tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-183992732011-04-22T00:02:56.216+01:00Well, as a three we moved from Watford to Doncaster in February 2005.... joined by a 4th in 2006. One job in Doncaster has been and gone and work is now in Sheffield for Mark, Sarah just returning to teaching in Doncaster...Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017232243150077587noreply@blogger.comBlogger1441100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18399273.post-27509459208092203632008-09-03T22:45:00.005+01:002008-09-06T17:04:52.398+01:00

Pictures of Coniston, Hawkshead and Grizedale Forest

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A week in Coniston... one visit that certainly isn't as uninteresting as it might sound... the pencil museum in Kendal... well worth a visit... Some snaps from outside the museum...

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A collection of random pictures from a day trip to Rufford Park... a bright sunny day, a wander in the park, a play in the play village and walk around the lake followed by ice creams... :-)

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Jemima and the ground had a coming together at the weekend, Jemima came off second best. Still she's not letting the lightweight plastic cast [pink] stop her bashing people in the face.... she's inadvertently striking people at the moment... could be interesting if she works out that it could be used as an offensive weapon... the white was a temporary cast

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At the second attempt the Peaks were conquered. No wind, no rain (well at least not until Ingleborough) the ground had obviously had a soaking and the track from Pen-y-ghent to Whernside was most bog like in large swathes and took considerably longer to traverse than previously [not helped by one of the party taking an impromptu dive into a very cold stream... marks were 6.9 for artistic

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This was an "either/or" statement and my desire was obvious.... it's no good to me that the ones that aren't falling out are going grey- particularly as there are at least 20x more falling out than are 'becoming distinguished`!!! Pah! But as "Male Pattern Baldness" is hereditary there is at least one of my traits which I can legitimately blame the male line in the "Cox" family for!!

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Ah the dilemmas of a 2 year old...when asked by Sarah "would you like a Frube?"(for those unknowing - that is a frozen yogurt)Jemima's response was "I want a frozen yogurt"S: "would you like a Frube?"J: "no I want a frozen yogurt"the discussion went on... Jemima, I think, finally establishing that a frube and a frozen yogurt were the same, was asked about the flavour she would like...S: "would

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Sitting down for lunch, just a snack, before heading out to Brodsworth Sarah made up a small plate for Jemima, the usual, some pepper, cherry tomato, cucumber, and cheese. Handing back the cheese Jemima said in her small voice "I didn't want my cheese cut into triangles mummy, I wanted squares...." I don't know, what is the world coming to??

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It's been a while, two birthdays, various visits to various museums... Alnwick Gardens, Weston Park, Alnwick Castle... :-)

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Well the start at Horton-In-Ribblesdale was interesting... firstly parking in the wrong sports field car park... I parked in the field where Christians Against Poverty and the Brain Trust were based.... and then had to walk across the village to the car park for the Leukemia Research and Heart Trust Walkers Start... there was a large queue and I an even larger swarm of midges... Insect repellent

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On Saturday 21st I will be braving the Yorkshire 3 peaks in a sponsored walk... the charity is Heart Research UK, click the link for more information .... please sponsor me. http://www.heartresearch.org.uk/three_peaks.htmI am hoping to complete it in under 12 hours and qualify for the Yorks 3 Peaks Challenge...

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Elspeth is now 5... many thanks to the many people who sent gifts... it appears that this is the year of the Barbie... 3 and a horse so far... After Sarah's best efforts Barbie came wrapped and gleefully accepted into the hose by Elspeth... One week on and one Barbie is unwrapped, 2 remain in their boxes... as well as many of the other gifts...The DVD's have been repeated over and over... Jemima

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a variety of pictures from March and AprilDancing on bubble wrap seems to be a favourite past time for both girls...DON'T WORRY ELSPETH HASN'T HURT HER ARM- it's a fake cast from the Teddy Bear Hospital we visited at Weston Park Museum in Sheffield [and manned by 3rd year medical students].....

