Chieveley Motorway Services - The Toilet

We did quite a few trips between Portsmouth and Shropshire while we were in the UK - Chieveley's where we stop on the way back down. I guess the kids felt quite at home when we stopped there for the third time. Thom's idea - "Take photo, Mummy." So I did.

More Photo Catch-up-ness

Greeners vs Bristowes......
Cousin Jack made Noah-Boots a Kung Fu Panda mask:



While Callad taught Thom all about sparring......









Sharing love with the Potters.......

My best friend from school is a whiz with girls' hair. I am so glad that Eve has at least one example of female grooming to look up to as I favour the hairstyle-by-neglect method.

A Walk in the Woods

This was a few weeks ago now - I'm playing catch up. Harv's knee, freshly out of surgery was just about up to a wee walk throughthe woods in Weston Rhyn, where we were staying in our old house for a few days, (where the kids loved catching up with the neighbours and kept demanding visits to Cheryl's). It was one of my favourite days in our UK trip, including the stinging nettles (which I haven't seen in Kathmandu), and some errant raspberries that somehow, happily made their way into the woods, and were thriving. The fact that we scoffed loads will just mean the canes produce more, right.....?

Eve wanted here photo taken witrh the thistle because 'it's a very British flower, isn't it'...

Oswestry Revisited - Photo Catch-up

What a fantastic park this is! This time Eve came along too. They solved the maze - twice, then went to find out what was making all the noise in the rosebay willowherb. Crickets.






Here they are at Jo's house, where we stayed for two fabulous, fun, and overall precious nights. This was a game of 'families' in the sitting room one morning. Apparently everyone is asleep.......





And here's Noah in the waiting area at Main Outpatients at BCH. Not too concerned about his cleft review, as you can see....




And finally, some treasure caught in Canoe Lake.... I think there are a couple of weeny crabs hiding under all those fishies....