We’ve been married 13 years today. Not bad for any couple; really, under a multitude of circumstances, pretty good for us, because they’ve not exactly been the smoothest of years. I’d have given a lot, 3 years ago, to know we were going to get to 13 years: it wasn’t something that looked certain at […]
Anglesey Abbey
Anglesey Abbey is neither in Anglesey, nor an Abbey, so far as I could tell from the wander we had around it on our way home from Bury St Edmunds. It was, however, completely gorgeous and we’ll definitely be going back to do more there. It was one of those National Trust properties where they […]
Bury St Edmunds Abbey Day Out
This is the very best sort of home ed day. Sun, ruined abbeys and questions, so, so, SO many questions! The best thing about going to historical places is that I can normally answer those too 🙂 This day out at Bury Gardens, which holds the ruins of the abbey, was just amazing. We grabbed […]
The one where Merry catches up using the photos on her phone to remember things
Argh! Weeks have gone by! Argh! Right. Lots of big and important things. Masses. Huge. Fran had an appointment with her surgeon at the hospital. The upshot of this was, as we suspected, they thing she needs more surgery to correct her cleft palate. It’s been obvious for a while that she is hoarse and […]
A Tale of Three Blankets
In terms of things, I think it is possible this is my greatest ever creation. It’s the culmination of a years worth of work, a square a week, through one of the toughest years of my life. It has a story, a huge and enormous story, a story no mother would ever want to tell. […]
Lower Hookner Farm – the best holiday cottage in Devon
We went back, in the same week, to the farm we went to last year when we so desperately needed a holiday. There were two reasons, firstly it was beautiful and lovely and welcoming and perfectly situated for us and secondly I knew that if I didn’t go back soon, then the memories of last […]
Brixham and Burgh Island
One day, when we knew the weather was due to be good but all the girls were a little in need of a little quiet time in the car (if you know what I mean) we decided to go to Dartmouth. It was a longish drive, thanks to the innumerable roadworks and I stopped concentrating. […]
To the Lady Volunteer in the Thrift Shop
Today my friend and I, and our 6 home educated children, were chatting to one of your co-workers in The Thrift Shop. He was telling us about the riding for the disabled programme, showing us pictures and explaining what goes on in the programme. The children, who had just spent a happy 45 minutes visiting […]
Bellever, Castle Drogo & Haytor
last year we did a great walk from Bellever, up on to the moor, past the Snaily House, where 3 sisters allegedly lived, never went to town and only ate snails and down to the river again through a very scratchy gorse patch. I got very burned but it was a lovely walk. This year […]
Fingle Bridge & walking above Okehampton
On our first day away, once we were properly settled in, had some shopping and had played lots with the farm dogs, we took a walk above Okehampton; not a long walk, mainly due to a threatening looking rain cloud, but a pleasant one. It’s a path from just above the station, from the youth […]
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