Diary
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Canada!
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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Emma’s Relay Win
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
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Camping at Alde Garden
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
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Busy Sunday Afternoon
Emma’s painting of me enjoying a wee snooze in the Summer House. Continue reading
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Down to The Woods
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
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Starting work on the Roundhouse
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
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Train to Busan
A father and daughter join a group of terrified passengers fighting their way through a countrywide viral outbreak while trapped on a bullet train ride to Busan, a city that has managed to hold off the zombie hordes. I know, another Zombie film but if you are a fan of the genre then you will Continue reading
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Weekend away for K & I
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
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Weekend away for K & I
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
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Booked!
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
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Happy New Year!
First Barbie of the year on the Beach at Mersea with Alex and Jason – Great day, it was a balmy 3 °C! Continue reading
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Another Beautiful Frosty Morning
Emma & I had a lovely frosty walk up to the lottie. And a Hot Choc to warm up! Continue reading
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The Eagle Huntress
The true story of Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, who trains to become the first female in 12 generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter a tradition that has been handed down from father to son for centuries. While many elders reject the idea, Aisholpan’s father, Nurgaiv, believes that a determined girl can Continue reading
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London
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
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Great Weekend
High Pressure sitting over us at the moment so cold cold nights with lovely frosty mornings. On Saturday evening we went to Lucy & Daves and sat around the campfire drinking mulled wine, eating chestnuts and mince pies. A great evening, good company and the stars were amazing! Sunday, we just mooched after an early Continue reading
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Microsoft Hololens
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aThCr0PsyuA&feature=youtu.be I’ve only just heard of this – Amazing! Continue reading
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The Night Of
If you haven’t seen this yet then you must watch it. Its probably the best box set I’ve watched since Breaking Bad. Its a remake of the BBC Series “Criminal Justice” (Which I haven’t seen) What makes this story so good are the characters who are so interesting and non-cliche particularly John Turturro as the Continue reading
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Emma’s Birthday Party
Emma is 9 next week and this year we decided to have a treasure hunt. The girls were woodland elves searching for the wizards treasure. They loved it despite the really damp weather. After succesfully finding the Wizards treasure we returned home for Hot chocolate, goodies and cake! Continue reading
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Falconry Birthday Treat
For My birthday, my really rather super wife bought me a Falconry experience at Lavenham Falconry. It was really good, I got to meet and fly Treacle the Harris Hawk, and Gizmo the Barn Owl. It was fantastic , so cool to be up close with these wonderful birds. “Treacle” the Harris Hawk All Photography Continue reading
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Falconry Birthday Treat
For My birthday, my really rather super wife bought me a Falconry experience at Lavenham Falconry. It was really good, I got to meet and fly Treacle the Harris Hawk, and Gizmo the Barn Owl. It was fantastic , so cool to be up close with these wonderful birds. “Treacle” the Harris Hawk All Photography Continue reading
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Week in Sunny Derbyshire
Had a lovely Autumnal week in sunny Derbyshire at the Old Post Office in Bolehill near Wirkington. We cycled a lovely route which included part of the High Peak trail and Carsington Water, it was 22 miles with nearly 2000 ft of ascent. So nice to have some hills! A well earned Buttie! Did some Continue reading
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Homemade Granola
Just made my first granola! Really easy and no raisins!!!!! Looks good, hope it tastes good, it will save me a fortune???? Continue reading
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Shaun’s birthday
Had a lovely afternoon out for Shaun’s birthday today. Went to Keresy for yummy pub lunch then gorgeous autumny walk. I had booked a morning for Shaun to fly some birds of prey at Lavenham but rain stopped play?? So we have to reschedule. Continue reading