The picture on the right is very important to me. I came across it about 10 years ago and found it both beautiful, thought provoking and the more I studied it more the meaning and subtlety I got from it. I pinned it to the whiteboard in our dining room....
Last night just as everyone, except Anna, had got off to sleep she managed to set off the fire alarm upstairs, the first time it’s ever gone off and through a pretty weird series of events. Anna was in the bath, relaxing by candle light when all the wax managed...
During the last weeks holiday I’ve accumulated a huge work and personal reading backlog which I was determined to clear today, that meant some serious cafe time. I started at the Beach Terrace Cafe first thing, I’d not been for 10 days and they’ve changed their philosophy a bit, apparently...
While I was away last week the water leak sensor on our washing machine activated. Debbie and Anna struggled mightily to get the washing machine out from it’s snug little cave in the kitchen, apparently it took over an hour of hard work. Debbie decided to leave the washing machine...
I started with a cold on Tuesday, but I think the combination of not eating much and pushing myself hiking suppressed my immune system a bit and I seemed fine until last night (little sleep) and worse this morning (full on cold, fatigue and pain). Still I was in a...
My last full day at Center Parcs and the weather gods have smiled on me, Buttermere is scheduled to be dry most of the day. I’m starting with a cold so I didn’t sleep very well, which meant a late start and after the hours drive I arrived at about...
I finished this audio book today and enjoyed it a lot, maybe in part due to the fact that I listened to it while hiking in the northern Lake District. Chris Hadfield reads the book himself and as it’s a deeply personal book this works well, even though Chris isn’t on...
Despite my plan to go to Buttermere yesterday, I woke up this morning and decided to go to Haweswater Resevoir instead, for two reasons, most importantly I checked the weather forecast and it predicted a dry morning for east Cumbria and wet for west and second because I fancied the...
I’m on my second day at Center Parcs, taking advantage of it’s off season prices and proximity to the Northern Lakes. I got up early and after making myself a hearty fry up I headed to the Steamer Pier at Glenridding at the southern tip of Ullswater. Yesterday I’d walked...
I’m on holiday this week and spending it based at the Whinfell Forest Center Parcs in the Lake District, I’m looking forward to it a lot as this will be my first Center Parcs experience. Unfortunately I had to hang around in St Annes for a while because I needed...