Jay and Elsie - more of my photo's tagged Elsie . We visited our pup to be yesterday. An adorable springador / labradinger / labradaniel (the elaborate monikers for a Labrador / Springer Spaniel Cross). An experience…
Family
Matt, the main blogger round these parts is patriarch and assistant manager to a rather special family. Other members are: Eirene, patient and beautiful wife and mother to their 4 mini them. Introducing the DragonDroplets: Felix (born 1998), Jaygo (2001) Sophie (2006) and Annie Mo (2013). Augmented with a Labradinger dog (half English Springer, half Chocolate Lab).
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Puppies!We've been thinking about getting a dog for a while. Recently we very nearly got a dog that we'd offered to look after for a few months (as the owner was downsizing and going travelling) but this 'fell through'. We…
'Last' camping mish of the seasonWe left off where [[1-Projects/DragonDrop-Adventures/posts/2011/2011-06-06-bobbybees-and-lost-photos|we started the camping season]] - at bobbybees campsite in Burton Fleming. My birthday and the last camp of the year…
Techno Token AwardsWe've got a new system in our house. It's been running for a few weeks and so far, so good. First of all a glossary of the semantics that this article is about to employ. 'Technology' is the moniker of all the…
- Momentograph
_I did have a short vid of Sophie and I here, but the sound was corrupt _ Saw a lot of people this weekend that we've not seen for yonks. The main adventure elements involved a trip to Leeds to celebrate a 40th Birthday…
Budle Bay for a couple of daysIt’s could be considered a ‘bit of a risk’ going camping in September – but when isn’t it in these fair isles? I love the summer (it’s my favourite day of the year) but don’t shy away from camping ‘off season’. We’ve…
Holiday snapsPembrokeshire Coastal Path , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Here we are on the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path, en route to the Witches Cauldron - a fantastic swim through cave to a secret beach. More snaps»
2 minute summaryWe've been in Wales. Mainly camping at Poppit Sands (pictured above), exploring North Pembrokeshire, Cardigan and an involvement in King Lear at St. Dogmaels Abbey (the boys were in it). More to follow on those bits. In…
Jaygo is 10At the weekend we headed out to to top left hand corner of Yorkshire to celebrate Jaygo's 10th birthday. We wanted to make it brilliant for him - regular readers will know he's had a rough old time this year. I think I…
some summerAfter a false start in April where we had a pseudo summer for a week, this weekend we most certainly had a bit of summer. Well - yesterday at least - was hot, blue skies, happy days. We had a party / fire bin / bbq type…
Sage Bistro for our wedding anniversaryEirene, my lovely wife of 11 years yesterday morning asked where I thought we should go for our wedding anniversary meal. I immidiatly brought out the big guns: "William & Victoria? Drum & Monkey?" The text thread went…
Fathers dayFathers day , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . A lovely treat for me this morning. Some very studious and intense whispering heralded breakfast in bed complete with hand made sweets, a flower, a bacon sandwich and a…
ChillSaturday involved a trip to Leeds General - for Jay to have some blood tests. All is roughly as it should be according the the results. He's making good progress. After LGI we went to IKEA and came home to receive some…
- Lets go home
The doctors have just been in to say we can go home, not just for the day but till Thursday when we have to come back for a blood test to check his inr levels. Jaygo and I are so excited. I am a bit nervous too. Its a…
First ever text messageHere is Jaygo receiving his first ever text message (from his Mama) moments after another first - first ever sending of a text message. We got a spare mobile to leave at the hospital (then as a spare phone to have…