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Wagamama is coming the Sheffield!!! We wandered to Leopold Square today in search of Tapas... lo and behold, right next to the Tapas bar... notification that Wagamama opens it's doors on 24 April 2008!!!!! Only 6, yes that's right, 6 more sleeps!!!Footnote : this has relevance a) because we like Wagamama, b) because we like Wagamama and c) because James and Michelle like Wagamama.... [perhaps

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Thanks to all for the gifts for Jemima's 2nd birthday.... opening presents on Wednesday , party on Friday followed by a family day out at Weston Park Museum in Sheffield. [pictures to follow]Elspeth will be 5 on 7 June... the time has gone frighteningly quick... anyway for those family members who have no idea what to buy there's a list....Lion King Disney DVDSleeping Beauty Disney DVD101

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Well the weather still can't make it's mind up... we'd planned a family day out, the weather dictated where that would be... bright sunshine and a crisp morning... Great Canons Hall Farm... ten minutes later... the sky darkened, the sun disappeared, and the wind picked up... Weston Park Museum it was...When we got there the student Dr.'s from the University were conducting a Teddy Surgery... had

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We went to Sherwood to find Mr Hood, we didn't find him or his merry men...The sun shone though

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Recently re-opened after a break there have been some changes at Brodsworth... a new play area for the children. Today was an egg hunt, wandering around the gardens looking for Easter Eggs with letters imprinted upon them and then working out the mystery word from the jumbled letters G E E R I H T A.... it took some time to work out...Lots of great shots in the bright spring mid morning light

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It's all starting to melt, but here's the pictures of the new family member.....

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A white blanket this morning... no, not Elspeth's favourite blanky- outside, the "white stuff" loads of it... not sure how long it'll last so we'd best enjoy it while it's here... I walked around the block and it's already started to thaw. So on with the hats, coats and scarves... it's a snowperson making time....

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Doncaster has entered the 21st Century for under 12's with a new soft play "Astrabound" opened 12 March and Daddy, Elspeth and Jemima went to visit 16 March - so brand spanking new everything....3 fun areas and a disco room :-) to explore...Daddy had a great time... So did the girls... the best bits... the ball pit with the chute to take the balls to an overhead net and the lever to release them

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The work Christmas Ball, slightly out of context, although the thick frost did add to the atmosphere. Unfortunately Sarah was at home as Jemima was unwell and I rolled up at the Gangsters and Molls evening on my tod... It seems all the hard work of arranging the evening was worth it as people had a ball....

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A collection from the last year... ok, an array of pictures from what's on the memory card...

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lets face it we've got to be: particularly when the highlight of the day is your youngest daughters' 1st wholly successful trip on the potty. For a while now Jemima has sat on the potty on odd times when she's said she was doing a wee... usually whilst still wearing a nappy, but on occasion without nappy, but with no result.Today was different... the murmur "I doing a wee" was not unusual with

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It's been years since I've been in Plymouth... a bizarre set of circumstances had an ex-Welsh miner living in Bath end up with his claim being heard in Plymouth... initially it was Exeter, but at the last minute it was transferred to Plymouth. It's been about 13 years since I was last in Plymouth - visiting one or other of my brothers who were at university there.It's changed significantly... but

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Swansea in the rain isn't pretty, my comfortable hotel room makes up for it.my own balcony to gaze out over.... the railway station were I so inclined...

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On Saturday we went to Weston Park Museum the girls had a whale of a time, dressing up as Victorian char ladies and Saxon warriors. Elspeth looked the part cleaning the fireplace...

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Jemima loves "in the night garden", especially Macca Pacca... she does a small shuffle with glee when clasping Macca Pacca or Upsy Daisy... she is also hooked on the "Wiz woz"... aka The Wizard of Oz, if the television is on she gets most upset if "Wiz Woz" is not on... the gentle refrain of "Watch Wiz woz ok" becomes more and more fraught the more you say, "No Jemima, you can watch it [later] [

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When you stay away from home and have to leave gifts at home it happens twice a year... This morning we've just opened the "rest" of Christmas... hmm I could have a reputation that I am unaware of... 4 bottles of red wine, a bottle of Jack Daniels and a bottle of Glenfiddich... a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!! Wonderful gifts from South Africa - thank you James, Michelle, Josie and Sophie... the

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More visiting relatives on Boxing Day... my cousin Joy her husband and children John, Tara and Ryan were over from Amsterdam and had rented a cottage with Auntie Pam and Uncle Brian near to Poole Quay... a short walk [despite E's sickness] to shell hunt on the "beach"...We must visit Amsterdam...

