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Woodland skills
The girls are definitely turning native, they enjoy countryside pursuits these days, you wouldn’t think they had a Londoner for a mother. When we moved to the isle of Wight we were amused by some of the activities here. We were very sarcastic about the enjoyment to be had at a Hedge laying competition. Last year we were a... »
My pretty pebbles.
I was at the beach the other day with my new camera (thank You Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Gibson!) and decided to do a Dad and take pictures of the beautiful scenery on the beach. So here are the pebbles on the beach! »
Isle of Wight Festival 2009
So all the family went to the festival this year to volunteer with Island 2000 to raise money for bee projects on the Island. The littlest two only did Friday but the rest of us were there all week end. So here we have Jonathan leaping between the staw bale sofas and being... »
Spinnaker Tower
On Monday, while still being tired (but nolonger dirty) from camp, we visited the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth. The timing came about because we were able to use the £1 special offer tickets on the hovercraft. So while we were all exhausted we had a 3 hour window of opportunity in Portsmouth. The... »
Fossils on the Isle of Wight’s SW coast
The South West coast of the Island is famed for its fossils. We arranged a work outing to take a look with a local expert. Unfortunately something went wrong and we managed to be in a different place to our expert at the appointed hour. Having driven all that way we... »
More Solace
Below Martin is waxing lyrical probably about bees. Under that there’s another one of Martin just because he is never in the photos only taking them. »
You’re having a laugh
Girls having a laugh at the festival, outside the Gift to Nature tent. »
How to make money at a festival.
The festival had been “greened up” this year. One of the initiatives was a 10p paper/plastic cup deposit. The girls collected cups and took them back, Bex made about £14.00 and managed to buy this rather splendid hat! »
She’s a Kiwi?
So the first of the festival piccys. This is the girls protest against Scouting for Girls. Not she’s so lovely, but “She’s a Kiwi”. However, against our preconceptions, Bex enjoyed Scouting for Girls and I thought they were pants!!! »