One of the things that I enjoy most about our increasingly regular visits to Spylaw is the opportunity to play at being a farmer. The owners, Andy and Lorna, have added a couple of sheepdogs to their menagerie this time round. They were at great pains to point out that…

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Driving home from nursery a voice piped up in the back. “Daddy? Beer is for big boys isn’t it. When Evan is a grown up he will drink beer won’t he?” “He might do sweetheart yes.” “But beer’s not for girls is it? Mummy doesn’t like beer and I don’t…

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As you probably know I’m a bit of a geek. What’s more, my geekery doesn’t just confine itself to messing around on computers and a healthy appreciation for Sci-fi films. No; it goes deeper than that. It’s time to come clean; I’ve been in the closet too long. I am…

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Amy has developed a strong like for the TV program Little Einsteins; and so, despite my previous protestations, it has become a semi regular feature in the bedtime routine. In one episode the gang of irritating twerps child prodigies visit China. They have to find a number of kites, or…

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As Dan pointed out yesterday he’s made the potentially fatal mistake of leaving me in charge of his blog while he’s away… I promise not to rant over here, I’ll save that for mine over at my blog, so without further ado, here’s the first of Dans pre written posts……

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We’re going to Spylaw tomorrow, and so we won’t be around for a week. However, thanks to the wonders of modern technology the blog will still be updated despite the fact I won’t have any internet access. How is this possible you ask? Well I’ll tell you. Before we decided…

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Well we have a winner of the another fine mess competition. The result was decided after hours of careful deliberation by a panel of twenty experts; who were themselves selected from literally hundreds of applicants. In fact, from beginning to end the judging process has taken over two years. The…

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Congratulations to Rachael & Neil and to Sam & Nick, both of whom had babies yesterday. Now we’re just waiting for Nina & Darren and Liz & Martin and we’ll have the full set. Bookmark It

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Amy took this photo this afternoon during a very pleasant walk on the hills surrounding Holmfirth. If you look closely you will see my smile is a subtle blend of emotions: pleasure as I see the delight she is experiencing in using the camera; and terror as I imagine the…

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