Late May 2015 - out comes the sunshine..

Crazy and Cute.

May 24th - D gets soaked on the beach. Major drama. Dad has to give up his T-Shirt and freeze. Well thats his problem, isnt it? ;)

X goes to great lengths to perfect his drinking experience. Most kids are happy with just ONE straw.

MB - April 2015 £177.24

Well of my target in April. A few lazy mistakes and a few mug punts that didn't go as expected. For instance, Atletico Madrid/ Real was about 16.0 to be 0-0.. it was and this cost me a payout with B3 6 5. Looking for a good match on a horse racing offer left me with a tenner loss as the bloody horse won! If I had just backed and not laid I would've been £225 up. Also letting a snooker bet run cost me a couple of quid - (O'Sullivan to win the Worlds at 3.6) - I should've claimed a profit when he started taking his shoes off and putting chalk in the table, Ronnie's mind was clearly not in it.

Still it's all free money, right? Better luck this month...

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Days which make me love The Island even more.

E and X on the cliffs (top). D on her tree stump 'table' (below).

If anyone offered me a fat pile of cash to move back to London, I would have to say 'no'. Its' days of sea and sunshine like today which make me adore this place.

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Diz selfie and outdoor snap

May 3

May 4. Out on the decking in between the showers.

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Homebrew v 2.0 - introducing Old Gutbreaker

Cristal it aint..

The fermentation tub used to be for clean sock storage. I hope I sterilised it enough.

UPDATE - first pint was a decent tipple. The colour of run off from a Ukrainian nuclear power plan but with a warm malty flavour...

Haven't gone blind as yet!

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Quids in with the Grand National

Normally MB involves an incremental, drip feed of money into your pocket. It's rare that a pile of cash lands in your account in one go, normally it's enough to buy you a pint at a pub instead.

Today was different. I don't normally touch the horses as there's something called Rule 4 which seasoned bettors talk about. Scares the bejesus out of me, so it does. Still, with the Grand National today I thought Id try my hand at B3t 365's offer 'should net me a good £40 quid' I reckoned. I cocked it up (won't bother with the tedious story) so it didn't. It was only as I was taking Diz to the beach this afternoon I realised that Shergar had finished fifth so I won both the bets I made which usually cancel each other out! Result was me being £234 better off - approaching my usual MB take over a whole month!

E and I shared a veritable feast from the Indian tonight but the rest of the spoils will go on paying the bills this month. Its rare that good fortune can be so lucrative, but you gotta celebrate it when it is!

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MB - March 2015 £256.28

3 months in already! Would've hit my target but for a lazy bet on Real Madrid which lost (at 1.08!). March is Cheltenham month so the bookies threw some tasty offers. Refunds if the favourite won, regular enhancements - I need to get my head round horse racing to unlock bigger profits if I can.

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