Family life in South East London
Well the rain has subsided and a large yellow blob has appeared in the sky. I’m not sure what it is but it feels good. Amy has successfully weaned Jake off the dummy during the day. I don’t know whether it is a coincidence but Jake’s vocabulary is really gaining pace now. He can copy …
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I doubt there is anyone in the country now that doesn’t know about the devastating floods that have affected England since Friday. Two months of rain fell on that day and caused the River Severn to burst its banks. The River Thames is also likely to do the same. This is a worry because my …
I installed the Virgin Media cable modem successfully last night. “Great”, I thought, “let’s now try it with the router”. I unplugged the power and connected the cables. When I plugged the router back in there were no power lights, nada, nothing. Toasted. It did this before and sprang back to life after some fiddling. …
Jake has been poorly this week. Upon returning from our trip to the Isle of Wight last weekend he had a very croaky throat and was off his food. We took this to mean that his throat was sore. However we soon realised that another tooth was on it’s way. His left cheek was fiery …
Jake’s latest developments 🙂 Flapping arms when you say ‘arms’ Shaking his hands when you say ‘where are your hands?’ Spinning on the spot(this has replaced the breakdancing) Throwing things Having minor tantrums Going to sit in his ‘den’ in between the sofa and the DVD cabinet He knows : eyes, mouth, ears, tummy, arms, …
It seems I am officially an old git. Yesterday my composter arrived. It is big, black and looks a bit like a dalek in a bin liner. I have placed him at the bottom of the garden. I spent hald an hour yesterday loading him up with steaming heaps of rotten grass that had been …
On the way back home today(on the very day that Gordon Brown becomes the new Prime Minister) there was a massive cloudburst. I was just cycling past Peckham Rye station when the clouds started to look very ominous. A few fat drops fell then the whole lot dumped it’s load. Within seconds I was drenched. …
I feel I am living on borrowed time as I still haven’t got myself a pump, spare tube or repair kit. I need to sort those items out as I don’t relish an 8 mile walk home. Yesterdays trip was a little pointless. Local youth in the area had vandalised the track at Barnes so …
I’ve been riding my bicycle now for two days to and from Clapham Junction. On both days I was able to find a space in the racks. I wrote to Wandsworth Council to get the vandalised frames removed. I was surprised to receive a reply. The frames have been tagged and will be removed if …
Over the weekend I tried out my route to Clapham Junction. On paper the route should take roughly 30 minutes but in reality it was more like 45-50 minutes. What annoyed me was the amount of traffic lights that always seemed to turn red when I approached :-(. What also annoyed me were the number …