Family life in South East London
Well as the title indicates what can I say… I’ve recently stopped wearing my wedding ring. I guess that means I’m finally accepting the new order. As far as family life works now, we have an even childcare split of, 50-50, or at least we used to up until March(more of that later). So the …
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New Year’s Eve was eventful. We had borrowed a car from Colin and had used it to travel to and from friends over the Christmas period. Fiona invited us for a New Year get together. However the car broke just as we arrived. It would not go into gear with the engine running. I spent …
It has been a cold long winter. During this time I have vainly fought the elements which were conspiring to wreck the floor of my roofless shed. I have fought a hard battle and am winning. Not only has the shed got a roof now but the rain and wind has abated and ushered in …
Up until a few weeks ago it has been rather mild here in London. The weather decided to turn last weekend in time for the annual Blackheath fireworks event. We all trundled down there trying to find a shortcut through the new road layout at Loampit Vale. The event as expected was rather good if …
It’s time for my almost yearly blog entry. Spring is upon us once more. This morning I was out in the garden planting some seedlings. To date I have tomatoes, beetroot, carrots, runner beans, corn and lettuce on the go. I have a dreadful case of lawn moss so that is next on my list …
It’s mid-October and the mercury has been kind to us. It’s been almost summer-like. Last week Ben, James and myself took the ferry from Dover to cycle in the countryside around Calais. The weather was perfect and stayed at around 17 degrees all day. Even while waiting for the ferry in the evening, it still …
This week has been lovely. In fact the last two weeks have been great. It’s been rather busy this week. Jake had a swimming Gala today, Mia had her tester session at St Dunstans and I have been running around on the Xtracycle trying to sort out my flat car tyre. I cycled down to …
We went camping in June or to be correct ‘glamping’. It was a family affair with Adam, Jo and the boys. Sally, Roy and Ken. The campsite was just under an hours drive away from Adam and Jo’s house in Exeter so we decamped there for the night before arriving en-masse at the Billingsmoor Farm …
Jake has been really wanting to watch Epic at the cinema. He has been playing the official Nexus 7 app incessantly for a few days now and has watched the trailer many times. Amy asked Mia if she wanted to go too. This was met with a resounding YES! We arrived early enough to purchase …
It is the middle of May and yesterday the temperature was only a chilly 9 degrees. We have had a couple or warm days but mostly it has been cold and wet. Again, I have put off planting anything in the garden so again I don’t have much going on there. I’ve planted some pea …