Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Hotel kedouin

Panoramic view from hotel at 7am - amazing!!

Sunday, November 3, 2013

Squirrel Hunting

A nice crisp Autumn morning which brings the urge to help the little locals of Nothe Gardens gather there food for the winter. 
Waiting VERY patiently for the little furry fellows to arrive.

No squirrels but there was a lovely tit to admire!

Finally the circus squirrels turned up and climbed and sat everywhere even on Oliver's shoulder.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Goodbye Buckley


He was the best dog a family could have and was loved by everyone, he was gentle and loyal and we will miss him dearly. He was only 2 but had an eventful life and enjoyed being part of our family. Where ever you are, we hope you are sniffing, chasing and wagging your tail, bye bye lots of cuddles, your family. 

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Archery - Hammond Style

After being given a free archery day last year as part of the school summer fete prizes, we eventually found time to take this offer up. The weather was fine the wind was low, perfect flight for arrows!
The next Robin Hood! or friar tuck

Not bad just like to point out all the centre arrows are mine!

Stuffed animals to shoot as well, this one stood no chance - vulture for Sunday roast.

Who thought it would be a good idea to let females loose with a bow & arrow.

Last event was balloons - Bethany was allowed to move closer !

Monday, August 12, 2013

Hammonds in Bath

I guess when you read the post heading, you could feel worried of the pictures you might see, but as you will see it is all harmless. We took a trip on the train to Bath to see our friend Kate and her little Mabel & Reggie and to do a quick explore of Bath town centre.

First stop was of course.....  Lunch by the crescent, we needed to fuel up with all the walking required.


Rebecca & Mabel, girls about town.



Bethany started something!

Reggie on his way to help.

Girls adding to mound.

Oliver wondering wear Jacob is... probably under the mound!

The best spinning plate roundabout ever...   for kids but the worst nightmare for parents, kids flying off everywhere!

Saturday, July 20, 2013

Dek summer BBQ 2013


Bethany taking driving tips from mummy 
Fair ground rides as well as face painting and more importantly FOOD 

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Summer heatwave

With all this sun and heat, we needed somewhere to cool off, and where else to go but the natural resource of the planet, the sea!
Jacob practising his future as a Weymouth lifeguard.

Rebecca trying to entice the the Buckley in to the water,   now you see him.

Now you don't!

Oliver and Bethany cooling down.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

What a start to the day!

The time 6:30 am ready for work as usual, all ready to cycle to work just need to unlock the door, which is very difficult to achieve when your key breaks in the lock. So the only thing left to do is use a chisel and hammer and take the lock out the door, as you can tell from the picture not to much anger was required, I highly recommend it first thing in the morning. All that is needed is a new door! 


Monday, May 20, 2013

Last game of the season and all we needed was for Tottenham to win and Arsenal to lose then European football was to be the prize. Thankfully to the Spurs Wish Charity this day was made special by the dream of being provided 8 tickets and an executive box.

 This was my first visit to White Hart lane and a dream come true for the family. 
With several sat nav's on the go, how could we go wrong! well quite easy when one is telling you turn left and the other is telling you to turn right, needless to say we ended up going through London city centre, being the lead car I managed to lose the following car. Eventually we came across White Hart Lane and was very kindly met by the stewards, who parked the car, then the reception staff who escorted us to our executive box and introduced to Hannah the box assistant who saw to our food and drink needs. 
The famous Cockerel statue

The Cockerel mascot 'Chirpy'

News pundits for the day.

Waiting for the goals!!!

Finally a moment of inspiration from the great Gareth Bale.









Sunday, April 7, 2013

Who made Easter!

Easter biscuits courtesy of bake and paint egg cookie kit

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Chair stacking

What to do on a rainy day! Stack chair game , how long does it take to stack 24 chairs I hear you ask. A ver long time.


Monday, March 4, 2013

Aussie Weather


This video shows the true Aussie weather, I knew it was not all sunshine and bronzed bodies.

Monday, January 14, 2013

Rebecca Gate

What is there to say? Rebecca is the Headline! They missed out the section where she said the "The storyteller should be here everyday and I want it to happen, so make it happen"