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nice welcome at the airport |
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I very much identify with a British gardener's sense of loveliness. |
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on the 40-minute walk to Trinity college, Sunday morning |
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enjoyed listening to all the church bells. Would have liked to join a service, but we did have a date with words and numbers. |
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In between this and the next picture I found a shopkeeper who made me a fabulous cup of cappuccino! |
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poor construction workers had to work on Sunday. Like us. |
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...more of my favorite phone booths |
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meeting our gang waiting for someone to open the doors. |
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from left to right: arbiter Jenny (UK), Dave (UK), Dagfinn (Norway), and James K. (UK) |
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actually wanted to capture the beautiful yellow feather on Ben's hat. Hopefully he'll give me a second chance in Derby! |
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heaviest rucksack of all was Ben's with all the competition material. |
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moderator Ben welcoming us |
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Phil Chambers, chief arbiter of the World Memory Sports Council was also there all through the day. |
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Phil and Jenny checking results on names&faces |
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arbiters revising 10-minutes-cards-sheets (James K. did not compete in this discipline) |
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Dave, Katie Kermode (UK) at her first competition. She held 1st championship position during the first nine disciplines! |
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and John (UK) on the left |
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picture taken by Phil Chambers:
James Paterson (UK) on the right |
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Katie's new WORLD RECORD in 5-minute-names&faces: 82 names, impressing performance! (photo by Phil) |
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James K. - James, I have not figured out what you are doing here? Can you help me out? :) (photo by Phil) |
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we had a good time
(photo by Phil) |
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all is done, time to relax in the pub! |
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mmmhh... I got this nice drink, and liked it, but could not figure out what the black sticks were for. |
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Ben and his first raspberry gin fizz (in life!). He liked it, too! |
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left to right: Jenny, Ben, Dagfinn, Gaby |
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cat welcoming me at my Cambridge home |
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evening bus to the airport, photo taken from my B&B. Thankfully a 2-minute walk only... |
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... as I had to get up at 4:55 on Monday to get here. (am. AM!!!) ahhhhhh..... |
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my sunrise at the airport |
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took photos of all the staff. She won the contest with her smile and I got a big cup of cappuccino from her. |
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I also found Easyjet-Cappuccino to be very tasty and plenty of stuff for 2,50 Euro. |
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just liked this (to me) giant plane |
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rehabilitation programme on Tuesday: three self-made cappuccinos to get back into life again. |
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