Summer in England 2018 – Running

I decided to change my running shoes as the ones I got last year are really for running on the road/paths, and I no longer do that – my running, even in the UK, is all trails. So I picked up some rather snazzy Hoka One One (pronounced on-ey on-ey) which are more cushioned and also famously good for Achilles issues, and went out…

Summer in England 2018 – Ightham Mote

I decided that we needed to combine some exercise with lunch and some local history. We’ve been here before when Henry was very small and Ella puked ice cream on the immaculately manicured lawns. Good times So Henry and I set off to walk the 2.5 miles from my parents house to Ightham Mote

Summer in England 2018 – Part 3: Fossil Hunting

I’ve been meaning to go to the North Kent Coast to hunt for fossils in the Eocene (50-55 million year old) London Clay The trouble is, the clay beaches aren’t the most attractive that Kent has to offer, they’re kind of a pain to get to. But armed with some basic tools, my hammer and some bags, we set off aiming for the falling…

Summer in England 2018 – Part 2

Of course, the weather breaks within days of me arriving! So we’re stuck inside for a day or so, but soon get bored and go out for a walk. Classic holiday – Oldbury Woods.

Summer in England 2018 – part 1

Finally made it back to England to see the kids after a crappy start to the year where I had to skip the trip over the winter. It had been a very warm summer in the UK and when I got there it was 35 degrees and everything was so dry! Anyways – onwards to the pictures!

Normal Service will be resumed!

Oh dear, this blog has fallen behind If anyone is still there, I’m sorry! So, this post is a tale of the last 6 months or so in photo form..

Bits and Bobs

Merry Christmas, dear readers! So – I’m taking some time out chilling after a lovely morning and lunch with the family on this perfect Perth Christmas summer day. Being born in the northern hemisphere, Christmas in summer will always feel wrong, despite it being an almost perfect day – clear blue skies, 30 degrees and light breeze. That said – I did get up early…

Doggy

I’ve never been a fan of large dogs (or even small ones really) until we got our first one.  She was 2 year old rottweiler/ridgeback cross – 40kg of love, affection and loyal perimeter protection. She’s lovely, but apart from liking to play tug of war, she doesn’t do the usual dog stuff.  Won’t fetch or catch, hates the beach, impossible around other dogs…

Shack

Ages ago, I started a project to take photos of all the old houses in the area with my Holga medium format camera. Well, I only got so far and lost interest, but I was going through my photos and discovered I’d taken a  load with the regular digital camera. So with a little nip and tuck in Lightroom, I kinda massaged them into…

Summer in England 2017 – final post

Sorry for the slight delay – I have succumbed to the rather nasty flu that is doing the rounds here in Perth.. I dropped the kids back off in Suffolk and said our goodbyes and given a minor miracle with the lack of weekend traffic, was back home in Kent nice and early with time to kill for a change. The weather was beautiful…