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SHOW season 2023 was an odd period for me. The birds were fine, but our home was in turmoil while the kitchen being replaced with a 21st century version. The work lasted longer than we expected, though Scott’s comparison with the building of the Basilica la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona -140 years and counting - is a little unfair!

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