January | 03 Aleksandra captured
in bed in Perivale. 15 Christine Hatt, across the partition at work, Hewlett-Packard, Pinewood, near Bracknell. 16 View across the office from my desk. 17 Walk around the HP campus at Pinewood, through the surrounding forest. 26 Various friends and neighbours in Prabuty, Agnieszka & Marcin, the new Polo, and the dog ... 27 Dinner out, with the decoration typical of a dwor (in this case, a hunting lodge). 28 Kasjusz trots across the carpark. 30 Somewhere ... in Poland. Marcin clowns in Prabuty. 31 Crossing the bridge across the Wisła (Vistula) at Grudziądz on a snowy winter's day.
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February | 03 Wind turbines across
the northern plains of Germany. The Tico reaches Prabuty, carrying a
pushchair as a backpack (which caused great mirth amongst the customs
people at the border).
04 A bright day in the snow around the house in Prabuty. Pictures of Aleksandra, Kasjusz, Agnieszka and Nelson, with Kasjusz giving the treacherous snow hiding a rock that tripped him a look of profound disgust. Undaunted, he trudges about, trying to figure out this previously-unknown thing. 05 Paul in the Claris Club T-shirt. Kasjusz exploring the new home. Prabuty in a light snowfall. 06 Morning in Prabuty. Travel to Bydgoszcz to a restaurant with Agnieszka and Marcin. Pictures of Aleksandra, Agnieszka, Marcin, Agnieszka, Nelson and Kasjusz. One shot of nearly everyone at the table, with "Polish smiles" ... 08 Travel from Prabuty, via Malbork to Gdynia, then Starogard Gdański to visit "Babcia and Jadek" (Agnieszka and Marcin's grandparents). 09 Agnieszka and Kasjusz go visiting friends with Marcin and Agnieszka (who do a rehearsal of handling small people, with their friends' little one). 10 Back yard in Prabuty. Kasjusz doing further exploration in the house. 13 HP dinner celebration (but I've forgotten what for). 24 Utterly useless packaging: ensuring that all the disc drives were damaged! 27 TransAlp parked at Ealing Hospital, where I was going for a series of tests related to blood pressure.
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March | 01 More photos in
Prabuty. Kasjusz walking down a driveway. More Starogard Gdański.
03 Polo flaunts its Gdansk number plate in the car park at HP Pinewood. 05 Pictures of Marcin and Agnieszka. Front entrance of HP Pinewood. 06 Picture-postcard Poland ... 07 Agnieszka has something horrible happen to her hair: Marcin looks on with intent curiousity ... 11 My feet, with reaction to Felodipine. Best dinner at Chalton House. 17 Breakfast in the computer room at Perivale.
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April | 01 Hacking cough, most
likely from Enalapril Maleate reaction. Ooh Yukk.
03 Reprise of the motorcycle park at Ealing Hospital. 20 My poor little van reaches end-of-life due to incompetent maintenance: I paid heaps, but got ripped off. Couldn't get a suitable replacement engine. 21 Stop for a meal in Germany, on the way to Poland. 23 Kasjusz in Prabuty, staying with "Mama Ola". Aleksandra and Paul visit Malbork castle. Me hefting a 40 kg granite shot that was intended for use in a trebuchet. Aleksandra tells me to be careful and not break anything ... (Not Fragile!) 25 Visit to Bydgoszcz. Aleksandra, Kasjusz, Paul, Marcin and Agnieszka. Restaurant. Tram. Railway station. 26 Bydgoszcz. Torun. Me with Nicholas Copernicus. 27 Kasjusz with four-legged friend in the back yard at Prabuty. Kasjusz meets "Mama" Agnieszka after a long time. Marcin, Agnieszka, Mariusz, Leszek, Witold. 28 Kasjusz, Agnieszka. Agnieszka, Paul, Agnieszka. Marcin and Kasjusz. In the yard at Prabuty.
