Category Archives: travel
All the eating
Pete celebrated his birthday this weekend. He did it in style, at The Priory Bay Hotel in the Isle of Wight. This hotel boasts its own private beach complete with a stream to be dammed and rerouted, rock pools, shells … Continue reading
Summer Holidays
This greywashed August represents our first exposure to Summer Holidays. The Small Boy has been going to five preschool sessions a week, and in the holidays continues with his childminder on my working days. I like having the extra time … Continue reading
Totem Pole
Over the weekend, we went camping at Abbey Home Farm in Wiltshire. On arrival, the field was empty apart from a Dutch family with a large orange tent, nestled into the hedge. We chose a spot near the totem pole, … Continue reading
Derbyshire and Points North
We were away; you probably didn’t notice. After the disastrous family Christmas of a couple of years ago, my Mum bravely rented a cottage for us all, to celebrate her 60th birthday. It was near Ashbourne, itself a bit of … Continue reading
Return to Armpit
This weekend we’re going to visit my mum. Regular readers will be aware of how much I loathe and detest the town I lived in from April 1983 until I left for university. At one point in recent years, I … Continue reading