Uncategorized
-
Always handy, being ill on hols…
And not being able to post from my IPad too, so apologies for the tardiness of my reports… This was written 2 weeks ago!…. Oh maaaaaan So, arrived in Buenos Aires with the fourth week of my stinker of a chesty cough still in tow. Hack, hack, hack, spkutter, splutter, even had to apologise to the…
-
Blimey, end of November already
How does that happen? One minute you're throwing the cover off the BBQ and the next minute it's almost flipping Christmas. I swear, if you don't keep an eye on your watch at all times, the weeks rip past you at a very alarming rate of knots. Is there a Time Grinch as well as…
-
STOP PRESS : Hockey news!
Had to add this one – my side Aces finally WON OUR FIRST GAME of the season yesterday. OK, so it's already November. And therefore a touch overdue. And we've only got three measly points so far, from three hard-earned draws. But we did manage to finally win yesterday, doubling our tally in one swoop,…
-
Middle Aged Man at Sport & Rest
You'v gotta love this – firstly we see the perfect specimen of 'Middle Aged Man' at repose. In his new, and already much adored 'Man Chair'. Apparently not to be used by anyone answering to the description of 'Woman' or 'Wife'… …
-
Scrumpy Lookee-Likies Come to Stay
DOG CHAOS! We welcomed the lovely David & Mandy Brigham (Hawksey's chums who live up in Harrogate), down to stay with us, as David was picking up his flashy new Specialized bike (another Mr H 'snazzy-bike-for-a-bargain' deal). And it wasn't just them – they came down with their furry family: The lovely liver coloured Libby…
-
Three Peaks Thank You
So, Joanna Close (who organised the group of girls to climb the Three Peaks, in aid of Myeloma UK), got a call from the charity people, who wanted to thank us all. It seems we raised such a HUGE amount of money that they couldn't resist meeting us, so off we trotted to a pizza joint…
-
oh and I had to add this one..
Mr H plus supposedly 'just a couple of squeezes of bubble bath' = frothy overflowing lava field in our cottage's bathroom. And that was BEFORE I then got in….
-
Birthday weekend in Cornwall
What do you get when you cross a dog with a parrot? A Springer Spaniel who likes to spend car journeys perched on her master's shoulder….. And from there, to Scrumpy's first time on the beach and her first swim in the…
-
It’s ma birthday..
All the fours, fourty bleedin' four, can you adam 'n' eve it? Have just had a very nice morning (well, apart from the 6am alarm going off, thank you dear husband), opening prezzies in bed with my favourite birthday brek – toasted seedy bagel with Philly and smoked salmon. Oh, and hard tomato slices –…