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We're now living closer to Heathrow and among some great park spaces - The Royal Botanical Gardens, Richmond Park, Chiswick House - as well as having Hampton Court a short bus ride away. They even have cricket on Kew Green in the summer - you can get a pint or Pimms at the pub and take it on the lawn to watch. We're about a 5 minute walk from the river, about a 6-7 minute walk to the tube stop, and probably a 15 minute walk to the Kew Gardens (Royal Botanical Gardens) entrance. The best part is that we have more space for guests and a garden for playing on sunny days (barbeque anyone). We have one guest room now, and will have a second one once we move upstairs. Almost forgot to mention one of the coolest features of our new place: an Air Raid Shelter below the garage. At first Paul thought it was a pit for working on cars... but it ran in the wrong direction. A neighbour confirmed it. Of course my initial thought - "would it make a good wine cellar, hmmm". Well, our local wine merchant does discount a lot of their wines when you buy more than six of a particular label.....hmmm...
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| Front Room | |
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| Play Room | |
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| The Back Garden | |
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| Ailsa's room | |
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| Guest room number 1 / Paul's study | |
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Some of our mugs. Makes it easy to tell whose is whose when we refill them. Quite good fun - please don't take offence if you get the Control Freak mug. |
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Some ducks in our back garden in late April 2007. This was about a week before the azaleas burst into bloom. I've potted up some blackberries, blueberries, and rhubarb so that they will move with us in a few years time. |
| The Area | |
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View of the 'back' side of Kew Gardens station from the Railway bridge on snowy morning in January 2007. Includes a Chinese takeaway, hair salon, dentist, newsagent, and dry cleaner (all the basics). The better range of shops are on the front of the station. |
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Some of the shops on the front of the station on that snowy day in January 2007 : Kew Greenhouse (cafe/restaurant), Pharmacy, Oddbins (wine shop)...yes, there is also a Starbucks, Tesco Metro (groceries), a few newsagents, and the place I refer to as 'Aladdin's Cave' for all kids of household stuff - just take in an old funny shaped light bulb and they'll bring you a replacement. |
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Some of the shops on the front of the station on that snowy day in January 2007 (Barber, optician, restaurants, post office, florist) |
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The local whole foods shop and therapy rooms (massages, etc) in front of our station. |
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The butchers in front of Kew Gardens Station....mmmm..Yummy....(they also do wonderful olives stuffed with garlic) |
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Looks like this is one of their suppliers.... |