Category Archives: Family Photos

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Manchester International Festival – ‘The Great Indoors’

12 Jul Filed under Art / Design, Blog, Family Photos, Featured Articles. No comments.

Ace day on Saturday – we took Lily and Elsie into ‘The Great Indoors‘ a wonderful collection of children’s creative activities and performances all over the insides of Manchester’s Town Hall, as part of the Manchester International Festival. We met up with Sally, Sim and … Read More →

A Lancashire Heat Wave? Well – it’s not been bad.

29 Jun Filed under Family Photos, Featured Articles. 2 Comments.

It’s amazing how a bit of warm weather makes life so pleasurable.  Home life for the past week seems to have been a perpetual cycle of playing in the garden, going to the park, sitting outside, eating outside, riding bikes and generally not being indoors … Read More →

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An overnight visit to Kirkby Lonsdale

15 Jun Filed under Family Photos, Featured Articles, Sport. 1 Comment.

We had our first overnight stopover at mum’s house in ages this weekend. It’s been an odd year with the sleep patterns of a baby and going to someone’s house has generally represented hassle for me since Elsie came along, but she’s been sleeping so … Read More →

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Elsie’s first birthday – and a mini street party

25 May Filed under Family Photos, Featured Articles. 2 Comments.

The sun seemed to shine on the righteous this Bank Holiday weekend, as we had a bit of a houseful to celebrate Elsie’s first birthday. Much as we did the same with Lily – and not being the type of folks for Christenings, we thought … Read More →

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Friends Reunited: Ben Cole visits from Canada

13 May Filed under Blog, Family Photos, Featured Articles. No comments.

It’s great catching up with old friends.  Sometimes it goes far too long between seeing friends.  It’s hard enough to co-ordinate good time together with people who live a few miles down the road in these busy days of raising children, let alone people who … Read More →

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Easter week in Woolacombe

18 Apr Filed under Blog, Family Photos, Featured Articles, Video. 2 Comments.

Lovely time last week in Woolacombe with our old Gloucestershire mates the Greenwoods. So great to go away and have such fun with people who make life so uncomplicated for us with our semi demanding 11 month-old.

First weekend of spring

29 Mar Filed under Family Photos, Google Earth. No comments.

God what a great feeling that is. Sooooo flipping ace to have a bit more daylight this evening – and twinned with a bit of sunshine it’s made it feel like the first big spring day.

Mothers Day (and not bad for fathers too)

22 Mar Filed under Family Photos. No comments.

Had a nice chilled weekend really. Didn’t do too much. Elsie’s making us restrict our expectations a bit at the moment so relaxed, homey time is good. Mother’s day entailed a big roast, a quiet trip to the shops at Bolton and a play in … Read More →

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Dileas – an old friend moves on.

17 Mar Filed under Blog, Family Photos. 3 Comments.

Just had the sad but inevitable news that my brother’s dog – Dileas – has had to be put to sleep after a slow decline over the last few months. He was a lovely dog and with a very special nature – he was a … Read More →

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A weekend in Ripple and a trip to the Forest of Dean

16 Mar Filed under Family Photos, Featured Articles, Sport. 1 Comment.

Had a lovely time this weekend with our old mates Andrew and Denise in Ripple, near Upton on Severn. The catalyst for going down there was an invitation from Andrew to come and run in the Forest of Deal half marathon, so it meant that … Read More →