Its my birthday this weekend so we went camping at Little Ropers which is only a few miles from home. We had a great time, it was a clear night so we could see lots of stars and the Milky Way. We had a fire, beer, burgers and sausages- it doesnt get much better than… Continue reading

30 years on and agent k, a new replicant, is used to hunt down the older models. But while performing his extermination duties he finds something that shakes him to his core. Could his memories be real after all? Denis villeneuve has made a film of astonishing beauty, even in this dark, grey city and… Continue reading

Emma’s friend Maddy joined us for a trip to New Scientist Live at The EXcel today. We had a good day meeting beasties and robots These funny looking beasts are Naked Mole Rats. Amazing subterranean creatures from East Africa which never develop cancer, dont feel pain and live far longer than similar-sized mammals, and can… Continue reading

New film From Alex Garland, director of the brilliant Ex Machina. Looks awesome! [embedyt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufaDurSCKOk[/embedyt] Continue reading

[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCcoOggwRvQ[/embedyt] An amazing try but what a pass! Continue reading

We had a glorious week in Vancouver the weather was perfect everyday. Cycling in Vancouver is so easy, we hired some bikes and cycled all the way around Stanley Park and the downtown area down to Granville Island. We akso spent a day walking and bouldering in the Lynn Valley in North Vancouver. Continue reading

I’m not a fan of aquariums but this one is ranked as one of the best aquariums in North America. What made it really fascinating was the focus on conservation and that most of the animals were from around the Strait of Georgia and Vancouver Island. I think like me the fish is thinking “What… Continue reading

Dad headed home today so we just hung out in the morning and saw him off shortly after lunch. We headed down to Gastown for the afternoon. Gastown is the oldest part of Vancouver and is a fantastic place to just hang out with some great shops, bars and restaurants. This mirror was in a… Continue reading

Yesterday we spent the day on Granville Island which has a fantastic collection of shops and food markets. It was fantastic, the food market was awesome! Continue reading

We have arrived in Vancouver. we have hire an apartment on the North Shore and its superb really nice and perfect for getting into town. These pics are on our first day when we visited Canada Place and part of Stanley Park. Love these little houseboats inbetween all the big yachts! This walkway and cycle… Continue reading

The Drive through the Cayoosh pass from Lillooet in Bc is just amazing. Mount Cayoosh Continue reading

As I said before there has been some 140 forest fires in BC this summer fortunately it hasnt effected us that much but we did see one burning near 100 mile house. Continue reading

On the way From Jasper we stopped at Marble Canyon for a night. We got talking to a really nice couple who offered us the use of their Kayaks an opportunity too good too miss! Emma had never kayaked before but she loved it saying “I love it, this is my life!” Continue reading

We’ve finished our tour through the Rockies and have arrived in Vancouver. The tour was amazing so many beautiful places which just blew us away and are so awe inducing that photographs just done do them justice. Continue reading

We have now travelled up through the Rockies, through Banff, Jasper and we are now in Clearwater on the road to Vancouver. The Rockies have been magnificent, absolutely unbelievable, despite some smoke in the atmosphere the views have been amazing About 140 wildfires are burning across British Columbia at the moment due mainly to the… Continue reading

Hi, I am currently sitting in a laundrette in Jasper waiting for my smalls to finish washing! Canada so far has been absolutely amazing, so Beautiful and we’ve met some lovely people. We landed in Calgary which is just a passing through city really. The drive out was exciting particularly as we were driving through… Continue reading

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Sorry for my lack of posts lately I’ve been really busy renovating my flat in Colchester which is taking up all my time at the moment. I will try and post more over the next few days. Meanwhile, here’s a video of Emma storming to victory in Relay Race at her school sports day last… Continue reading

Had a great time with the Stovells at the Alde garden campsite in Suffolk. weather was pretty good, we had a nice time geocaching, cycling, drinking in the pub and hanging out and we even sussed out the Pizza oven! So nice to sit around the fire in the evenings, chatting and eating marshmallows. We… Continue reading

Emma’s painting of me enjoying a wee snooze in the Summer House. Continue reading

Livvy came to stay this weekend, the weather has been lovely and spring is definitely in the air. On Sunday we went for a week and hung out in the woods – literally! Can you spot K enjoying her brew by the tree? Continue reading

Emma has built a roundhouse for part of a School project about the Iceni Tribe. She’s put a lot of work into it and she even had to do a short presentation in the school assembly. Well done Love! Continue reading

Just Booked K and I a weekend away at this nice looking B & B near woodbridge. Its not far away but it’ll be a nice break. Continue reading

Just Booked K and I a weekend away at this nice looking B & B near woodbridge. Its not far away but it’ll be a nice break. Continue reading

Jaspers “Spririt Lake” Whoop Whoop! Booked ourselves three weeks in Canada from mid August. We’re going to fly to Calgary, pick up a camper van, spend two weeks touring up through the Rockies and across to Vancouver then we’ll have a week in the city and Vancouver island. So excited! Continue reading

First Barbie of the year on the Beach at Mersea with Alex and Jason – Great day, it was a balmy 3 °C! Continue reading

Emma & I had a lovely frosty walk up to the lottie. And a Hot Choc to warm up! Continue reading

Had a couple of days in London before Christmas. It was great, we stayed in a Premier Inn just near the Wheel we did a couple of “hidden walks” around Westminster and the city, a bit of shopping, went to a Curzon cinema to see “The Eagle Huntress” and of course ate some yummy food,… Continue reading