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A first for the family... Christmas away from "home".. for the 25th "home" was the cottage, we'd left some presents at home as we'd brought those for the Cox side of the family with us to exchange at the wedding. We'd also left the stockings at home and so some emergency Father Christmas duties saw Sarah dash into Asda on Christmas Eve to brave the thonging masses to pick up a few items... just a

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A wonderful Christmas Eve meal courtesy of the kindness and generosity of Anna's parents Chris and Cinny at Poole Yacht Club. Anna's brother David and his wife [the talented seamstress, Mary -see Christmas Day hats] Anna's Aunt Pat, Louisa and Louis, and Mum were all present with the two girls and of course the happy couple [they were to set off to some boring 2 week holiday in Tanzania and

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Stu (uncle Pid) and Anna got married on the 22nd December 2007, Elspeth was a flower girl - for weeks before we had the "I don't want to be a flower girl" outbursts, which were, to be fair, spaced between an equal number of "I want to be a flower girl" statements... The day was fantastic, as the wedding was in Poole it necessitated a trip down on the 21st and a night in a Travelodge - pages could

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The kitchen progresses like a slug navigating a pavement spread with salt... to do: tiling the splash backs, [re]painting the walls [to remedy Jemimas "modifications" to the original], painting the woodwork...

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It's been ages.... what has happened? Well... Elspeth has started school, although not without a few tears... What has happened??? Elspeth has started school, the extension is finished [well almost - some painting and tiling to finish off] James came for a flying visit this weekend, which was actually a very lazy weekend with some PS3 and watching Star Wars Episode III on Saturday night. Saturday

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Various pictures... South Africa and others... these are from the bookshop "A is for Apple" which does table cloths to draw on in the coffee shop....

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Seriously, have you ever tried walking with poles [N.B. not Poles], well if you've ever seen men at aerobics, the result is pretty much the same... who'd have thought co-ordination of right arm left leg and vice versa was so problematic....

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Seriously, have you ever tried walking with poles [N.B. not Poles], well if you've ever seen men at aerobics, the result is pretty much the same... who'd have thought co-ordination of right arm left leg and vice versa was so problematic....

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Foolishly [?] I volunteered to do the three peaks, a six month training schedule duly arrived, 5 weeks ago, in the full knowledge that the event takes place on 7-9 September 2007!!! Sore and wet I have arrived back after a mini expedition of 16km in the Hope Valley... the result is that I need:a) insoles for my bootsb) to take at least 3l of water with me on each climbc) two pairs of socks worn

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We've been to Alnwick and Dundee, fab time had by all pics will be downloaded when I get a chance...

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welcome to my idea of hell... waiting at home for Ikea to deliver the parts of the kitchen in stock... other pieces are out of stock and will need to be collected on another occasion!!! The delivery service is oh so helpful, as long as you can think of nothing better to do between the hours of 10 am and 10pm... what's worse is that we are mid extension, AND when they affixed the flashing to

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Confession: It has been a while since my last blog... I have sought to back date some posts to the relevant dates... old bloggers don't die they just fade away...

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The day in London for Elspeth's birthday started with the old railway hazard, a delayed train. Still it enabled us to sample the delights of "Pumpkin" the exhorbitantly priced and thoroughly naff on platform cafe... better going to the Costa stand.The journey down was quick and efficient, there's a story behind the tickets on GNER... the travel experience has changed since the days of one rail

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I suppose this one has come close a few times, yet again I am resurrecting posting after a delay. Apologies to all thos awaiting South Africa pictures, it's been 8 weeks since our return and I haven't even printed any yet, it will happen although I cannot guarantee when.Since the last post1) the behemoth that was blocking our hallway has gone, ebayed, although despite 6 people watching the

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Poor Jemima and Elspeth are spotty muldoons, waking this morning with the pox.. still better to get it out of the way now before they both start school and bring home some really nasty germs...

