We've made it to Bobbybees campsite near Filey. Food done, fire on, beers open. Some lovely people have assembled for a joint birthday. 4 dogs 7 kids and a few strategic adults to feed them. Could be the last night…
Seasons
Several years into keeping this blog, Matt noticed pattern. Annual repetition, largely governed by natural seasonal events or advents within. A commentary of sorts.
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Last camping of 2013 (probably)- Flexi-time
I'm loving flexi-time. I think it's pretty much spot on. It's flexible enough for me to live my flexible life yet it ensures people are in the office enough at the same time to collaborate properly. Basically, I've got…
- Early September Sky
Here's what the sky from our bedroom window looked like an hour or so... ...and here's what it looked like a year or so ago (September 4th, 2012)
Jaygo won the fossil competitionIt'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 -…
End of an EraI've just entered the last hour of a job that I've been at for 7 years. What started out as a 6 week contract turned into a 6 month contract, then a year, then two years, then a full time job. To cut a long story short,…
Claro BeesOn my way back to the car after a beautiful dog walk around Birk Cragg near Harrogate this morning, unexpectedly, I ended up learning a whole bunch of stuff on the fascinating subject of bees. I spotted a modest little…
- Half way point.
Today is the half way point of the year. It's the same amount of time to 2014 as it is from 2012. The significance of this, and this very blog post are intrinsically linked, see, I decided on the morning of January the…
Turned out nice againJust about to embark on the first camping mission of the season. We've just got our van back from the van fixie shop. It's a bit of a dry run - we're only headed about a mile out of Harrogate, so if (when?) we realise…
- Pretty colours
I was taken aback by this sight this morning. A Bright pink tree with a rich blue backdrop of a sky. I stopped for a minute and soaked it in. Undoubtedly the best part of the day today (07:00 ish - dog walk round The…
- Bilton Gala
For over 30 years, a true community event called Bilton Gala has taken place on May Day Bank Holiday Monday, in the heart of one of the oldest and biggest suburbs of Harrogate called (you guessed it) Bilton. If this…
Me circa 1980A couple of weeks ago, I found an old camera : A Kodak Instamatic - with a now defunct 126 film cassette, still inside. I decided to risk wasting a few quid to see if there was anything on it by sending it off to be…
- More day
More day is great. Doing outdoor stuff after work at this time of year is still such a novelty and it's coming up two weeks since the clocks went forward. I'd got into such a habit over winter of finishing work and…
GodparentsWe nominated 2 Godparents for Annie Mo today. Eirene is in charge of the formal theological side of our younglings, but the selection proposed was wholeheartedly agreed to by me. (R&D). A lovely couple who head up a…
- Dogs and spring sprung
It actually felt quite pleasant out today. A welcome change to the bleak drudge we've had weather wise recently. We've had a family day today - we were lucky enough to have a visit from Annie's great grand parents.…
- Winter's last huraah
There's this phrase - probably borderline 'old wives' tale' territory, that's been on the periphery of my thoughts at a certain time of year for the past few years; "Summer's last huraah". It epitomises the Indian…