The school holidays are a bit to cock this year, meaning that Katie’s and Lily’s Easter holidays don’t match up. It’s led to some creative childcare activity this holiday for Lily which in many ways will be much more fun for her than the prospect … Read More →
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World Track Cycling Championships 2008 – a Wheelbase night out
The good people at Wheelbase treated all the staff and team to an evening at Manchester Velodrome to watch a session of the World Track Cycling Championships on Friday. In itself, it would have been a great night out and something different to do. As … Read More →
Rochdale Optician – a fitting conclusion.
A good while ago I was chatting (about the importance of search engine traffic) to my friend Lewis as he was setting up his Optician business in Rochdale, and I set about a little task of my own, for geeky fun, to see if I … Read More →
Seven Days On – not addiction, but obsession.
Inspired by out-of-season, what-the-heckery, I decided to keep on runnin’ for a week and ditch the rest days. Steve did the same thing a while ago and it got me thinking about whether I’m a bit too precious with rest days. A much improved toe … Read More →
A new appointment to encourage sibling informality
I’m very excited about my brother Phil’s impending move back up north in the summer. His recent appointment to the Centre For Sustainable Water Management (CSWM) in Lancaster University means that we’ll be a maximum of an hour apart. Realising this has only just made … Read More →
Bionic mother-in-law
A few short weeks ago my mother-in-law, Jean, went for a new knee. This type of thing happens with great frequency these days and is nothing amazing, but I was quite taken aback when I saw how well and how mobile she was, when i … Read More →
Camera Quest: The Best of Both Worlds
After plenty of umming and loads of ahh-ing, I finally found the ideal all-round compromise camera… I think. I was constrained by budget (aren’t we all?) and wanted point and shoot (it’s not for me… that’s for a close female relative) under £100 5x Optical … Read More →
Half term day out: Crosby and Knowsley
Taking advantage of the pretty much unprecedented February clear spell, I took full advantage of a day’s leave booked to spend with Lily. Katie’s half term doesn’t coincide with Lily’s which is a bit crap, but we had such a stonking day together – was … Read More →
In fairness to the weather
I thought I’d better say how flipping lovely it’s been here for the last five days. I had a good moan last year when summer really got me (and most people) down, so in the interest of fairness and balance, what a fantastic spell we’re … Read More →
Who do you think you are kidding, Mrs Haygarth?
Went to watch mum in a play of Dad’s Army last night at the Grand Theatre in Lancaster. With a familiarity of Dad’s Army on TV, I’m not sure what I was expecting. I certainly wasn’t expecting it to be such a faithful copy of … Read More →