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Summer holiday break
We always go away on my partners birthday in August and this year we booked a two night stay in Bradford upon Avon. We stayed at a very quirky B&B which backed onto the Kennet and Avon canal.
Rebellion on the Bridge
For five days in July activists from Extinction Rebellion occupied Bristol Bridge. I walked past, and through it, most days. What is usually a busy, traffic choked part of town had been transformed into a carnival over the river…
Malvern Spring Show
Another busy, long day at this years Malvern Spring show. The crowds were bigger and there was so much to see. Our first port of call is always the enormous Floral marquee as a lot of the best displays and stalls are here…
Welcoming Summer in…
It’s the first Saturday in May. It’s sunny but there’s a freezing cold wind blowing down the back of my neck. I’m waiting for ‘Jack in the Green’ to arrive after his marathon dance from the city centre. There are a lot of people waiting…
Chocolate season…
Nothing says the ‘Lord has risen’ more than a cheap Easter egg emblazoned with a cartoon character…
Transforming an iPhone…
Ages ago I purchased some add on lenses for my iPhone. They were bought late on in the Christmas sales period and arrived just as I was about to return to work. They were used briefly, then put to one side..
Elswick Kids – Tish Murtha
This book arrived mere days before Christmas. It will be of no surprise that the idea I had of spending time with it over the holiday failed quite miserably…
Snow Day!
Woke early and pulled back the curtains to find a super thick blanket of snow had settled overnight. Wahoo!
‘Old apple-tree’
The custom of wassailing dates back to pre-Christian times. The word ‘wassail’ comes from the Anglo-Saxon phrase ‘waes hael, and means ‘be well’ or ‘be in good health’.
London calling…
Yay! it’s back to waking up at stupid o’clock to catch the 7am coach to London for the school Art gallery trip again. And it was as freezing cold as I remembered the last time.
