Storm over Wittenham Clumps
Timed my head-clearing ride all wrong today. Did a loop, starting into a strong blustery headwind. Weather front moved through, so homeward stretch also had a headwind.
Lost the cobwebs & got a snap of the clumps from a different angle though.
Cheeky Homework
F had to categorize the larder contents for homework this week.
Halfway through he was caught having a sneaky snack.
The winner
The boys planted loads of bulbs with Fay last autumn. H had the left side of the garden, F the right. First flower was this tulip, under the window on the left. H was duly declared the winner. F, it’s quality not speed that counts…
World Pooh Sticks Championships
The mug punters and the berko bouncers almost managed to miss the World Pooh Sticks Championships…
What with the clocks changing, roundabout approach drive and mixing up the ‘where to meet’ instructions.
But we managed to just make the heats, clutching (or not) our regulation pooh sticks
Focus and concentration, as well as peak physical fitness, being the key attributes of world pooh stick championship contestants, as demonstrated here by Dave’s perfect stick release technique.
Unfortunately that perfect release wasn’t enough to get the mug punters on the leader board, much to the amusement of the on looking berko bouncers.
May be next year? Team training starts in October…
Shillingford Bridge and Hotel
Fantastic morning in Shillingford, river like a mirror in a steamy bathroom and the bridge lit up by a golden glow. Worth getting out of bed for.
When not in Rome
P & R are in Rome, I’m not, which means I’m able to look after their chickens (a goose, and some ducks). So far, so good.
It turns out that chickens make eggs, lots of eggs, which you can find labeled as follows:
From chickens fed on organic GM-free feed, and free to roam and nest at will.
The free to roam bit is what makes collecting the eggs a tad tricky, unless you have help of course.
Red Nose Day
Much redness with red Noses and other stuff for
Comic Relief
.
I remember doing similar for the first one, but I think only as far as a red nose…
The top field
After a pause for the worst of winter, the crop in the field is growing again. The shoots are getting long enough for the wind to send ripples across the surface.
World book day
Today is
world book day
(in the UK and Ireland).
F celebrated earlier in the week by dressing up as Harry Potter for school (the Wallingford book shop provided vouchers and books!) while H has taken
Fablehaven
into school today to read.
I’m planning to pop into Oxfam Wallingford later today to treat myself to something.
Note: This post was updated on 2020-12-22 to fix broken links.
Florence and Lawrence
Couldn’t leave Aylsham without pausing to remember, and to share those memories with H and F.
professional photography
Yikes. Written permission for professional photography?
I had thought ‘professional’ meant something like ‘earning a living from’. But the definition in the OED also includes having the skill of someone that is a competent professional. I suspect that the sign is meant to convey that no
commercial
photography is allowed without written permission, either that or it could be more clearly written as
only incompetent photography allowed.
But, just to be on the safe side, I wrote myself a note giving myself permission to photograph before proceeding to do so.
Holkham with Faith
Our second visit to Holkham Beach – the last was in 2005 .
This time with Ewok
Faith
and her umbrella!
Half term at Bewilderwood
Den building
web climbing
maze solving
death slide sliding.
All at Bewilderwood .
