Thursday, 13th September 2007
When we went camping in June, Eleanor’s mum and dad proudly introduced us to their brand new tent. My mummy was well jeolous of its palatial grandeur. So, not to be outdone, a couple of weeks ago we went and bought a new tent ourselves. The Wynnster Orion 7, otherwise known as Winnie.
Having seen that the weather forecast was good, we set off impromptu for a lovely camping site at Walnut Tree Farm in Waxham on the Norfolk coast. Unfortunately, we didn’t set off until 6 o’clock Friday evening and arrived at the site with just 30 minutes of daylight left. A brand new tent, dim light and an irritable, tired little boy was not a good combination for a calm assembly. Yet, against all the odds they did it.
We found a great rock for me to set up all my toys on. I called it Pride Rock. This is how I look when I’m feeling proud.
The Norfolk countryside looked great late on Saturday afternoon when we trotted down to the beach.
Everytime we go to the beach mummy and daddy insist on building sand castles and making large trenches to divert the sea. They get so excited about the whole thing yet everytime the sea just comes in and washes away their futile efforts. They always get me to help them. It’s such tiring business. I’d much rather just lie down and read a good book.
Apparently, so my dad tells me, he used to spend a lot of time mucking around in these dunes when he was younger. Uhm. Least said the better I think.
On Sunday, Mark, Suzi, Gabbie and Millie came and joined us at Pride Rock for lunch.
It was great to see them all and we had a lot of fun tripping over the guide ropes and throwing frisbys into each others faces. Dad was particularly pleased they came, especially when Mark said he’d help us take Winnie down again.
Let’s just hope they’re able to come the next time we go camping, or better still come just in time to help us take the tent down.
Posted by Isaac @ 11:28 PM
Tuesday, 11th September 2007
“what do you reckon Isaac, shall we nik ‘em?”
“just be patient my son. Remember, we’ve got to catch them red handed”
“OK gov, you say when”
“Go, go, go … come on you’re letting them get away. And stop chatting up my mother”
Perhaps a career change is in order. I know, what about the fire brigade.
All this action took place at Hillbillies’ birthday party last weekend. Hillbillies is where I go to nursery twice a week. I have a great time playing with my mates.
Posted by Isaac @ 9:07 PM
Friday, 31st August 2007
Hi there. I thought that I would take this opportunity now that Isaac is in bed to drop you a short line to let you know what I’ve been up to. Having read through Isaac’s blog entries I see that he has covered more or less every activity we’ve been up to as a family however he only briefly mentioned that I’ve had my head down writing my project for my latest Open University course, Culture and Identity in a Contested Continent. This is why I haven’t had many opportunities myself to write to you. Well, today was the deadline day for my project and I’m very relieved to be able to say that I managed to finish it on time.
I know that you’re just dying to know what my project was on so here are a few clues.
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If you think you know what these pictures show then let me know by leaving a comment. A small clue – the theme was identities and the city, so tell me what you see and in which European cities you will find them.
All correct answers will be placed in the prize winning draw and winners will be announced in due course.
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Posted by Daddy @ 9:42 PM
Tuesday, 28th August 2007
On Saturday I went to Cambridge to meet up with Nic and Jon before they head off to Nepal to work for the Baptist Missionary Society.
It was a beautiful day so, along with everybody else visiting Cambridge that day, we decided to hire a punt. It was great fun. Jon took the helm to begin with and punted us along the Cam behind all of the famous colleges. I still can’t decide whether to apply for Kings, Trinity or Jesus. I’ve got a bit of time to make my mind up.
The river was really busy and we kept bumping into other people.
Jon decided to go under the cover of darkness in a manner not too disimilar to Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now.
Daddy had a go at punting back along the river. At some points even he had to duck to avoid taking his head off.
We passed under many famous sights of Cambridge, including the Bridge of Sighs
and the mathematical bridge which was originally assembled without the use of a single nut and bolt. Only when it was taken apart to try and work out how it had been constructed, did they end up having to put it back together with nuts and bolts. Typical. And this is where our brightest students study.
We even saw a newly married couple enjoying a romantic moment together (along with hundreds of over rowdy punters).
Jon thought it a good idea to drop me into the brides lap. However, it was all too much of a Michael Jackson moment for me to cope with.
There are lots more pictures of our trip along the Cam on flickr. Just click on the link below to enjoy.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/91913958@N00/sets/72157601729462921/
Posted by Daddy @ 9:28 PM
Friday, 24th August 2007
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