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diary ⸱ Gita Bapat

Picking our own sunflowers

Saturday 22 August 2026 An enterprising 15-year old started up a summer holiday venture in our village. In a field that usually contains very friendly pigs, he planted some sunflower seeds and advertised the PYO on the village FB page. We went along this afternoon and picked our own.
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Nature ⸱ Gita Bapat

New Year's Eve at Brancaster beach

Field Notes No. 06 31st December 2025 Lagoon Sand Anemone and Common Starfish You can probably tell that I'm only now catching up with my blog after what has been a full-on year. I can't hope to capture all of my thoughts but I wanted
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diary ⸱ Gita Bapat

Busy Saturday in the ward

Saturday 15th August 2026 It started at 9 when I met fellow ward Councillor Steven Jefferies to film a segment for our little video supporting the Beckenham Public Hall, which is up for sale again. Sadly left unmaintained for decades, it's now reached the point where repairs are
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diary ⸱ Gita Bapat

Breaking new ground

Thursday 13th August 2026 I'd been looking forward to attending the groundbreaking ceremony of Phase 2 of Calverley Close. It's one of my leaflet delivery routes and I'm starting to feel quite maternal towards the residents I meet, whose estate is being demolished and
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Nature ⸱ Gita Bapat

And look who came inside for a visit

Field Notes No. 04 Southern Hawker 12th August 2026 And another new spot
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Nature ⸱ Gita Bapat

An amphibian arrives in the new pond

Field Notes No. 03 Common smooth newt 12th August 2026 Look who's arrived in our pond!
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A surprise

Field Notes No. 02 12th August 2026 Heron Walking early in Chislehurst woods to avoid the coming heat, this was a surprise. Motionless and with a fixated gaze, I initially thought this was a sculpture. But then the sculpture moved. In hindsight I should have aimed lower to include the
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On the Thornham shore this morning

Field Notes No. 01 Poor little crab 10 August 2026
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A thing happened and it has broken my heart a bit

I need to write about what happened in order to file it away for posterity. There will eventually be a separate blog post of leadership lessons or somesuch but this is about the core of what happened and how I feel now. I am sad and angry. You'll
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A date with the dinos

Thursday 16th July 2026 In the dim and distant past I lived just across the road from Crystal Palace Park on the very edge of the border with Lewisham. It would be dishonest to say that we often went for strolls in the park in those pre-baby, pre-dog
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Letter to Nigel

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Why do big corporations always ruin things?

Medivet asked about my recent experience, so I told them. I don't think they would really want me to copy my review and post it on Google. Not really. "I first registered with The Laurels in 2022 on my return from Hong Kong. I did not want
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