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From the monthly archives:

April 2008

Wine Tasting in Balham – Again

April 25, 2008

A Double Magnum of a 1990 Claret. Now THAT is a Cabernet Sauvignon!
Last week was the April edition of Ruth Alexander-Gordon’s new wine-tasting club in Balham, south west London. She’s called it ‘Wines, Vines and Good Times’, or something like that.
Not sure about the name, but we spent an evening tasting some Cabernet [...]

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Nobody’s Immune To Nutters – They’re Everywhere

April 24, 2008

Tim, training

Gary, of Discovery Team, ready for the start of Stage 6 of the Tour de France 2007
Like everyone else, The Chain Gang gets a few nutters along on our trips. One of the nicest and most interesting nutters is Tim Ockwell – I’ll tell you why he’s a nutter in a minute.
His key [...]

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