Archives for 2015

Posted by aiddy on Fri 25 December 2015

Tradition. White Hut in December. Dinner at The View. Being blown by a gale.

Posted by aiddy on Wed 23 December 2015

Just in time. Cosy.

Posted by aiddy on Tue 24 November 2015

Posted by aiddy on Tue 24 November 2015

Posted by aiddy on Fri 13 November 2015

Posted by aiddy on Thu 12 November 2015

Posted by aiddy on Sat 07 November 2015

Dorchester along the river. In the autumn. Colourful.

Posted by aiddy on Sun 01 November 2015

Found, one yummy Penguin, left behind by Herbie. Should I munch?

Posted by aiddy on Fri 30 October 2015

A beautiful late afternoon walk at Blickling Hall.

Posted by aiddy on Thu 29 October 2015

A year ago I had a similar drink in similar circumstances.

Posted by aiddy on Thu 29 October 2015

Another lovely day on Holkham Beach .

Posted by aiddy on Wed 28 October 2015

Hotel Rival, Stockholm.

Posted by aiddy on Wed 28 October 2015

Who's training who?

Posted by aiddy on Wed 28 October 2015

Planning application for a small hydro power station on the River at Goring.

Posted by aiddy on Wed 28 October 2015

Lost. Found.

Posted by aiddy on Wed 28 October 2015

積ん読 [tsùńdókú] a pile of unread books, or "the act of leaving a book unread after buying it, typically piled up together with other such unread books" en.wiktionary.org .

Posted by aiddy on Mon 26 October 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 26 October 2015

Said Yogi.

I'm better looking too said Ewok.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 26 October 2015

No milk. Ewok took me the scenic way to the coop. Problem solved.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 26 October 2015

Stomping around Oxford.

Posted by aiddy on Sun 18 October 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 12 October 2015

"I didn't know Yogi can swim" said Grandad.

"He can't" said Finn.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 12 October 2015

Harvey wins. Again.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 12 October 2015

Gamers at play.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 12 October 2015

A walk with the boys.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 12 October 2015

Chess with H. I won. Mostly.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 12 October 2015

"Surprised?"

"I always look like this." said Yogi.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 12 October 2015

Kaffeologie S Filter for an AeroPress. Coffee. Through a filter.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 12 October 2015

The lookouts. They look out and look out. Until they see something that they are looking out for.

And then, they bark.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 12 October 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 12 October 2015

Posted by aiddy on Sun 11 October 2015

Posted by aiddy on Sun 11 October 2015

Sone folks from Star Wars came to visit.

Posted by aiddy on Sun 11 October 2015

Eden, in September, for some careers in the tech industry type stuff. Lovely.

Posted by aiddy on Sun 11 October 2015

Posted by aiddy on Tue 08 September 2015

Too much Yogi? I'm off.

Posted by aiddy on Tue 08 September 2015

Lanterns and the Contribution Poem at nearly the end of Bunkfest.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 07 September 2015

Or maybe second.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 07 September 2015

I missed the downpour. But the mud got me on the way home.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 07 September 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 07 September 2015

Some Yogi snaps.

Posted by aiddy on Tue 01 September 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 31 August 2015

Posted by aiddy on Fri 28 August 2015

Posted by aiddy on Thu 27 August 2015

Posted by aiddy on Thu 27 August 2015

Up early for pastries

Posted by aiddy on Thu 27 August 2015

Surfing lessons at Constantine. H was rather good.

I managed to stand once, or twice, but you'll need to take my word for it...

Posted by aiddy on Thu 27 August 2015

I wasn't popular.

Posted by aiddy on Tue 25 August 2015

Bodyboarding in the surf

Posted by aiddy on Tue 25 August 2015

Finn finds a sand dune...

Posted by aiddy on Tue 25 August 2015

Admiring the view

Posted by aiddy on Tue 25 August 2015

Posted by aiddy on Tue 25 August 2015

Finn by H

Posted by aiddy on Tue 25 August 2015

Posted by aiddy on Tue 25 August 2015

A walk with Ewok, a book, a beer and a sunset

Posted by aiddy on Thu 13 August 2015

Posted by aiddy on Thu 13 August 2015

Posted by aiddy on Tue 11 August 2015

Posted by aiddy on Sun 09 August 2015

Badman monk in the garden

Posted by aiddy on Sun 09 August 2015

Posted by aiddy on Sun 09 August 2015

Really.

Posted by aiddy on Sun 09 August 2015

F and F climbed (hiked, then a little scramble climb up Jacobs Ladder) Pen Y Fan, Corn Du, (Pen Y Fan again), and Cribyn. Nice one. They're speedy too.

Some more on Flickr and some previous trips .

Posted by aiddy on Mon 27 July 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 27 July 2015

Out the bathroom window. Not an everyday sight.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 20 July 2015

Posted by aiddy on Sat 18 July 2015

Yogi has arrived.

Posted by aiddy on Thu 16 July 2015

Posted by aiddy on Thu 16 July 2015

Posted by aiddy on Thu 16 July 2015

Never quite manage to capture how these fields feel .

Not going to stop me from trying though. Sorry.

Posted by aiddy on Thu 16 July 2015

Posted by aiddy on Thu 16 July 2015

Wandering back from a spot of work with coffee at the Bean and Brew via Castle Mound.

Posted by aiddy on Wed 15 July 2015

...went the front tyre. Now that's a blow-out.

Posted by aiddy on Wed 15 July 2015

A gusty afternoon brought half a willow tree down on the Thames path. Fortunately F and S were up for some tree clearing. Pretty soon, path cleared.