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Thanks to James and Michelle, Josie and Sophie for a fantastic poetry book for my birthday. Poetry at school was always formulaic and frankly boring, whilst the unflappable Mr Wex tried to enthuse us, it just wasn't going to happen... Anyway the book, if you can get your hands on a copy, is Selected Poems of Don Maclennan. The imagery is fantastic, it's amazing how so few words can say so much. I

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Well here is where I'll [eventually] blog and upload our South African photos and experiences... some notes for me to go on with... pics above, just to prove we were there... penguin at Boulders Beach and Table MountainWe were welcomed akin to returning family members by our Southern Hemisphere returnees James and Michelle Adlard and their daughters Josie [nearly 4] and Sophie [almost 2]. Their

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South Africa, frankly I cannot ever recall being so excited about a holiday ever!! It's a mad rush to cram the work in and get the files off my desk before 5 pm on Wednesday!! I rarely take 2 weeks, in fact the last time was between jobs so there was not a thought of my desk collapsing due to the work piled on it.... still I guess that thought'll be expelled until about 17th March....

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Well I have finally tipped the scale between insanity and sanity [I think]... maybe it was the impending thought of turning 34... Last week I volunteered for a "hazardous" challenge... a fire walk. All in a good cause.... Sheffield Burns Unit... no the charity is a worthwhile one http://www.neurocare.org.uk/ . Who have an objective of raising funds for three 3D brain scanners for Sheffield

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The other day Elspeth restated her desire to be an astronaut, she wants to go to space and do experiments [?] We have emailed NASA to see what they require of their astronauts [without response as yet]. On her way back to earth from space, Elspeth wants to go diving and climbing and parachute jumping... perhaps another adrenaline junkie... Space flight must be the ultimate adrenaline kick....

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Jemima and Elspeth are testing their parents as only infants and babies can. Elspeth's new word appears to be "No" and it appears that she is attempting to break the world record for the most recitations in a small time span... annoying - I should say so! Jemima is a crawling scaling machine, anything and everything within 15 inches of ground level is fair game, we never needed cupboard guards

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It's official Jemima can climb the stairs. Following Elspeth catapulting down the stair we removed the stair gates, looks like we'll be looking for alternatives... perhaps bungee cord... the travel cot as means of incarceration

Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017232243150077587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18399273.post-41114720560203736802007-01-29T08:59:00.000Z2007-01-29T09:04:45.079Z

Following the tremendous winds of the last few weeks we now have an "open plan" back garden. It must be quite distressing for the [obviously] keen gardeners who live back to back with us as our unkempt dishevelled lawn is now exposed for them to see. FORTUNATELY we had already discussed with the neighbour replacing the rather dilapidated fence, we had thought we'd do it in the Spring when we get

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It's been a while since blogging, so much has happened.... New Year's Eve at Grandad and Heather's new house in Cookley, very pleasant little spot and a great house. Elspeth enjoyed the novelty of a bed with no legs [as ever when you move things go astray... "I've put them somewhere safe..."] although the novelty of the bed was not so great that sleep was preferable to seeing the New Year in with

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Honestly, hats off to mother's worldwide, four days is all that's it's taken me to want to be in the haven that is the organised chaos of my desk. I don't know how you do it.... Jemima has a pair of lungs on her, I'm not sure whether there's a built in competition warning so that she figures she has to be louder than her sister. She is by some considerable margin! My birthday's in February, 2

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With every opened present Elspeth piped up with "I really wanted one of those", once again more toys than you can shake a big sack at. Highlights for Elspeth are the step on electronic playmat keyboard, not quite the proportions of the one in "Big" [ok I'm showing my age, but didn't you always want a go on the huge keyboard, and to own one if you could?] but as versatile, and it even plays if you

