Great Way to Spend Birthday With a Bruised Big Toe Doing DIY
As always there is something to do in the house, for the last few months the missus as been asking me to block in the fireplace as we had a move around last year...
Category: Family
We had Coronavirus (Covid-19) Test Due to Symptoms of Key Worker
The missus works in a discount retailer that does the essentials so is classed as a key worker and had symptoms and after speaking to the 111 service they told her, myself and our...
Doing a Jigsaw While on Holiday
As we are away on a holiday park for the week and really can’t go out because of the government restrictions, we had already prepared as Monday morning was unsure of what would happen...
What Our Family are Doing Concerning Coronavirus
First my heart goes out to families that have lost someone to the coronavirus. At the moment me and the missus are away on a 5 day break in Norfolk just at a caravan...
Christmas House Lights And Decorations 2017
Each year I decorate our house with Christmas lights, this year though to be honest wasn’t really going to put anything up outside because of an ongoing medical condition which causes me a lot of pain...
Mottistone Gardens & Compton Bay & Downs Visit
Mottistone Gardens Mottistone Gardens is on the south coast of the Isle of Wight and is part owned by the National Trust, Entrance is £5.80 Adults, £2.90 Children, £14.50 Family (non gift aid prices)....
My Fathers Brass Belt Buckle Collection
As regular reader will know my late father collected all sorts of items, one was belt buckles. I am now going through these to sell on, I have had one box off my mom...
Happy New Year
Happy new year to all my readers, friends and family. 2016 has been a good year for me, been really busy with the business this year and the family as the missus has put up with...
Our Christmas Lights Display 2016
Here are a few photos from our annual Christmas house display lights. This year I haven’t put as much up as we would normally do. For the past few years as our house is...
My Late Fathers Novelty Christmas Candles
My late father at Christmas aswell as decorating the outside of the house with Christmas lights he also had a large novelty Christmas candle display. To see more further info about the Christmas light...
Dinosaur Isle (Isle Of Wight) – Visit
While on holiday on the isle of Wight we had seen in the welcome pack of where we were staying an advert for Dinosaur isle in Sandown, so thought we would go and have...
Carisbrooke Castle Visit – Isle of Wight
Carisbrooke castle is just outside of Newport on the Isle Of Wight and is owned by English Heritage. Entrance prices are £8.80 Adults, £5.20 Children. £25.20 Family (2 Adults, 3 Children) (non gift aid...
Our first experience in Camping
We decided that myself and the missus would try camping and at nearly 43 this will be the first time I have been camping in about 30 years and the missus in over 20...
Visit To Tutbury Castle
On the way back from a visit to Sudbury Hall & Childhood museum, we decided to visit Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire. We visited on Sunday 29th May and we didn’t realise that there was an...
General Website Update May 2016
I Try to keep adding to this site about my interest and tips etc regularly, but unfortunately the last few months I have been so busy with my work I really haven’t had the...
My Christmas lights 2015
Its a bit late for me this year to post photos of my Christmas house lights this year but here they are. Normally I do a lot more than this, as well as the...
Christmas Tree And Decorations
Normally we don’t put our Christmas decorations up until December, but this year decided to put it up today 29th November which if I was religious this is the first Sunday of advent (the...
General Website Update October 2015
This is a short update to my blog, this is more of a personal update aswell. For regular readers of this blog, you may have noticed I haven’t really posted that much within the...
Our Dog Abby
Photo of our dog Abby on walk over chasewater water this morning. She is a 5 year old American Bulldog. Though she is a large dog she is soft as anything, Even small dogs...
History Of My Christmas House Lights
First thing I have got to say that I’m one of these people that do the house up with Christmas lights, their are some people that think this is tacky and cheap and others...
The Important Role Of Local Charity’s
I must say first this is hardest article I have had to write for my website as this is very personal to myself and my family, but I did need to write this and...
My Experience with Tennis Elbow
This is my experience dealing with tennis elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis), This is a long article but wanted to give as much info as possible as I know a lot of people are in the...
