We never had Prom events to end one’s compulsory years of education in my day but it does seem to be catching on in the UK influenced one assumes by the popularity of these events in America as reflected in so many films. As my wife used to be a couture dressmaker and is still …
Category Archives: Family Life
Yet another snowy day
I suspect everyone in the UK had some kind of snow story over the last week. I am pleased to report that nothing bad happened to me.
Car for my eldest
Just drove a nearly new Golf home for my very lucky eldest daughter. She has tried many cars but has been learning in a Golf and it seemed a more practical and longer term proposition than some of the more popular first car choices (such as Fiat 500, Citroen C1) which would not have been …
Stranger Danger
Some months ago, I posted about one of my daughter’s being attacked at a local shopping centre. (An event that still disturbs her from time to time.) Now there is an alert out about Strange Danger in the area. I am sure it is common to remind younger children of the danger of strangers but …
Scotland 08 – Friday
Heavy rain most of the night and still going strong in the morning. We did not feel motivated to do very much. We had planned a day out in a particularly beautiful area near by including a couple of waterfall visits. We decided, somewhat reluctantly, to head back to Inverness and hit the shopping centre. …
Family photos
Just got around to looking at some of the pictures I took a ccouple of weekends ago when in London for a Christining. I have picked out a couple of simple family photos that I my SO will particularly like for content rather than photographic quality.
Weekend break in London – part 2
The Sunday of the weekend was reserved for a Christening of my wife’s sister’s son, now one year old. This took place in Orpington. We had no car with us so needed to get to the church from the middle of London. We exited the hotel earlyish and grabbed a taxi to London Bridge. My …
Father’s Day Go Ape
The kids treated me well today, as they always do – cooked breakfast (my infamous “fishy stuff” cooked by my youngest) and a full Sunday Roast done by them both. As a surprise, I had my better half grab a laptop onto her lap in bed whilst we awaited breakfast and book a session for …