Today I had some very sad news that my Gran died. She had been living in a nursing home for about 15 years now (at least) and had been suffering from dimentia for a while, but had really gone downhill when my Grandfather died.  I think it was in the form of Alzheimer disease or similar [...]

Every year (sometimes twice a year) my parents go to a small camp site just outside Rhyader, usually for a bank holiday weekend. This time we went with them. Some friends of the family who were already there and the plan was to meet up with them. Phoneing up the camp site before hand we [...]

We have had our bikes sat in our shed for a good number of months now complete with rust and punctures.  So this weekend we decided to go and get our bikes repaired.  We phoned up a shop in Congleton that does bike repairs, but the guy was rude on the phone and not really [...]

I walked into the kitchen tonight and spotted a fox picking at the bread we had left out for the birds.  I think I scared him off to start with, but he was soon back for the rest.  We threw another slice out for him so we could take a couple of photos.  Here is [...]

We are teaching Matthew the alphabet at the moment, and he is comming along nicely.  Even though he is 3, he can count to 13 on his own (which is apparently very good) and is getting there with the alphabet.  Although he isn’t able to recite it much, he can spot the letters and tell [...]