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

Back in September K & I had a weekend in London. It was the Open House weekend so we visited a couple of properties and did a tour and of course visited a couple of pubs as well! The building I was most impressed with was the Norman Foster designed “Crossrail place” which houses the Continue reading

Had a fantastic 10 days in Slovenia. The weather was superb, not a drop of rain and sun, sun, sun, every day. Although, it was a bit too hot some days. The house was lovely, all recently renovated and high up in the hills in a little village near lake Bohinj. We’ve been boating, hiking, Continue reading

Had a lovely day on Sunday, it was k’s birthday on Friday so I arranged a meal at The Coast Inn with a few friends. It was great to get everyone together. It had rained in the morning but it cleared up in time for us to all head down to the beach after lunch. Continue reading

K’s Open gardens event last Sunday raised £840 on the gate not to mention all the cash that was raised from cake, teas, pimms and plant sales. The best year ever – well done K! Continue reading

K and I have been touring and camping for three days this week, cycling a 150 mile circular route around Suffolk. Day one, we cycled to a campsite called Alde Garden in Sweffling near Saxmundham. Its probably one of the best campsites I’ve ever stayed on, all the pitches were dotted around in an area Continue reading

Just catching up on the last few weekends. The first weekend in June we went to the Aldham Rally, a local Classic vehicle show. The money raised goes to the local scout group and K was helping out. We camped, had a few beers and I went for a spin in Richards Capri which was Continue reading

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On the Jumping Pillow with Jess and Livvy at the Food Hall in Wherstead. A lovely place, just by the Orwell which has great cake! Continue reading

Had a lovely walk in the meadow this morning – I’ve never seen it so full of flowers! Stream dipping. Home for lunch. Continue reading

Had a fantastic day at Sutton Hoo Yesterday. The weather was gorgeous and its a fascinating place made all the more interesting by the “Gruesome Graves” tour where we learnt all about the burial chambers and King Redwauld. The girls had a lovely time doing the quizzes and of course playing in the play area Continue reading

On Alex’s recommendation this is the best way to cook chicken! Continue reading

It Was Hattie and Derek’s birthday last week so on Saturday night we all went to The Anchor for tea and on Sunday we hired a Beach Hut called “Hattie” for Hattie. It was really cool, a lovely little hut the weather was nice apart from a little shower so we had a lovely afternoon Continue reading

Destin Sandlin of Smarter Everyday taught himself how to ride a backwards-steering bike; it took months. Then he tried riding a normal bicycle again and at first he couldn’t do it but it did come back to him. His young son, however, is able to learn to ride a backwards-steering bike far quicker showing just Continue reading

Went for our annual walk at Hillhouse wood to see the Bluebells and they are looking as beautiful as ever! Here’s a pic of when we took Emma in 2009. Continue reading

Johnny depp is unrecognisable as Whitey Bulger a racketeer, murderer and an informant for the FBI. https://youtube.com/watch?v=V5qdxxT-hss Continue reading

Thanks to you Al my car is now booked in to have both wings replaced under the corrosion guarantee, Of which I had no knowledge. Apparently there was a design defect on the wings of Golfs of that year.. Thanks again! Continue reading

My latest creation, a privy to house the wheelie bin. Continue reading

I’m not much of a fan of soul but this song makes me smile. You won’t believe the voice that comes out of this guy who looks like a bank manager! Continue reading

I’m liking the new sound! Continue reading

Roll on Christmas! Continue reading

Beautiful weather this week reaching 24°! My long little girl! Continue reading

On the back of sales of over 3 million vinyl albums in 2014. The official Charts company are collating and publishing a Vinyl Album Charts top 40. An interesting mix of albums, shows that Vinyl is popular with both the young and the (ahem) older generation. Continue reading

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Had a great weekend, we stayed at Hatty & Als Friday and Saturday. On Saturday we went to Bristol for the day. I was really impressed, its a really cool, vibrant city. We had a nice walk along the river side where there was buskers, food markets and craft market and plenty to see including Continue reading

One down one to go.. About a year ago whilst I was on delivery I spotted an old door dumped around the back of a butchers shop. It had these lovely stained glass windows in it so I asked the owner if I could have it and I brought it home. The door was pretty Continue reading

K and I had a great weekend away in Stamford last weekend. Its a lovely little town in-between Peterborough and Rutland Water. It has lots of beautiful stone buuldings, plenty of traffic free shoppping and plenty of pubs! We stayed here in a really nice apartment in the basement of a regency style house just Continue reading

This is a view of Koprivnik in Slovenia, taken from the hill behind the house we’ve hired for 10 days in August. Here’s a winter pic of the house, shame there’s no summer pics – looks nice though. Continue reading

I’m still on a rugby high after yesterdays games. Yes, England won the game and it wasn’t enough for the trophy. But what a fantastic game for entertainment value, it was absolutely brilliant, god know what my neighbours thought! Ben Youngs got the man of the match but George Ford was superb. Roll on the Continue reading