Category Archives: Family Photos

A visit from Rachel and Bea

Four years on, we finally got to catch up with old college friend Rachel and her daughter Bea this weekend. Great to see old mates and ponder how the hell the girls have grown up so quickly. Had a nice evening at the bonfire at … Read More

A great half term day out

It’s Lily’s first ever half term – and yesterday we had the day together – and what a corker it was. We dropped Katie off at work in the morning then went to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park to look at the Andy Goldsworthy retrospective – … Read More

Lily’s 5th Birthday

Today our little girl reached the grand old age of five. It’s been a busy week for her with starting school and we just decided to have a small party for family and a couple of local friends. Her new school friends sang her Happy … Read More

First day at school!

The little entertainer is off to Broadway at last. Had she been born a week earlier, Lily would have been at school for a year now, but the oldest girl in the class starts today, and we’re all very excited for her (and a bit … Read More

Lily’s bike fever

We got a trailer bike the other day – a necessity for the school run which starts this week (exciting !! – school starting – not the school run) and have had a great weekend getting used to it. Cycling-dad obviously was trying his best … Read More

Bank Holiday: Visit from Andrew and Denise & fam

Lovely time with old mates Denise and Andrew this weekend. After a dreadful journey up to our place, they soon settled in. Lily and Will getting straight into some serious playing and we all had a great time catching up (and also meeting the eight … Read More

Marrakech – a bonus family holiday in 2007

Like waiting for a bus, we were lucky enough to have two hot summer holidays abroad this year. If anyone knows of any good carbon offsetting schemes for all those air miles, just let me know. House guests of Katie’s family friend Tom Stoddart, we … Read More

Oxford weekend with Dippy, Jane and family

Great stay with Dippy, Jane, Libby and Flo this weekend. It sadly seems only an annual event with everyone’s busy lives, but we had another great trip. We missed out on some pretty poor weather back home too, which is a great bonus. On Saturday … Read More

Phil and Anne’s house in Devon

Storms ravage the country, and once again we managed to keep Devon relatively dry for a long weekend. We should get paid for this. A lovely time had by all – lots of Dartmoor running, plenty of drinking, not a disastrous amount of sleep loss, … Read More

Weekend at home with Rachel and Jon

A lovely weekend at home with the Dow family – haven’t seen them since New Year and a lovely relaxing time to catch up, hang out, and hang over. Piccies (click on image) and video…