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For some reason both Jemima and Elspeth are experiencing difficulty sleeping and have been for the last 4-6 weeks. This invariably means that at least one, but often both, of Sarah and Me are bumbling around in a state of semi-consciousness/zombie-like wishing for sleep. A "night's sleep" in the household is a 6 or 7 hour stretch of crying/wailing/screaming puntuated by naps of between 5 and 15

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Fleeced, that's how we feel.. the cheap job where the "Heating Engineer" [formerly known as plumbers] "fixed"* the heating problem the other week. Despite being told that the charge out rate was £45 +VAT per half hour, and that a job of this type normally takes an hour and a half, we have been charged £135 +VATm this despite the "Heating Engineer" being in the house about 15-20 minutes and

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Tacky, completely distasteful.... but you'd be sure to miss them or would you?It is the time of year when normally sane rational people go absolutely stark raving mad... Christmas! Not the stark raving shopping lust that fuels the horrendous financial messes that a large number of people get themselves into every year by trying to ingratiate themselves with family members or heal long standing

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The fright of our lives last night - or at least level with the Sarah dropping Elspeth out of the carry cot incident when she was barely 2 weeks old - I was running a bath for Jemima and Elspeth, I grabbed a towel for Jemima and casually asked Elspeth to get her towel which was in her room. The next thing I am aware of is the slow motion sight of Elspeth almost cart wheeling down the stairs.I saw

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We met up with Gregor, mum Gemma and bump at Chatsworth House, Dad Nick was supposed to come only a plasterer or plumber was going to give them a quote for much needed work [as it transpired he didn't show - so not the best Saturday for Nick!!] The adventure playground was what occupied Elspeth and Gregor for almost the whole time we were there, there are fresh water play areas with Sand and

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Well the heating has been fixed, after a much disrupted day... Sarah called to be told they'd be with her by midday. Still waiting at 4pm when I telephoned the house sounded, well chaotic. I'm sure the prospect of being sat in a cold dark house whilst the engineer prodded around by torchlight was not one that many would enjoy. As it was it was fixed reasonably quickly as the electrician fitted

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Why is it the household appliances all go wrong at the same time? I got a phone call from Sarah this afternoon as I was preparing papers for court: "The heating doesn't work" "What do you mean it doesn't work""The control box thingy [techincal language] is dead, it doesn't work""What do you want me to do about it?""Nothing, I just thought you should know..." [mmm resist the comment that could be

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If you meet Elspeth and she says she'd like a "twit" she means a "twix", of course!!It seems as if we now have a seal rather than a younger daughter, her "crawl" has evolved into a drag, largely gone is the stage where she teeters on her knees before throwing herself forward onto her stomach with careless abandon [often ejecting part of the meal/liquid she's just consumed on impact], and the new

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Not content with rolling to the desired location Jemima has evolved her motion... she starts on all fours, either on her toes or more recently on her knees hands out before her... she shuffles her knees forward a little and then with all the balletic grace of Big Daddy [does that age me?] she belly flops forward arms up as if she is sky diving, this moves her all of 4-6 inches. No wonder she is

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It's 16.40 and it;s gloomy outside - winter will be here soon - roll on March!!

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Well that time of year again when the clocks change... I managed to enjoy the benefit of the extra hour this year, pulling the duvet up over my head and falling asleep. We'd done our best to wear Elspeth out, there's little point wearing Jemima out as she is a law unto herself and would seem to be fitted with super duracels or some form of self perpetuating rechargable battery [like those Kinetic

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After my derogatory comment I have to eat humble pie, I got up this morning to a beautiful sunrise, perhaps God's county is [South] Yorkshire afterall...

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My Dad, being a true Yorkshireman - I must get him to explain what that is - always told me that Yorkshire was God's own county, how did you know this - well because he sends his rainbows to shine over Yorkshire. Well to all the uninitiated - that'll be all the 1 to 6 year olds! There are so many rainbows - not because it's God's own county [that's another discussion], but because it's mostly

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Well it is difficult to blog every day, I am also neglecting the birds, we're out of peanuts and the seeds are low. On the up side... Sarah is bringing up our wonderful daughters wonderfully, work is fantastic and is really engaging and Christmas is fast approaching.

