Cold Rock
Month: November 2009
Sloe Sunday
When we woke up this morning it wasn’t raining. We stayed in bed for a bit , watched Andrew Marr, a cartoon or two, and it still wasn’t raining. In fact, by midday, there was blue sky and sunshine. There was only one thing we could do – go out! We decided on a local …
High Pike
40th Wig Party
Cake Preparations
Winter Preparations
Broken Laws
So what of the Tory plans to repeal the law banning fox hunting with dogs should they be elected to government next year? This is probably what we might call a broken law - it's extremely difficult to enforce because it's just too easy for hunts to present that a fox was accidentally killed by their pack of hounds whilst engaged in a legal drag-hunt. Therefore the police simply don't bother enforcing it.
Diving Red Sea
Ever felt like being in a huge aquarium? That’s how I felt jumping in the 28°C warm water on our first day in Sharm el Sheik (Egypt). Surrounded by millions of colorful fish, lionfish, trigger fish, bluespotted stingrays, clownfish – and we were just skin diving. I always thought there can’t be anything as great …
Kinder in the Rain
Rachel’s already blogged about her victory (and pinched all the pictures), so I’l be brief. The Dark and White mini-Mountain Marathons are a nice easy introduction to the sport – they only last three hours, you can go as fast and as far as you want, quite a lot of the controls are on paths …