Took this selfie on a recent walk around Polstead. Continue reading

Took Emma and Jess for a bike ride and some kite flying this afternoon – made me happy! Continue reading

On Sunday we went the New Scientist live event at the Excel Centre in East London. We had a fantastic day, seeing the Bloodhound SSC a supersonic car which hopefully is going set a new land speed record of 1000mph, the new Tesla car, Virtual reality headsets, we snacked on bugs at the pestaurant (yummy!), Continue reading

Over the last 3 days and two nights I cycled up to the North Norfolk coast meeting and following the Peddars way up to the coast and returning via Kings Lynn and Cambridge. The route was mainly on country roads but about 20 or 30 miles was off road on byways. I was using panniers Continue reading

Emma displaying her “Achievement in Writing” Award she received at school. Well Done Love!! X Continue reading

This weekend, K held her Open Gardens Event. 15 gardens were open raising over a £1000 for various charities. Well done K! Our waitresses Emma and Jess all ready to sell cake, tea or strawberries & cream! We had a barbie after the Open Gardens and Liane brought over this amazing cake its a four Continue reading

Emma’s wonderful head teacher closed the school for a long weekend so we hired a cottage in Winterton, Norfolk. It was a lovely place, less than 5 minutes walk from the beach. On the way up on Friday we stopped near Wroxham and cycled the Bure Valley Railway path which was very good. Although, we Continue reading

Emma’s been learning about Egypt and was tasked with producing a project about this topic. She decided to do Tutankhamun’s Family tree and to display it in the form of a stop motion video. I thought I would share this with you as she has worked exceedingly hard creating the video, backdrop, script and researching Continue reading

Just had a fantastic week at The Wagon House in the Wye Valley. The weather was typical May weather, sunny, with a cool breeze which was lovely. We also went cycling in the Forest of Dean, climbed Skirrid Fawr near Abergavenny, and went canoeing on the Wye which was absolutely brilliant, beautiful day and we Continue reading

Spent the weekend getting the site clear and ready for Emma’s Trampoline and we also went crazy and ordered some new Garden furniture. All we need now is sunshine…. Continue reading

Taking the proper precautions when slicing Onions! Continue reading

Taking the proper precautions when slicing Onions! Continue reading

Hatty & Lewis popped over for a weekend while Al was on a 240 mile bike ride up T’north (nutter). Hatty’s 40 soon so it was a bit of a pre-birthday celebration before they head stateside. We had a Barbie on Saturday eve with a large Malteser cake and on Sunday we went for a Continue reading

Had a fantastic camping weekend at Alde Garden Near Saxmundham. Its a fantastic campsite, really quirky with a great pub, a campfire, and a very well equipped kitchen area, what more could you ask for? We arrived on Saturday afternoon, so after we pitched up, we spent the evening in the pub. Its such a Continue reading

Had a really nice day in Hampstead on Sunday. Its one of my favourite parts of London, lovely Victorian and Georgian houses and lots of quaint little back streets. We did a really good walk from Stephen Millars “London’s Hidden walks”finishing on Parliament Hill (above) and had an amazing lunch in “The Holly Bush”Lurvely! We Continue reading

Fascinating article on the BBC website The trig pillars that helped map Great Britain More on this on the OS website you can even take part in the Trig Pillar Trail Challenge. Continue reading

On Tuesday, it was Lewis’s 9th birthday so we popped over to Swindon to celebrate with a Barbie, ( great grub, and very nice sitting around the roaring fire in the chiminea!) and a visit to a fantastic conservation park for Crocs and alligators “Crocodiles of the World” near Oxford. The kids loved it, there Continue reading

I haven’t read this book yet but I think I will after listening to it on Radio 4’s book of the week series. James Rebanks account of his life a shepherd in the Lake district is absolutely fascinating. Continue reading

Wow! A weekend off! I had visions of camping with bit of canoeing at Rushbanks farm but it rained most of Saturday so we mooched most of the morning with a little Jaunt to Hadleigh in the afternoon. Sunday, however, was lovely so we headed up to Aldeburgh for a day on the beach and Continue reading

K and I have just had a lovely weekend away at West Stow Hall near Bury St Edmunds. We had the studio room which was basically a summerhouse in the garden but it was completely self contained with everything we needed. On the Saturday we went to Ely, visiting the Cathedral, doing some shopping and Continue reading

Had a day out with dad on Tuesday and we went to see this film which is based on a series of stories by the Spotlight Team that earned The Boston Globe the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2003.The film follows The Boston Globe’s “Spotlight” team, and its investigation into cases of widespread child Continue reading

It was World Book day Yesterday and Emma’s School had a “Mad Hatters Tea Party” The kids had been given the task of writing a description of a mad hatters tea party and Emma’s (which is below) was included in the School newsletter. (Proud dad) “In a pretty little cottage in a butter cup field Continue reading

After a few busy weekends we’ve just dossed about this weekend sitting by the fire and eating cake! This is the (Frankly amazing) cake I made its a fig, date and apricot by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall– bloomin lovely! Continue reading

Wow, what a busy birthday it has been, Steve Backshall last weekend. 10 Buddies over for a movie night on Friday, and a family meal on Saturday with the Caples and the oldies. A great birthday but now I need a lie down! Happy Birthday Emma!! Continue reading

This weekend, as a surprise we took Emma to See “Steve Backshall’s Wild tour” at Tunbridge Wells it was great show and what an inspirational,and really nice bloke he was! I think Emma’s a bit star struck! We stayed the night in Tonbridge in a lenny Henry Hotel and on Sunday we went to Sheffield Continue reading

Just had a fantastic week in the lakes with the Corkys and dad. We had a lovely house in Reagill just outside the lakes so it was very handy. Emma loved the walking poles we found at the house! Emma and dad outside the house. All kitted up and they’re off! K loves her hat!! Continue reading

Went for a cruise around Thetford Forest followed by tea and cake in the cafe. (Must get Emma a bigger bike!) Continue reading

Went for a cruise around Thetford Forest followed by tea and cake in the cafe. (Must get Emma a bigger bike!) Continue reading

On the River Chelmer, a perk of the Girl Guiding. Continue reading