My youngest two children turned 16 today, a major landmark for them and me. Whilst I still have four children I guess I should really be thinking of them all as the wonderful young ladies they are and preparing for them to leave the nest. Steph is already well on...
Over the Christmas holiday I boarded out the loft and insulated the rafters. We now have a great space up in the loft, but unfortunately it’s already full with all the stuff we’ve accumulated. I’ve got to the point now where I really hate “stuff”. About 10 years ago we...
I went swimming with Tess and Anna tonight and given that I’m not too well I only swam for 30 lengths, which left plenty of time to sit by the pool, watching the girls and reading New Scientist. Of the articles I read I was most amazed by this description...
My eldest daughter – 15 years old – is doing some long range career planning and she’s been really struggling to find something she really likes. It’s not that she doesn’t enjoy school – she likes most subjects, and is predicted to get a good crop of A and A*’s. Her...
My Dad (David John Richards) died on Monday the 26th of November 2007 at around 9pm in Lincoln Hospital. After a long illness initiated by inoperable throat cancer, but in the end an accumulation of a number of factors. The hospital staff were great and Dad’s sister, brother in law...
We all attended the fireworks at Blackpool last night, launched from North pier they were the best we have ever seen. We walked in from Star Gate along the promenade and it was a great night out for all. We decided to watch from the beach which added to the...
I grew up with a large orchard and I still love growing my own fruit. I don’t have room for many trees so I have them growing in metal dustbins all the way down the drive at the side of the house. This month I’m picking cherries every day –...
Carlisle was a surprisingly fun place to visit. Debbie and the elder girls had been there last year and stayed in university diggs for a couple of days, so I too the twins to the best of the places that they recommened. We spent most of our time at Tullie...
We arrived at one of the forts at about 16:30 so didn’t have much light left. There is not much of the original wall left but the area we were going to see was about 30 minutes walk from the car park. We had a really great trek up to...
We have spent the last few days in the Lake District, we started off in Kendal, then went up to Carlisle for a couple of days and then back down to Arnside which is one of our favorite walking areas. I only took the Treo 650 so the photo’s are...