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Some tourist attractions feel like a glossed over, sanitised version of the real thing. Often millions are spent on audio visual this, interactive that and often loose a bit of sight of what the main event is. This is certainly NOT the case with Kelvedon Hatch ‘Secret’ Nuclear Bunker, which we visited yesterday. Kelvedon Hatch was built as an RAF… Read more →
Stunning day today. The weather was amazing. We headed for the an island called Mersia – because I’d read about “The Oyster Bar” there. We arrived a short while before it opened so decided to go for a walk along the beach. A very picturesque beach on a day like today - hundreds of little beach huts. – all painted a different… Read more →
Jaygo eats a well needed snag sarney after his night on a train.. Felix’s birthday today and we’ve set off on an adventure. Quite unorthodox for me to display a non birthdayee on a birthday blog – but we were up and out before the usual prezzies in bed tradition this morning. After Felix’s close buddies came over for a ‘sleep’… Read more →
Sophie painted this lovely picture of herself at school. I snapped it when we went to visit her teacher for a parents evening. It sounds like she’s doing really well in her first term at Grove Road. One of the many things that were pointed out by her wonderful teacher was that she knows what she wants. Interesting. Some kids… Read more →
foolishwood, originally uploaded by DragonDrop. I wasn’t aware of this neck of the woods. The Foolish Wood. A beautiful woodland on the edge of The River Nidd in Knaresborough which is very easy to turn into a short walk. at We parked in the Yorkshire Lass and headed off to look for this geocache – in Foolish Wood. Geocaching is… Read more →
This fabulously fun event will be held in the outside area at Harrogate College which is just by A block, Hornbeam Park. There will be many fun activities for adults and children to enjoy, here are a few of the highlights; A campfire with marshmallow toasting Face painting Den building Hotdogs Cakes Various exciting stalls. There is a small entrance… Read more →
I know from my site stats that most of the readers of this blog are very fortunate. I’d be surprised if any one reading this post would have any problem finding a drink of clean water within a few seconds. We take clean water for granted. It’s a sad fact that 900 million people rely on unsafe drinking water largely… Read more →
Brilliant. As ‘school’ project (with a little help from his dad) this kid sends a spacecraft to space. Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo.
Had a very peaceful weekend. It seems that the ratio of peaceful verses full on / party hard weekends is tipping in the favour of peace at the moment. Very nice. Spent the weekend hanging, chillaxing, and not feeling disappointed at all that it was tipping it down. We were beached indoors and I was cooking. Did a beef in… Read more →
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