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July 30, 2006
My 26th Birthday
Well, yesterday we arrived at Bassenfell and already the fun has begun. It's the first morning and I woke up to a lovely surprise that Laraine had sorted out for me. All the kids were armed with balloons and all made my jump as I walked into the dining room shouting Happy Birthday. A special thanks to Lucy, Sara, Ruth and Lydia for putting up all the balloon and banners so early in the morning. I guess the tiredness hadn’t kicked in yet!!
I had a great day rocking climbing and Gill walking (which is basically where you slide down streams or walk up them). It's definitely a birthday I won’t forget in a hurry.
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July 23, 2006
Bird of Prey Show
Today I went for lunch round at my parents house and afterwards my mum mentioned that there as was a Bird of Prey show up at Woodcote Green Nurseries down the road so along we went.
There were about 10 other people from VCS there which was quite nice, especially as I’d seen most of them this morning.
The birds had already done two shows today so the chap who was hosting was saying how they had to be careful not to feed them too much or how they may not perform too well as they would be full anyway but they seemed to do a pretty good job to me.
One small kid had his had taken by one of the birds which was quite funny! Apparently they used to do that trick with older men until one day one of the birds took off the chap's hat also taking with it the man's toupee! How funny would that have been! It was a really nice hour spent out doing something I didn’t know about until that day with my mum. It's great when these sort of things happen like that.
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July 18, 2006
Quidco
My friend at work told me about this last week and now I’ll never buy anything without going through here.
You can save money from most major online retailers (all except Amazon I’ve found). You basically log into your Quidco account, go to a site that you want to buy something from... e.g. Dixons and you'll pay the full price through the Dixons website but Quidco will give you the money back.
Here's an example from the DVD Reviewer Website:
XBOX 360 Premium Edition - @ dixons for £236.99 delivered (OR LESS)
If you use the promotional code below, you can get a further £20 off the retail price of £256.99, making this £236.99 delivered, the cheapest I have seen a Xbox 360 premium yet.
CASHBACK ADDENDUM: If you use an Egg Card, remember they are offering 10% cashback for Dixon's purchases this month, meaning you could get an extra £23.70 in your pocket, effectively making this £213.29!!! Alternatively, go through quidco.com, for 3% cashback.
Promotional Code: PERKZ20DIX"
Dixons Offer (but remember to go through Quidco first)
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July 16, 2006
A Trip to France
This weekend Laraine and I went off to France to have a nice break with our friends the Hammonds. Sarah's parents own a little house near Boulangue which is perfect for cycling.
I spent most the weekend cycling with Matt and Laraine and Sarah went off to Boulangue market and spent money on wine, cheese and more wine, oh yeah, and just a few sweets!! 
I loved the cycling although my legs were in pain the next day. We did a 50 mile round trip to a place beginning with an M which is where the beginning part of Les Misérables is set. It is a huge fort type town with a huge wall built all the way around it. Very cool. On the way back to the chalet the ride was pretty much up hill and into the wind. It was very hard work especially as it was so hot but i love it when it's like that... except the wind! It's all good training for camp though!
Thanks to the Hammond's for a great weekend.
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July 13, 2006
London's Cool
Jason did a post today called Why I Love London and posted some pictures from his and Bev's trip on the London eye. On the same day we had these guys march past our office playing music and being escorted by horses.
Very cool! Apparently it is the 350th anniversary of the Grenadier guards today. Happy birthday!
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