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Well tomorrow is the day when the Adlards leave these shores, a lump rises in my throat as I lament their departing. I am not one for great long standing lists of friends, I am discerning, at least that's what I tell myself, I guess I make friends very slowly, it takes time to mature and culture; as a consequence I have a handful of friends, most of whom [to my chagrin] I keep in touch with by

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Well, the time has come for the Adlards to leave these shores and return whence they came [albeit with a couple of extra Adlards and a lot more stuff], we said our farewells as they pack for the return to SA next Tuesday... Sophie, Josie and Elspeth enjoyed themselves. The car sunroof pic is the only way James and I could think of keeping an eye on the two older girls as we loaded up with things

Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09017232243150077587noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18399273.post-1158868799731339542006-09-21T20:59:00.000+01:002006-10-25T23:45:36.248+01:00

Sarah starts belly dancing classes tonight, not quite sure she has the stomach for it.....

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We went to Bakewell this afternoon and basked in the heat, ate ice cream and Bakewell pudding, on the way back to the car we saw some hot air balloons from inflation to take off....

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Following on from the chair story.... the old chairs from the well known national retailer initials "FV" which appear to disintegrate the moment they are 4 years old... well when we went to see the Adlards in August they kindly donated their old chairs, which with some Dylon, now have a new lease of life...

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not a crawl, more like the butterfly on land without the arms - head down and push with the feet. At some rate, Jemima can do the length of the cot in about a minute... I dread the speed when she has the strength in her arms to propel herself and maintain some rudimentary direction.

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Whilst the rain pours it's tempting dwell in the shadow of the clouds... today the weather was foul after a glorious bank holiday, but as I arrived at work I spied a double rainbow, the second was so feint it didn't show on the picture.... perked me up before the dark destructive job of destroying Claimant ideals of spending their compensation on a new kitchen or car....

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Over the weekend 5-6 of August we had a weekend to celebrate the ten years we've been married... so much has happened in that time: some great memories and the arrival of out two beautiful girls. We spent the weekend in St Albans and had a day in the ol' smoke on Saturday, packing the miles in... St Pauls, Tate Modern [via the millenium bridge] and the South Bank to the London Eye and the London

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My little brother turned 30 on 15th July, Anna took him away for the weekend and so this weekend there was a family barbecue. So on the first Friday of the school holidays we braved the M18, M1, M42 and M5 with no major hold-ups. At the BBQ on Saturday were Anna's parents, her grandparents and brother, it was good to meet and we hope it's not the day of Stuart and Anna's wedding in December 2007

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We spent a great weekend at the end of our Eastern Adventure [ok Southwold] in Colchester with Dawn and Adi, the highlight for Elspeth was Colchester zoo and feeding the Giraffe, or was it the Zeedonk?

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More pictures

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It's a cliche I know, but boy don't the little ones grow up quickly... we were at dinner the other evening when Elspeth declared, I'm not 3 I'm 13... the number of white hairs on my head doubled... I've realised it's just as much the realisation that I'll be in my 40's when Elsepth is 13 than the fact that I don't want her to grow up that fast... still Jemima is no longer the small bundle that

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Holidays are times when you forage for yourselves... so we went picking strawberries, we even ventured to pick the raspberries at the bottom of the lines of strawberries, somewhat disappointed at the meagre handful returns for the endeavours [various viscous stinging nettle strikes - I'm sure they didn't sting that much when I was a child!!] on paying we were advised that the rasps wouldn't be

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Well we had a week in Wrentham near Southwold in Suffolk, a cottage with enough room to swing a very large cat and then some more room. Nana came along for the week and on the first weekend we were joined by Liz and Derek and Auntie Dawn and Ade, and there was still plenty of room for the cat. In the garden there was a "cabin" which was basically a large wooden triple garage which had been

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The question posed by Elspeth as I endured another dour England performance... well at least it's not a repeat of wat appears to be her favourite question at the moment "Daddy, why do boys have penises?" for the moment she's satisfied with the answer "because that's the way they're made" but for how much longer can I get away with it?

