Calshot Spit
This is the first year I’ve legitimately been able to talk about, and be involved with, school holidays. Roo’s preschool only runs in term time. So yesterday, we made the most of the glorious...
View ArticleChesapeake Mill
Since we moved down to the South Coast, I’ve developed a new hobby: nosing around second hand furniture shops and sourcing thrifty bargains for my home. It started off when we needed to find some...
View ArticleRockpooling at Lepe
This afternoon Ross and I bundled our brood into the car and drove out to Lepe to get a bit of sea air in their little lungs. We met up with a friend and his son, played with our kids at the...
View ArticleA Jolly Ramble at Farley Mount
Today we drove out to Winchester for a yomp with our friend Chix, and the kids, at Farley Mount. I had never been before and Ross kept harping on about a horse that fell into a chalk pit, so I didn’t...
View ArticleNight Time Adventures in the New Forest
Some of our friends were camping in the New Forest at the weekend, and invited us along for laughs and chatter around a fire on Saturday night. We decided this would be an amazing adventure for the...
View ArticleLet’s Go Fly A Kite
So here’s a nice thing to do on a Sunday. Today we celebrated my father-in-law’s birthday by being outdoorsy. We drove to St Catherine’s Hill in Winchester, climbed up to the top, and flew a kite....
View ArticleWhiteley Gets a Brand New Shopping Centre
If you’re not from round these parts (said in true Hampshire Hog accent), then you probably wouldn’t have heard of Whiteley. It’s a little place just off junction 9 of the M27, between Southampton and...
View ArticleHamble-le-Rice
Today was a beach day. We went to Hamble, and I took my camera. I’m going to go back at twilight one day and take photographs of the refinery at Fawley, across the water, all lit up. I wore my...
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