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The First Cottage Smallholder Party 2011. Official unexpurged report
A party is a bit like a garden. You plan and dream but can never know exactly how it will turn out. Both will develop a life of their own. Organising a party where most of the guests had never met before was a first for Danny and me. Most of these party goers had chatted on the CSH forum and/or had read the blog. So contact had been made in the virtual world, friendships forged and developed. But what would happen when everyone met in the real world? And what would they think of us? The cottage and garden – a bit scruffy although we like...
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