Just got a couple of tickets to see Doves at Cambridge in April. We’re off to Cambridge tomorrow night to the White Lies, Glasvegas and Florence and the machine. Should be a good night! Continue reading

Our lovely daughter woke us up at 2 am this morning! Nothing wrong with her,  just wanted to get out of the cot to play and read books. Finally went back to sleep just before 4 which left me 40 minutes befrore I went to work. I am so tired….. 🙁 Continue reading

Computer has finally died!!!! New one is on its way but I may be off-line for up to a week!! 🙁 Continue reading

K picked up a bargain the other day, a new ski suit for Emma, (£30 reduced to £15 at your local Sainsburys store!)  all fleecy lined and cosy! More pics Continue reading

All afternoon yesterday and into the night it rained and rained big fat rain. We had something like a months worth of rain in a day. Today, the River Colne burst its banks and flooded the valley. It must be a good 10 years since we’ve had floods like these. more pics Continue reading

Just messin with the new camera, couldn’t take many pictures today as the memory card hasn’t arrived yet. We went up over the back fields to catch the last of the snow. It was a chilly -6 this morning! We were  promised more snow the end of the week but now it looks like rain Continue reading

What a great winter we’re having! Proper cold weather rather than the wet and drab days we normally have to endure. Yesterday, we woke up to a good four inches of snow. Emma wasn’t quite sure what to make of it, she thought walking in it was very strange and she was very impressed with Continue reading

Fatty and I had an afternoon in town together for the first time in ages, so decided to treat ourselves to the flicks . We went to see Revolutionary Road as the trailer looked good and it is Leo and Kate! Well, what a pile of poo!! I can’t even be bothered to try and Continue reading

Elbow performed the entire “Seldom Seen Kid” album with the BBC Concert Orchestra. Its a superb session, you can watch it via the red button on your TV (via BBC 2) or you can watch and listen to it on the BBC website. Enjoy! Continue reading

Fatty and Lewis came to stay so the girls took the kids to Adventureland on Friday. They  had a girly time shopping, doing lunch, and going to the movies in Colchester yesterday, and today we just mooched because the weather is just fffreezing and it snowed this afternoon. I think that Emma watching Lewis walking Continue reading

Todd Carty dancing on ice. Brilliant!! Continue reading

Another fabulous set of photographs of London from above, at night. Continue reading

Some lovely person has put this documentary on google video. I first watched this when it was shown on Channel 4 in 2003 and I have been trying to get it on DVD but they usually sell for nearly £50 on Ebay. The film follows  three French traceurs, Sebastien Foucan, Jerome Ben Aoues, and Johann Continue reading

I took Emma over to the Lottie” buggyless” today for the first time. She walked all the way there in her waterproofs and wellies. She did some digging, tasted some earth and then fell over in the dirt, but she was o.k and I think she quite enjoyed herself. Kx Continue reading

Has a fantastic set of pictures of The Inauguration of President Barack Obama. The satellite picture of all the people who came to watch is amazing. Continue reading

If you could wake up anytime, any place, where would it be? Continue reading

Watch the new T-mobile advert which was filmed at 11am on Thursday 15th January 2009 at Liverpool Street station. Watch out for the guy with the big hair and the old girl with her shopping bag. Still grumpy? 🙂 Update: OOpps fluffed the link, sorted now. Further update: Changed the link to a better quality Continue reading

Not too sure about the new U2 single maybe it’ll grow on me… Continue reading

Took Emma for her first walk last night. I held her hand and we just walked from the house to the church door which is about 50 metres and back. It was so cool, she kept pointing at the church saying “curch” and “ding dong” and we stopped for a “sit down” on the bench Continue reading

Looking for a small loan to buy this achingly gorgeous house in Colne Engaine. Anyone help me out or fancy starting a hippy commune? Continue reading

Amazing pictures on the Guardian website of the plane that had to ditch in the Hudson on Thursday. The passengers couldn’t have wished for a better pilot to cope with this emergency. “Sullenberger, a 57-year-old former fighter pilot from Danville, California, is a veteran of US Airways with 40 years’ aviation experience and about 20,000 Continue reading

Highly imaginative Will Proudfoot, raised in a religous sect and not allowed to watch TV,  befriends Lee  Carter, the school rebel and he gets to see Rambo: First blood and it just blows his mind. Lee is making a film to try and get on Screen Test and casts Will, who is now obsessed with Continue reading

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When did you last climb a tree? Continue reading

Treated myself to a Blu-ray player this week. We watched “I am legend” last night and the picture is a-mazing! Just got to upgrade the rest now, new amp, a few speakers……. Continue reading

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Nice set of photos of the cold snap on the Guardian website. It even includes Bramhall Hall! Continue reading

Ian mansfield took some great photographs of an “abandoned London” during a bike ride on Christmas Day morning. Continue reading

has a amazing collection of recent photographs of all things frozen, and some of the ways we live and play with ice. Look out for the naked guy (pic no 23) chopping a hole in the ice, I can only guess he’s about to go for a swim, Crazy!!! Continue reading