Summer Holidays

This summer has been rather amazingly gorgeous in Scotland. Following a delayed and very cold spring , the uncharacteristically sunny days were a welcome treat. After last year’s gloomy wet non-summer, we felt that the only thing that would make our Scottish existence tenable in future would be to escape somewhere sunny for a week […]

Lake Sojourn

At last our longed for Autumn holiday in the Lake District was upon us. I took a couple of days off work beforehand to let the little one have some at-home time as well as he seems to be more of a home body every day – and it seems hard on him to have […]

Olympic Odyssey

Like most of the country, we eagerly anticipated the advent of the London 2012 Olympics. We managed to secure a few tickets for the odd event, and took an unprecedented ten days off work and other responsibilities to make our own Olympic Odyssey journey south…It was a bit of a whirlwind…and the dust is only […]

London Town

Earlier this month, we ventured south to visit the grandparents and take in some of the sights and sounds of London. This was our first trip the the capital since returning to the UK in 2010, and the first time Kaz would remember his adventures. Not unsurprisingly, it was so much easier to spend time […]

Big Spring

Last weekend we had our first US road trip in over a year. Somehow time and other scarce resources have just meant we put off exploring more of the countryside until our departure became very imminent. We were not really in a position to venture much beyond the borders of Missouri, and we wanted company […]

Holiday Highlights

When I last posted here, I had no idea how much of a toll the month ahead was going to take on me – both physically and emotionally. We have had a lovely holiday, and I hope you have too – but there have been some definite challenges. I had anticipated a few dramas as […]

London Bound

I have had a week off. Whew! Largely due to Kazuo coming down with his first big nasty cold, so I’ve had a clingy little guy who isn’t sleeping much (breathing badly and teething at the same time – poor blighter!). But we have had some lovely days at home just practising all the new […]

Madsen Cycles

The crazy people at Madsen Cycles are giving away one of their AMAZING bikes each week!! I dream of getting back on the bike with Kaz, and imagine putting him and the groceries in the basket… sigh… Anyway, do click on the link at the right of this post and send some traffic their way […]

Weekend of Wonderfulness

So this past weekend we went on a holiday to the Ozarks with some of our lovely St Louis friends. We stayed at a Camphill Community home in the countryside – an oasis of calm with baby chicks, hens that roost in trees, lots of perfectly mown pathways through the fields and a spacious and […]