Happy Birthday Emma! It’s been a busy one, we met dad and Judy at the Kings Head, she went to see Paddington with her friends and next week we’re off to see Fontaines! Continue reading

K and Caz went to see “Gladness” a Madness tribute band at the Halstead Empire on Saturday. The band were really good and they had a great night. The T-shirt Ks wearing is from the infamous Madness gig at Finsbury Park in August ‘92. Continue reading

It was my birthday today so K and I went up to Framlingham for a day out. The weather was lovely and we went for a great lunch at The Common Room. It’s a really nice cafe, the food was great and music was too. The owner has a large collection of vinyl that he Continue reading

We had no idea it was happening until our neighbour, Pippa knocked on the door. Amazing! Continue reading

Had part of my ear cut out today to remove this rodent ulcer. The NHS have been excellent it’s only been just over three weeks since I went the doctor with a small area on my ear which would heal and then reoccur again. The most painful part (so far) was having the local anaesthetic, Continue reading

Went for a bike ride with Ben to Hadleigh on Thursday. we did a 50 mile route stopping at the Jet Cafe in Hadleigh for brunch. We both had the Mexican breakfast of sourdough, onion jam, Mashed Avocado, grilled halloumi and a poached egg on top. Lurvely! and, of course we had to pop into Continue reading

Today is the first proper day at sixth form.The girls had a good time at the induction day yesterday , where amongst various ice breakers they had to do ballroom dancing!Good luck girls! Xx Continue reading

Popped up to the Electric Palace in Harwich on Saturday to see Quiet Place: Day One. We had missed it on its original release but when we saw it was in at the Electric Palace we thought we would go as it’s been ages since we last went. We had a pint in the Alma Continue reading

So proud of our Emma today. She achieved straight 9’s in all her GCSE’s apart from one which was English language where she got an 8 missing the 9 by just one point.  She’s pretty tenacious though, she’s going to ask the exam board to have another look at it in the hope she’ll get Continue reading

I cycled up to Norwich clocking up 100.78 miles. It was a perfect day, about 20 degrees with a favourable south westerly. I was a bit gutted on the way though I had planned to stop at my favourite cafe, The Peacock at Peasanhall but it was closed. 😕 I was really looking forward to Continue reading

We’re spending this weekend house sitting for Catherine and Michael in Bradfield St.George near Bury St. Edmunds. It’s such a lovely place, they’ve made the house look amazing. We’re already volunteering to do it again next year! Continue reading

We’ve come up to Macclesfield for a weekend at Bob & Marie’s. We drove up Friday afternoon and arrived at Bobs by early evening. Marie had made a lovely Jamaican chicken curry followed by an awesome cheese cake – what a welcome! On Saturday we walked up to The White Nancy ( or the teat Continue reading

K and I had a nice bike ride on Sunday. We did 45 miles via Lavenham and Monks Eleigh. It was meant to be a cheap day out but the farmers market was on at Lavenham so we had to buy some goodies ( awesome scones!) a spot of lunch at the Chili and Chive Continue reading

We have just returned from a 10 day break in Portugal. Its the first time we’ve been abroad for about 7 years and Emma requested a proper holiday like normal people, which meant going abroad somewhere warm hopefully without rain, not ‘up north’ and not being dragged out on long walks up hills every day. Continue reading

Rachael and Martin got married at ST Andrews Church in White Colne today. Its such a beautiful church and it was a great service by Mark, our vicar from here in Earls Colne. It was a fabulous day followed by a reception the Thatchers in Mount Bures. Continue reading

Had an absolutely cracking night at the Reytons homecoming gig at Clifton park, Rotherham Last night. Having played their biggest gig so far last year at Sheffield Arena last year , this year they wanted to go one better and play a gig in their home town in the biggest venue available, Clifton Park. They Continue reading

It was K’s birthday this weekend so we had a day out at the Cambridge University Botanical garden. Its such an amazing place to visit, its been open since 1846 and there’s over 8000 plant species from all over the world the glasshouses just amazing. I have to say its much better than Kew! oh Continue reading

Emmas school held their prom at East Mersea Hall last night. The girls looked amazing, its been so cool to watch these girls grow up to be the young women they have become. The weather was perfect and the girls had a great time. I can’t believe how quickly senior school has sailed past. Continue reading

Had a great day out at the Earls Colne Open Gardens today. Thankfully the weather was perfect. Chris and Derek came over and Dad & Judy surprised us by turning up as well. We had some burgers at Tracies and some amazing Carrot cake in this garden in Park Lane. A right good day! Continue reading

Alan and I have have just spent four days cycling the Pictish Trail from Inverness to Edinburgh. It was such a good trip. We took the sleeper train up on the Friday evening. The train was delayed leaving Euston which meant that we got into Inverness about 90 minutes late which gave us a bit Continue reading

Caz, Chris and K arranged a trip to the Dads Army museum up in Thetford. They had a fantastic day touring around shoot locations on a vintage coach like something out of “Hi-di-hi” then back to the museum for tea and scones. On Sunday we all met up at the Kings Head in Pebmarsh for Continue reading

Some time ago I read about the Locks Inn in Geldeston Norfolk. Its located in the middle of the marshes, with no access apart from by river or by an unmade road. Its recently become a community pub and it just sounds really cool. So this weekend, Ben and I cycled the 70 Miles up Continue reading

This weekend we had a random day out on London. No real plan just a bit of an amble about. First of all we went to Leake Street under Waterloo Station to see the current graffiti. Leake street Arches became what they are today after Banksy, back in 2008 invited artists to the arches stating Continue reading

K picked me up from work at Saturday lunchtime and we headed straight off on the 6 hour drive to Kirkby Lonsdale. We arrived at about 7pm to the rain slicked streets of Kirby Lonsdale. It’s a really delightful town to see at Christmas as most of the houses and shops in the centre of Continue reading

We had a really good night at the Classic Horror Night at Colchester Arts centre last night. The event has been running for five years and is held roughly once a month and they show a really old horror film and as this was the last showing of the year they also had a quiz Continue reading

To celebrate her birthday we took Emma and Luca to The Kings Head at Pebmarsh for tea and then we came home for a Malteser cake. As you can see from Luca’s face it was pretty awesome! For her birthday she got some DM’s. Very cool! Continue reading

Emma was having a day out at Spitalfields Market in London with her friends so we decided to get the train in with them and do a walk from the fantastic Londons Hidden Walks book by Stephen Millar. We chose a walk in Clerkenwell and we had a really nice day out. As we walked Continue reading