Well Tante and Unkle have gone home. During their last weekend with us the sun shone magnificiently and the mercury was into the mid twenties. I have just got on my train to Feltham having left a little later than usual. The reason is simple and comes in the shape of a little boy called …
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Parents Evening
I feel like I am playing at grown ups. Last evening we went to Jake’s ‘soon-to-be’ school for a welcome evening. Upon arrival we were ushered into ‘The Great Hall’ and given a glass of wine and canapes. The feeling of being back at school brought back mixed memories. Sitting in assembly trying to concentrate, …
Photo restoration
I have recently started scanning and restoring some old photos. This one is from my first trip abroad. It was taken on 31st March 1990 in Arkansas and we were travelling across the USA in a driveaway car. We were delivering the car to San Diego having picked it up in New York. The driveaway …
Day trip to Scotney Castle
Saturday was the hottest day of the year and it looks like this week will be hot. I have just arrived at Waterloo, a little sweaty but gateful for the decent cycling weather. I have been trying to change my cycling style. I now tend to try and keep a constant pace of 17/18 MPH …
Wittering
We went to the sea-side on Saturday. For once the Bank Holiday gods of Weather smiled on us. We basked in lovely sunshine and temperatures of 23 degrees with a nice cool breeze. Amy and Carol went for their spa session while ‘the boys’ namely my good self, Jake and Colin headed for the beach …
Cornwall weekend
I haven’t blogged for a while. It has been particularly hectic at work with a major deadline looming, so I have been putting in the hours in the evening to get things done(cue hearty pat in the back). Last weekend myself, Jake and GDK went off to Cornwall for our ‘free’ holiday courtesy of Club …
DIY shenanigans
Ah, what a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend! SPENT DOING DIY!! Grr! Actually, this is not entirely true. We took a trip to Knole House on Saturday to take advantage of the glorious weather. It was great to sit down in the sun and have a nice picnic. Afterwards we went for a walk. Jake charged …
Spring is here
The last few days have been gorgeous. Light winds, blue skies and no clouds. Correspondingly this years produce of potatoes, beans, spinach, courgettes, tomatoes, coriander, basil and parsley have started to really grow. Yesterday evening we had a little picnic on Hilly Fields. I stopped off at Sainsburg’s on the way home and bought some …
Chats and hiding
Jake was an utter beast when I arrived home yesterday, explained by the fact that he only had one hour for his nap in the afternoon. I called him to come and have a cuddle and to say hello, which he ignored completely :-(. I decided to put him to bed so that he could …
Easter Weekend
True to form the weather this long weekend has been ghastly, albeit apart from some nice sunshine on Monday. We took advantage of this and headed over to the fair at Blackheath. Jake spied the Thomas slide but the man told us it was a little too steep for him. Luckily next door was another …