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Etiquette

Now that it is cooler, the undertable heaters are coming out, blankets being put over tables and people gathering round table in bars. We really don’t know what the etiquette is and when we are at Pepe’s, do we just…

Rocky Ride

I was a little disappointed to find that the surface of my favorite cycle route had been washed away in part during the heavy rain. While it was passable, it turned what was a pleasant pooter through the countryside into…

The Intrepid Cyclist

I nailed Kate’s feet to the ground to get this shot without any motion blur. As you may have guessed by her gear, it’s not as warm as it has been and I suspect she’ll be achieving quite a pace…

Burglars Beware!

Here they are, the three big dogs alert and primed for action as ever. I accidentally managed to crop Kate out of this shot – she was sat on the floor in the foreground. Don’t worry, she had a soft…

Hail

We had a massive hail storm on Thursday. I’m not sure what the weather conditions are that cause hail, however I’ve never experienced hail storms like the big ones we occasionally have here. The hail stones were several inches deep…

Wilbur has discovered the sofa

And Tibia has discovered Wilbur. After almost a year of living here with the sofa in the same position, on Friday morning Wilbur suddenly climbed up onto it and has barely left it since.

Floods and Friends

Well, true to form, the day before Ed and Emma arrived the house flooded. In fact it was the morning before they arrived and we woke up to stand in water and find there was no electricity. It was also…

Green

After months of waiting one of my cotton buds finally opened. It was one of the green cotton plants and I was amazed to see how green the cotton really was. I was expecting it to be a light murky…