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		<title>On spending time in a hotel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re recently back from 10 days in Malta. We spent all of this based in one hotel, which, if not the longest time we&#8217;ve ever spent in one hotel on holiday is certainly the longest for a great many years. The hotel dynamic is an interesting one, as the faces you start to see on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wedding #9 Getting hitched without a hitch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve now returned from our honeymoon, bringing several months of wedding-related activity to a close. Our wedding day feels like half a world away, given the 10 days in Malta which have gone in-between. The day itself was wonderful, seeing all of the family and friends dearest to us in an amazing setting and having, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wedding #8 The Hennery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have I moaned already about the stereotypical hen do? I&#8217;m sure I have. Spa breaks and brewery tours just aren&#8217;t me. So my trusty pals made food the focus of my hennery on Saturday, and the day was all the better for it.
We started with a couple of coffees at Le Pain Quotidien (annoyingly misspelled [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wedding#7 &#8220;I&#8217;m thinking of changing my name&#8230; Had a word with the marketing department.&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Changing one&#8217;s name is definitely the most onerous thing one has to do when getting married. No doubt some of you will be snorting at that sentence and thinking of all the other things that are far more work. Nonetheless, when you work in a school, it&#8217;s a right pain in the arse for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wedding#6 Getting there, getting there&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Haven&#8217;t posted for a while &#8211; wedding things have been happening in a fast and frenzied fashion.
Would you believe that people don&#8217;t want to buy us towels and a garlic press? I was under the impression that wedding lists were meant to be domestic and boring. Tell you what, though, we&#8217;re going to have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>iPhone 4: first thoughts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so I&#8217;m about three weeks behind everyone else on the iPhone 4 front. However, the phone that is taking 2010 by storm is now mine and from only 24 hours of ownership I can confidently say that it&#8217;s already making its mark.
A substantial upgrade
Some context is necessary, however, to explain just why I&#8217;m finding [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.inconvenientmule.co.uk/technology/iphone/iphone-4-first-thoughts/</link>
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		<title>The Fat Aubergine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new café has recently opened on Ricky High Street, adding another option to lunching options. We already have Cinnamon Square and Brown Sugar established as firm lunch time favourites on the High Street, with Neros for coffee and snacks and Cafe in the Park at the Aquadrome. So how does this latest contender fare [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Half-term day trips: Rural Tring, Whipsnade and Thame</title>
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Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Oxfordshire were the destinations of a series of day-trips during half-term.
Pitstone, Ivinghoe and Tring
Back in February we visited the pleasant town of Berkhamsted. On Bank Holiday morning we pushed a little further north to the area around Tring, as two museums were open. The Pitstone Farm Museum (situated in the village [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.inconvenientmule.co.uk/reviews/day-trips/half-term-day-trips-rural-tring-whipsnade-and-thame/</link>
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		<title>Improving the commute &#8211; Part 2: the legacy of history</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Much of the rail infrastructure in the UK dates back a good century or more. This leaves us with a mixed legacy of inspiring architecture but also slow journeys, limited capacity and antiquated practices.
Rickmansworth station and the line it is built on are no exception. It seems unlikely that the tight curves of the line [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improving the commute &#8211; Part 1: why we should care</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I normally spend around an hour commuting to work and other back. Two hours of my day that are often spent in rather too cramped and close company with strangers than I would certainly choose to be. A bad commute can cause stress bearly before the day has begun or can ruin an evening. I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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