Camping tips, tricks and advice from a fairly average parent and a reformed dad blogger
With the big day fast approaching, and a trip to see Father Christmas still not ticked-off our seasonal ‘to do’ list, my wife came across an interesting new option last week. It seemed to fulfil all the criteria: a fun day out, a chance to meet the big man and do some other Christmassy stuff,…
My Year in Photos – January 20th, originally uploaded by henweb. Well, that was a total disappointment, wasn’t it? 20cm of snow, they said – haven’t they learned not to bother predicting these sort of things by now? The only snow I got today was a light dusting of sleet while I was driving down…
My Year in Photos – January 13th, originally uploaded by henweb. I was tempted to use *this* photo for today’s entry – but having watched the Springwatch “Snow Watch” special earlier, I decided that this guy feeding the birds on Turnham Green was a nicer summary of the day. A day when we suddenly got…
My Year in Photos – January 11th, originally uploaded by henweb. I suspect this’ll be the last snow-based photo of the year – at least until next winter. The snow in Reading is still around (though thawing fast) and the snow in Chiswick (where this photo was taken) was all but gone this morning. Only…
My Year in Photos – January 8th, originally uploaded by henweb. Unlike me, Sara isn’t lucky enough to be able to work from home when her office is open (since she’s a teacher!) so when Maiden Erlegh decided that all teachers were needed in school to teach poor old Year 11, she had to risk…
My Year in Photos – January 7th, originally uploaded by henweb. As the big freeze continues to grip the country, we didn’t venture too far out of the house today – for fear of slipping over on the ice rink that is our road. So this photo was taken from our garden, looking up at…
My Year in Photos – January 6th, originally uploaded by henweb. As predicted by the red sky yesterday morning, last night saw snow covering much of the country, with Reading being especially well doused. Despite having to stay at work late, I managed to make my way down the M4 reasonably easily and by the…