust site (it’s free) and has two bookshops, a café, a couple of exhibition areas and a boat trip. It’s only a half-mile walk from Guildford Station – go visit!
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A new Celia Fremlin!
A walk in the woods at Reigate was rounded off with a coffee and a browse around Waterstones. What a wonderful surprise to find a new reprint of an out-of-print Celia Fremlin novel. Will there be more reprints? I hope so as she wrote wonderful tales. Plus, another political book, which looks interesting.
Celia Fremlin books – and the ones I’ve read.
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Painshill Park
Painshill Park is a beautiful, 18th century park in Surrey. As well as stunning scenery there’s a grotto, a waterwheel and a tower. Amazingly, a third of the way up the tower’s winding staircase, there’s a small café. The view at the top is not great, but it’s still worth making the effort.
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Eastbourne
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Sleep
Sleep is a terrific Korean film. I had booked a ticket to see this in London at the weekend but I wasn’t well, so I saw it this afternoon at the Wimbledon Curzon. It’s a horror film (sort of) but there’s not much to frighten watchers.
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Emmetts Garden
It’s National Trust, it’s in Kent, it has a pleasant woodland walk, it’s not very big, there’s no house, it has a few shelves of pre-loved books.
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