Diary
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Loft is Ready to go
All cleared and hoovered there was lots of big spider corpses under the chimney! Continue reading
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Easter Weekend
Cor what a scorcher! It was a beautiful weekend with non stop sunshine. It was Lewis’s birthday on Friday so the Caple’s came over and we had a great weekend, we had a barbecue, went out for lunch, sat in the garden and went for a walk. K and I also managed to get the Continue reading
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Thanks Ol
Had a nice trip back from Kirkby Lonsdale stopping off at Ols for a brew and some lunch. Thank you so much, it was great to see Ol, Jaks, Bob, Sarah, Jacob and to meet Ruby. Should have got some pics! Thanks again. X Continue reading
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Week in Kirkby Lonsdale
We’ve come up to Kirkby Lonsdale for a week in this cottage spread over 3 floors right in the village. So it’s really handy for shops, pubs, restaurants and tea rooms. We’ve spent most of the week walking, poor Emma has been dragged off on lots of walks ranging from 6.5 to over 10 miles Continue reading
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Booked – May 13
Loft conversion company are booked to do structural conversion. It all starts May 13th!! Continue reading
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Weekend Away Challenge : 3 London (again!)
Had an amazing night at The Royal Albert Hall last night. Apart from a warm up gig in Warrington this was Doves biggest gig in 9 years and it was fantastic too see them back. We had an amazing night, the crowd were right up for it and the played all the best songs, Pounding, Continue reading
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First Man
Concentrating on Neil Armstrong’s life in between 1961 and 1969 this film tells the story of Armstrong’s grief for his daughter as he trains to be the commander of Apollo 11. A great performance from Ryan Gosling who doesn’t overplay his part as the stoical, restrained Armstrong. Definitely worth a watch on a proper movie Continue reading
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Bike Ride on Sunday
Saturday night we had a good night at Ant’s 30th and Sunday was a lovely day so we for a cruise around Marks Hall. Continue reading
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The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
Written and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor from the memoir by William Kamkwamba this is the story of William, aged is thrown out of the school when his family can no longer afford the fees. He sneaks into the library and learns how to build a windmill to save his village from a famine. Great performances Continue reading
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Scout Camp
Maddie and Emma heading off on Scout Camp last night. They camped in Twinstead and then hiked back to Earls Colne which was about 9 miles plus they had to carry their kit. Well done!! Continue reading
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Bike ride around Nayland
Found this path by the Stour after taking a wrong turning so I took the girls for a walk along it on Sunday. I’d love a log store like this one! Continue reading
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Hard Day at the Office
I was delivering in East Bergholt last week and I was able to visit my favourite bakery for a sandwich and cherry and almond flapjack. Yum yum! Lunch, looking over the Dedham Vale. Continue reading
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Weekend Away Challenge : 2 London
Our February weekend was a trip to London to meet up with the Caple’s and go to see Turin Brakes. We met up in Kings Cross, over the last few years the whole area has been going through a huge regeneration and we had a great afternoon exploring the area. One of my favourite places Continue reading
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Week off on my own.,
Unfortunately..I booked the wrong week off work and had the week before half term rather than the actual week. So, onn the Monday I decided to go for a bike ride in the sunshine. I headed up to Sudbury and across to Cavendish and Clare stopping st Foxearth for a flapjack break I took this Continue reading
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Green Book
Tony “Lip” Vallelonga—an Italian-American bouncer played by Mortensen who gets hired to escort a black pianist, Dr. Don Shirley (Ali), on a tour of the Deep South in 1962. Today we Went to the Abbeygate in Bury for lunch and to see this film which we’ve been looking forward to seeing for some time. It Continue reading
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Tiny House
We saw this house after lunch at the Windsor Castle Pub in Kensington. It’s on Peel Street, only 9 feet across and sold for just under a £1m last year! Continue reading
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Cirque du Soliel: Totem
We went to see “Totem” at the Royal Albert Hall on Sunday. It’s been years since we last saw Cirque de Soliel and it’s amazing how much the production has improved. I did feel that the show didn’t really convey a story as such and was mainly just a number of set pieces but it Continue reading
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Weekend away challenge : 1 Norwich
This year, we have given ourselves a challenge to get away for a weekend a month. Through the colder months we will probably stay in a Premier Inn or a B&b and when it’s warmer, camp. If we are on hols that will count towards the challenge and So far we are booked up until Continue reading
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(Another) Best Album of 2018
Jon Hopkins “Singularity” Just amazing, an album to move you in all ways. “Neon Pattern Drum” is just fantastic. Continue reading
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Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Ok, you can be forgiven for being bored with the Mission Impossible films but this really reboots the series. The plot is a bit confusing but stick with it. The action is fantastic and Tom isn’t too cheesy. We were shouting at the TV it was so tense! 9/10 only loses a point because I Continue reading
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Best Album 2018
Ok this came out late 2017 but it has definitely been the album of 2018 for us. Continue reading
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Happy New Year
Had a great evening at the Stovell’s last night. Fantastic food, great games, particularly the Malteser tape measure challenge ( we all achieved 5 mtrs) and great company. Today we had a walk at Walton with the Downes and the Stovell’s a good start for 2019. Continue reading
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Christmas Day 2018
What a lovely welcome change to have “weather” on Christmas Day! It was a gorgeous frosty morning , so with the majority of Emma’s presents opened, we headed down to the meadow. John arrived at midday, after lunch we headed over the golf course for another lovely walk then home for tea. Continue reading
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Merry Christmas Everyone
Emma joined the Earls Colne School Choir this year. Here is a recording of them singing at the village carol service. Continue reading