He returns tired but safe

Jamie has now returned home after his trip to Canada,He has now decided that when he eventually leaves the kidd hotel he would really quite like to go and live there.This i think was the hardest challange that he has done so far,canoeing for about 6-8hrs a day as well as having to carry the canoe's across rocky terraine.
He visited Toronto and also niagra falls,went up the tower which he has said is a definate must.Life has now returned back to normal and he is now looking for a part-time job. He did well with his exam results and got his place at college on the course he wanted.Unfortunately for Andy and i it seems will will still be a hotel for at least another 3 years.
Steph is also back from her weeks camping in Weymouth with friends, has a great bit of a tan and is now getting ready to go back to school.We have done the town trip for the last few bits as well as her fleecing me for yet more clothes that she must just have.Oh yes and just to finish off with we have just got a different caravan, beware on the roads as Andy thinks i will be up to towing it !!!!!!!!!.

When the sun comes up

After mine and Andy's quick break last weekend i suddenly realized, NO KIDS, so, NO DOG WALKERS for me in the morning. This meant for the last 2 mornings i have been up by 5.15am to take them out before leaving for work.
Besides it seeming like the middle of the night, by the time i have got down to the shore which is only 5Min's walk from my house , i remember why i loved this time of day.It is the peaceful lapping of the waves on the shore, not a soul around, the dogs playing on the open field and me silently breathing in the morning sea air.
At times like this i would not trade for the world where i live.But as usual when i get in, it is to run around like a blue arse fly , give Andy a quick peck goodbye and we are both off to work,Bang goes the idyllic walk of the morning and the trudge of everyday life begins.....

Away time

Andy and i spent a wonderful weekend away with Amber,Len and the kids,Ours both being away meant we were able to not to worry about what the kids would like to do but what we would.
My main aim was to go and see some castles but have since learned my perception of what a castle is and what a castle is in Scotland are very different. Still we walked visited and took lots of wonderful photos to remember our time.
I think i may have bought Amber and Len a bit of bad luck as a few things seem to have gone wrong while we were there, but bless them they could not have been more welcoming.The place they live, so different from us it has such a tranquil feel to it,both the perfect hosts,not to mention their fantastic kids and to say when they make up their own sushi bar it is something else.


We had a lovely meal on Sunday evening and while sitting on the decking the most fantastic view of the sunset , golden fields filtering through the trees and over the side of the house a golden glow that burst through, Amber coming to my rescue to take some photos on my camera which i have now decided i must really read the manual. A big thank you to her as they are fantastic. (Click on photo to see slideshow)

A welcome break

Yeh!!! Andy and i finally have come to our weekend away break in Scotland, We leave tommorow morning, Steph is leaving with friends to go to Weymouth for a weeks camping.We have no kids wehee for us.

We shall be spending time while up there with Amber ,len and their kids,I can't remember the last time i got together with Len it was only to be described as many moons ago when we were so much younger , no greying of the hair and i'm sure a few pounds lighter. It will be great to meet the rest of the clan and for Andy to meet them , He has heard many stories of us as a group that where at Warsash together. He has only to meet Len of the group

I have even managed to get him to leave his England rugby shirt at home, even though they are playing this weekend.