2012

Family

Bigger every day

Man do puppies grow fast! Kamu seems to be bigger every morning. He’s getting much fluffier too and Marcail and he are becoming the best of friends.

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Strawberries and cream

Kids and puppies go together like strawberries and cream, and don’t let anyone tell you any differently.  True to form, Marcail and Kamu are fast becoming best friends. Sure, there’s the odd up and down like him getting trapped in a door that’s being shut, or what is intended as a cuddle actually transpiring as

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Holy smoke

“Mark!  Mark!  Quick, come here! Help!”  Now that could mean lots of things, but it did seem that something was seriously wrong.  Turned out it was.  Debs had been working on the PC for a few minutes when it shut down, then tried to restart whilie the case filled with acrid smoke.

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Eden

Went to the Eden Project today. Absolutely superb for kids and their big kid chauffeurs alike. It’s so nice to go somewhere that, yes, is s business running to make a living, but which feels like it is backed with integrity. The cafeteria was reasonably priced for value and the food was excellent. Prepared in-house,

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Capri !Pants

Anything but in fact.  I can see why it’s been so popular with everyone from Roman emperors to the modern day elite.  The jet boat crossing wasn’t the warmest or driest, and some people seemed to cope with the climatic conditions better than others! Once we got there though the weather picked up, in fact

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Crapolla

Once we saw this place on the map we just had to know more, and had to go.  It’s a beautiful narrow inlet at the base of a steep, steep, headland on the south coast of the Amalfi peninsula.  The headline is there are 600+ steps down into it, and of course, back up when

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Noo shoos

Today we went up to Calander, at the edge of the Trossachs, for a wander round by the Bracklinn Falls.  The walk from the car park is a really easy three quarters of a mile saunter. On the way I could hear a quad bike way off in the distance. Fortunately the girls are a

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Growing Concern

Another week, another 4 loads of wood for chopping.  I can honestly say, I’m still delighted with the new axe.  One thing I like about it is that it seems to prefer to bounce out than to get stuck.  I’ve had a fair proportion of really knotty oak in this load which can be a

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