Archive for July, 2008

A different sort of holiday

Monday, July 21st, 2008

I think most people who know us well would accurately peg us as “not camping people”. It’s not that we don’t like cooking for ourselves, but we do like our amenities to be close at hand – en suite preferably.
So this makes our next holiday a particularly unusual one for us in that we [...]

Holiday review

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

As our first holiday in rented accommodation, I’d say our Isle of Wight trip (photo album here) was a fair success. The island itself was as scenic as I’d expected — even more so when it came to the the exquisite blue of the surrounding sea — and our hosts at the B&B were [...]

First birthday picnic

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Jonathan’s first birthday party was a fairly low-key affair. Just a casual picnic in the park with us and some friends with their own little people.
When his big day rolled around, our lad was slightly subdued and not his normal happy self. We put this down to a curious little virus that was [...]