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May | 05 Paul in the Chinese
Restaurant in Wardour Street, Soho.
08 Kris. 09 Again. 10 Pictures at HP Pinewood. A photo of Medlands Beach, Great Barrier Island, by Bruce. 11 Two of Kasjusz' cousins. 12 Kasjusz visits Perivale. 13 The Crossroads Lodge, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand. Stormy Oruawharo early morning. 14 Visiting Trudie Lazarus. 16 Goats by airmail, Great Barrier Island. 19 Kasjusz shows curled tongue. Pictures of the Kulas family: Davorka, Daniel, Lana. 27 Pictures from the island. Shane with crayfish for dinner. 31 The loft of the carport, at the Crossroads Lodge.
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June | 01 More of the loft.
This became Shane's favorite sleeping spot. 02 Kasjusz meets Mohandas Ghandi (the Mahatma). 03 Agnieszka takes Kasjusz to meet some ponies. 04 The loft again. Something funny about the dates. 05 Breakfast at Hewlett-Packard in the Pinewood cafeteria. 09 Shopping gets slightly diverted ... 13 Shane with some nice trevally. Picture of the island from the air. 14 Channel Rock, Colville Channel, Hauraki Gulf, Aotearoa (New Zealand). 15 Medlands and Kaitoke Beach from the air. 16 The same again (date problem?). 17 The Crossroads Lodge, Susannah, Shane, Bruce. 18 Katie, Shane, Calico. 19 More fresh seafood. Shane.
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July | 02 Pictures of
nick-nacks for insurance.
04 Susannah at the lodge. Kasjusz second birthday party. 06 At the Kulas' place. Davorka, Branislav. 07 Oruawharo Bay storm. Indian celebration in London. 08 Paula's daughter has her first party. 09 Jvona and Maciej. 10 Kasjusz and Agnieszka at Walker house, with 11 Cheerful chap caught during demolition. 20 The gardens at HP Pinewood. 21 Barbeque in Perivale. 26 Aleksandra visiting friends. 27 Work in progress ... somewhere ...
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August | 01 Forest at HP
Pinewood.
02 Aleksandra's birthday. We visit My Old Dutch. Kasjusz with cutlery, learing to handle his own. 10 Idiot parking restrictions at Perivale. 12 Kasjusz, a very tired little person. Crashes out. 17 Paul in Prabuty. Rail trip through Poland. Beautiful clouds with sun rays showing. 18 Maria and Stephen get married in Mogilno, then a party at a dwor. 19 Agnieszka and I make our bleary way home again. 26 Slightly worried-looking Kasjusz. Agnieszka sports black eye, courtesy of Nelson. This was after a few days, and is washed out because of the flash. 27 Kasjusz visits Perivale again. Aleksandra takes him to the park next door. 28 HP Pinewood. 30 HP Pinewood.
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October |
04 Big celebration at HP. 21 Marcin and Agnieszka.
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November |
18 Nice pictures of Kasjusz and Agnieszka. 23 Another HP wine and dine.
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December |
01 Pictures of Ewa for a bus pass.
08 Kasjusz and Paul. With Agnieszka on a walk through London. 09 Agnieszka, Czescia and Kasjusz. 10 HP Pinewood. The speckles are caused by the batteries going flat. 16 Prabuty in the snow. 17 Marcin and Agnieszka at work. 19 More ... 20 Various ... Marcina, Agnieszka and friends at a restaurant. 22 Prabuty picture-postcard in the snow. 24 Christmas Eve, dinner at Prabuty. 25 Christmas Day, drive to Rumia, through roads clogged by snowfall, for another fine dinner. 26 More pictures in Rumia, then drive back to Prabuty. 28 Marcin and Agnieszka at a friends' place. 29 Marcin and Agnieszka in the mountains in the National Park Pieniński Park Narodowy. 30 More ... 31 More ... Picture of the Polo in the Channel Shuttle train.
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