Lily is six today, and amidst the busy week of going back to school, she woke up this morning four times before it was time to get up. Her wish for a Calamity Jane outfit -cobbled together by buying a cowboy outfit and a confederate … Read More →
Category Archives: Family Photos
On the farm… summer 2008
Lovely trip to Fiona(sis-in-law) and Graeme’s – at the Bank Holiday weekend. Highlights include: The weather – hardly a drop of rain all weekend – a real August rarity this year A lovely cycle ride from their place over to the Wensleydale agricultural show at … Read More →
Too busy to blog
It’s a sad state of affairs when you get too busy to blog. Considering we haven’t been away this summer, it’s been pretty hectic. Obviously, having a new(ish) baby about the place is a good reason to keep my fingers off the keyboard in non-work … Read More →
Photo moblogging at last
I’ve finally got round to getting to post photos directly to my Flickr account from my mobile in one very easy click. There’s something of a compromise here though. Shiny, feature-packed and lovely though my Nokia E71 may be, its piccies are clearly those of … Read More →
A long overdue meet-up with Biggers
It’s been seven years since we saw my old and lovely school mate John Bigland, and we finally got together on Sunday for a BBQ in Helmshore’s finest July weather. Or the finest it could muster up, which means just freezing northerly wind. It was … Read More →
Out with the old, in with the new… tooth
Lily lost her first baby tooth today and was well compensated by fairy Abigail (who watches over her). Regrettably, she was so excited about the compensation that she awoke especially early and came to tell Katie and I in bed an hour or so before … Read More →
A very English Bank Holiday
Although we had two lovely days of fine weather this long weekend, we chose the wet day to go to the seaside… We did have a grand day out though – on the Lancashire coast – at Southport (along with its huge pier) and another … Read More →
Camping trip with Lily to Malham
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 →
Eleven years on…
Katie and I celebrated out eleventh wedding anniversary today. The weather is prettty much identical; unseasonally chilly and snow flurries, and it’s Grand National day again (the race was famously cancelled because of an IRA bomb scare in 1997). It’s a period of intense of … Read More →
Half term break in Suffolk… the first real chill of winter
With the national trophy cyclocross coming up in Ipswich, I wasn’t relishing the thought of another long day out and night away from the family. Enjoyable though the sporty bonding trips are, I find it an uneasy comprimise to spend time away enjoying myself and … Read More →