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One of the sweetest sounds a father returning from work could possibly hear as his eldest daughter bounds up to him, clutches both legs and hugs them... followed by a nuzzling, me asking "Elspeth, what are you doing?" to which she replied "wiping my nose on your trousers..." ah children the joy of ages....

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When is Lampard going to score for England?

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We spent the weekend in Castleton, stayng in the Youth Hostel, a pleassurable and recommended experience. It's about 18 years since I last stayed in the youth Hostel, it's not changed a great deal although they now do food of decent quality and have a bar. Elspeth had a whale of a time, trying each and every one of the bunk beds again and again.On Sunday a trip up to Peverill Castle was called

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We had a very busy weekend, on Saturday whilst England were toiling in the heat of Germany we were enjoying the limited hospitality of Renault and the adventure playground at Chatsworth House. I'd received an invitation to test drive Renaults finest at Chatsworth which included free entry to House and Gardens or Farm and adventure playground... Needless to say, I looked but didn't drive... the

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Well [again] it's been a while... a lot has happened... before you know it the small screaming bundle [ok not so screamy] is growing up fast and is having yet another birthday, Elspeth was 3 on the 7th June, and we had a party on the Sunday beforehand, lots of little friends with their parents, the sun shone, games were played and food enjoyed. Many thanks to family and friends for the many

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two pictures of the girls... Jemima asleep and Elspeth pulling faces in the mirror at John Lewis in Sheffield whilst mummy shops, the last bank holiday we were in York, yes it rained, but we had a great day at the Railway Museum, we have a wheel in Yorkshire... ok it's not as grand as London and the pod we went in leaked so consequently Sarah had a wet bum.. You can probably guess that Sarah's

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An age in fact, since the last blog... Since then we've had sunshine and lots and lots of rain. With the first feel of Summer came the influx onto the roads of the fair weather motorcyclists, you know the ones, they forget how big fast and heavy their machines are and spend the first few weeks of use re learning all those skills whilst everyone else tries not to be killed by them, the bikers

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Could it be that Summer has arrived, or at least sent a messenger on ahead? The drive into Sheffield was pleasant in the misty summer/ late spring morning, the warmth bringing out the worst of some drivers, although from recent experience the weather has nothing to do with cr** driving. The warm air had collided with cold at around 4 am so a thunderstorn rumbled around to the accompanyment of

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A few weeks ago we went to visit my Aunt and Uncle in Bakewell, we had a great day, as ever more food than you could shake a big stick at. The river at the back of the house was very full and fast flowing so we weren't able to paddle and I and Brian failed miserably at the Krypton factor test of trying to re fold on of these childrens pop up tents that is made from some memory metal that springs

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It's started - the summer madness... I got the washing off the line, took the basket into the house and came out to find Elspeth pegging the tulips...?

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In the kitchen today with the letters of her name and she spelled the word "help"... I wonder if there's something subconscious we cannot fathom out....

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No, not a Glasweigan encounter, today was the first [no doubt of many] trials against the old firm for one of the files I had taken over. It was with a great deal of hesitancy that I had handled these files, I had emailed the Law Society Ethics helpline to clarify the point [believe it or not lawyers di have ethics!] turned out that as long as I had not personally dealt with the matter it was

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There's clearly something in the water... New parents in the park today, very proud showing off their offspring - congratulations to the Black Swans

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One visitor leaves and another or that's the way it seems... a procession of family, as if one interloper to the daily routine isn't enough [me]... Jemima has only been here 4 days but the sleep pattern is as if she's been on a long haul flight, she tends to lie blissfully asleep -waking only to snack from the hostess until about 4pm when she perks up and just will not rest, last night was better

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In the middle of the night Sarah woke with stomach ache... it'll pass.. I'm just going to walk around... minutes later "Mark can you get dressed and take me to the Hospital?" Barely 20 minutes on the Maternity suite and three became four. Jemima Grace weighing in at a healthy 7lb 14oz 13 days earlier than [meticulously*] planned and at a semi dignified 1.40 a.m.... just so long as she doesn't

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