We were up in the Kendals today. Kendal, South Lake District that everone knows about, then Burton-in-Kendal that’s actually not in Kendal but about 12 miles or so south. We were collecting an awning that Eirene spotted on Preloved that may be suitable for our campervan (I’m yet to be convinced that it was a good idea). Anyhoo.. I spotted… Read more →
Sat at a friends house. Its dark, we’ve got a outside fire on and the kids are on the trampoline. Sangria, cake, comfy seats made from wood. Conversation. Last of the summer wine. Rolling Stones. Butterflies. Other topics include; Apparently, Bez (of Happy Mondays fame) is living in Wales, in a commune fronting a save the bee movement. His grandfather… Read more →
Elsie dog (pictured above) did a weird thing at 04:14 this morning. She started barking incessantly. This is exceptionally weird as she hardly ever barks – most dogs that are bread as a gun dog (like Elsie was) do not bark. The second oddity was the time. Something must have freaked her out but when I got downstairs, heart racing,… Read more →
We should all encourage my old friend, (yes old) to add more to his new blog : 60000 miles per year. He’s an actual artist – an award winning Fine artist of a brilliant calibre (par exemple) who is undoubtedly going to be recognised as such one of these days. Possibly after he’s dead like all the true martyrs of art…. Read more →
Well – I’ve completed day 1 at my new job. Lots of learning, reading, filling stuff in, and meeting people. Such a difference from my last job. For one, I can walk to the office in 11 minutes instead of driving for 45 minutes (+ tractor wildcard variance). For another, it was peaceful and quiet. Studious and ‘in the zone’… Read more →
It’s my last day of the summer school holidays – the kids are still off for a bit. It’s been a blast. Highlights would be – getting a new job (yay! – starts tomorrow). The Shakespeare Players in Wales and the week in France. Weddings and picnics, walks and talks, parties and cricket and spending a day with Google people would… Read more →
I watched Annie (aged 5 months and a bit) discover her hands earlier. A look of intense concentration overcame her visage as she first looked at her hand from one angle then moved it then looked at it from another angle and moved it. I could be wrong but I think I witnessed something quite significant. A moment where she… Read more →
We have made it as far as the OK Diner, just north of Grantham Newark on the A1. It’s a simulated north american diner. Chequered floor, chuck berry, red tables and milkshakes. Burgers and waffles. Neon signs. Coca cola and other american classic 50s art and print. Chrome. Lots of shiney stuff. Southern (Yorkshire) twang. Torrential rain a lot of… Read more →
It feels that I’m not only leaving a holiday but leaving the world of holiday is general, as I leave the holiday industry which I’ve been in for the last 7 years and start my new job on Tuesday. I’m looking forward to it, but it does very much have a ‘back to school’ vibe to it. I should really… Read more →
Jay and I went geocaching this morning. The cache itself was pleasant enough – a short hike up a woodland bridal-way lead us to a quiet but unusual spot at the intersection of five wide, well trod dirt tracks. We did the cache – a really well stocked number. In the hint – not the main description it mentions that… Read more →
I always travel with a kindle. Back in ‘The day’ – the hitchhiking, ultra budget travelling days of youth, a backpack represented my entire worldly material whole. Everything had to fit into the backpack including books. I had typically 1 guidebook of the country I was in and 1, perhaps max 2, paperbacks.I would trade or swap books when I… Read more →
As I sit here, typing this blog, I’m waiting for two things. The first being Felix. He wanted to do his own thing today – he’d made some friends and wanted to go laser questing (a game they’ve got here that’s a bit like paintball but with lasers.). It’s now 21:55, dark and I’m starting to get a bit worried…. Read more →
My hand didn’t hurt that much today thankfully. It’s bandaged up tight – I’ve got fingertips and a bit of thumb poking out. It’s my left hand by the way, which makes life especially tricky, being left handed. Eirene thinks it was the worlds way of telling me that I should slow down a bit and chill. Naa. I went… Read more →
I am typing this with one hand as I have just got back in from a French A&E after doing myself a mystery. Whilst starting to cook tea – a very simple omelet – just after I had got the oil to smoking hot, I dipped a piece of bread in the pan and the pan tipped over my left… Read more →
We’re staying at Berny Riviere, about an hour or so’s drive north east of Paris. It’s a resort where several hundred static caravans are parked as well as scores of caravans and tents and a handful of two story lodges. Several companies operate out of here – including Canvas Holidays, who we are booked through. There’s shed loads of activities… Read more →
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