Can you believe we had snow last night! In October! This country is mad ( Read more... )

I love this time of year, the clear blue skies, the cold crisp air... having to wrap up with an extra layer or two of clothing when you go out. Coming home to a cosy house and a screaming baby for a warming mug of hot chocolate by the roaring (fake gas) fire ( Read more... )

Storms lash Britain.

Other than a severely interrupted night’s sleep and a brief midnight check of the state of our side gate we escaped pretty lightly this time round, and at least there were no early hours sorties outside to recover escaped cats or repair broken fences!

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There is still no sign of this snow we are supposed to be getting yet, although when and if it does arrive it will undoubtably do the usual South-East of England trick and turn into slush within 2 hours before disappearing entirely. It simply is just not good enough. I’m going to have to move to the Scottish highlands, or New York in order to get ( Read more... )

Given that in a few months time - seven to be exact (although these things are never exact, so I'm told) - we will have a new, small person living with us and given that new, small people tend to cost quite a bit of money, especially when you are struggling by on one mediocre wage, I thought it would be a sensible idea to start putting some of it ( Read more... )

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Very interesting riding on the bike this morning, the sky black as night, thunder, lightning, torrential rain, flooding... and it turns out my waterproofs aren't quite as waterproof as I'd hoped. Brilliant fun!


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Although you might not think it from looking at the clear blue sky this morning, last night Lower Earley got hit by a massive storm with incredibly high winds and torrential rain. Before we went to bed last night the wind was battering our front door so much that it sounded as if there was someone out there hammering furiously on the door knocker ( Read more... )

...from this morning’s ride into work!


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A few more snowy pics to come later on, but for now this photo what I took this morning...


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