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Summer’s End?
The six week summer holiday season is coming to an end and September is knocking on the door. There are little signs, subtle changes, that mark Autumn’s gradual approach. The endless summer evenings are a distant memory as nights start to draw in, darkness falling earlier now.
Seaside break
Mid-August and we had a family wedding in Brighton, staying three nights in a rock n roll boutique hotel. Our room was Japanese themed and had a round bed on a platform.
SS Great Britain
And so the final week of the Summer term arrives and we drag our exhausted minds and bodies in for the last few days. Lessons and teaching are over for another year and instead we go out and about on trips with our students. First up, is the trip to Brunel’s SS Great Britain
Birthday Walk
Another year, another birthday. It was a nice, bright, sunny day so we decided that a long walk was the order the day. We headed up to Tortworth in South Gloucestershire as we hadn’t been there for a very long time.
Save our NHS protest
There’s nothing quite like strolling along, in the road, on a loud and vibrant Save the NHS protest march. It was well attended
Dancing the Summer in
The first Saturday afternoon in May and people gather to greet Jack in the Green on Horfield Common. Jack arrives to welcome the Summer in and every year there are many more people waiting for him than before.
Spring has arrived!
Spring has arrived today, and the sun has made a glorious appearance which means a busy time in the garden. There’s almost too much to do…
“Waes hael….”
‘Waes hael. A relatively mild and dry day to pop along to the annual Wassail at the Horfield Organic Orchard. As ever, the event attracts more visitors year on year. This reflects a growing popularity towards these old customs, especially amongst young families…
London Tate Gallery Trip
This year it was a ludicrously early, freezing cold start to the trip with the added bonus of the threat of snow. Yes, it was time for the annual art/photography trip to London. With my bag rammed full of hat, scarf, gloves and food I was hopefully prepared for the long day ahead.
A visit from Jack Frost
Significant snow is rare here. Bristol usually misses most of the bad winter weather that other parts of the country gets. It can get pretty cold but very cold frosty mornings aren’t that plentiful. This morning I fling back the curtains and everything has had a dusting of frost and the sun is rising on a cloudless day.