Some odd reactions from walkers. "Who's paying you to do this then?" was my favourite.

Posted by aiddy on Fri 10 July 2015

An evening walk with F and E.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 06 July 2015

Getting 5 smiles and 5 looks to camera? No way.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 06 July 2015

Tournament teams at Grove.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 06 July 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 06 July 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 06 July 2015

Posted by aiddy on Sun 05 July 2015

Posted by aiddy on Fri 03 July 2015

I work with some smart people. In the July heatwave they figured out how to cool the office. Psychologically.

Posted by aiddy on Thu 02 July 2015

On the record-breaking hottest recorded July day in the UK, Ewok figures out how to chill.

Posted by aiddy on Wed 01 July 2015

After before the haircut.

Posted by aiddy on Wed 01 July 2015

Posted by aiddy on Wed 01 July 2015

Posted by aiddy on Wed 01 July 2015

Posted by aiddy on Tue 30 June 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 29 June 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 29 June 2015

After the cycling last weekend , this weekend we were treated to the battle of Wallingford Castle (both of them, on successive days).

Posted by aiddy on Mon 29 June 2015

It looks like the Chinook's have arrived.

Posted by aiddy on Sat 27 June 2015

Posted by aiddy on Fri 26 June 2015

For boys on days when mum's away (rather than for mum's to take away).

Posted by aiddy on Thu 25 June 2015

I just help a little.

Posted by aiddy on Thu 25 June 2015

Posted by aiddy on Thu 25 June 2015

Walking Ewok bonus-view the other evening.

Posted by aiddy on Tue 23 June 2015

Fay opened the Howies. It's very very good apparently. Looks like I'm going have to buy another t-shirt...

Posted by aiddy on Tue 23 June 2015

Fantastic day at Wallingford Festival of Cycling . Big thanks to Mr. G for coming along to support too!

The Fir Tree team did well.

Although they we're a little slower than the Mens Criterium.

Well done Finn!

But the classic bikes were more my pace.</p.

Posted by aiddy on Sun 21 June 2015

"More people please" said Victoria. "There's too many flowers".

C R O S S O A K, aiming to please since 2005 .

Posted by aiddy on Thu 18 June 2015

"There's a new bench in Castle Meadows." said Ewok. Thank you Earth Trust.

Posted by aiddy on Thu 18 June 2015

The Brew and Bean had a birthday today. Fay got the right stick.

Posted by aiddy on Thu 18 June 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 15 June 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 15 June 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 15 June 2015

"It's been a long day" said Ewok.

Posted by aiddy on Sat 13 June 2015

An evening wander around Tallinn.

Posted by aiddy on Sat 13 June 2015

Hotel view ( another one ).

Posted by aiddy on Sat 13 June 2015

Posted by aiddy on Sat 13 June 2015

A week with the team in Tallinn. There and pack through Helsinki.

Posted by aiddy on Sat 13 June 2015

The road from Cholsey

Posted by aiddy on Mon 08 June 2015

Tony's cut the meadow. But the tree is still dead .

Posted by aiddy on Mon 08 June 2015

Table tennis.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 08 June 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 08 June 2015

Not a bad view to spend a couple of hours working in front of. Hanging out in Bellevue, where the cranes have been busy.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 08 June 2015

New hat. #Kuhl

Posted by aiddy on Mon 08 June 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 08 June 2015

Corn in the wheat field?

Posted by aiddy on Sun 31 May 2015

Ewok is going through a bit of a Victorian phase.

"There's no colours then" he said.

Posted by aiddy on Sun 31 May 2015

Thank you (bow)

Posted by aiddy on Sun 31 May 2015

Posted by aiddy on Sun 31 May 2015

For the eleventh time, it's May in the Garden

Past May in the Garden:
2014 , 2013 , 2012 , 2011 , 2010 , 2009 , 2008 , 2007 , 2006 , 2005 .

Posted by aiddy on Sun 31 May 2015

Posted by aiddy on Sun 31 May 2015

Stood in the cow-parsley.

Posted by aiddy on Sat 30 May 2015

The boys thought granddad was surprisingly good at table tennis.

Posted by aiddy on Sat 30 May 2015

Posted by aiddy on Sat 30 May 2015

Posted by aiddy on Fri 29 May 2015

This is Ewok's "This Way?" face.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 25 May 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 25 May 2015

I'm close to deciding the tree is dead.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 25 May 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 25 May 2015

Posted by aiddy on Mon 25 May 2015

Two tournaments this weekend, both went out to penalties. Tough.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 25 May 2015

Hope fading

Posted by aiddy on Fri 08 May 2015

Ewok walks

Posted by aiddy on Fri 08 May 2015

Posted by aiddy on Thu 07 May 2015

Cow parsley and dandelions

Posted by aiddy on Thu 07 May 2015

Although he's a little older, he hasn't changed his habits. The long grass is still favourite spot .

Posted by aiddy on Tue 05 May 2015

In the colourfulness stakes the Fig was lagging the Tulips by quite a lot.

Posted by aiddy on Tue 05 May 2015

Gardens for Fay's birthday. Great Dixter won.

Posted by aiddy on Tue 05 May 2015

Not getting tired of this view

Posted by aiddy on Sun 03 May 2015

What's cool and sits in trees?

Posted by aiddy on Sat 02 May 2015

Flying Finn

Posted by aiddy on Sat 02 May 2015

Flaming good

Posted by aiddy on Fri 01 May 2015

Perfection

Posted by aiddy on Fri 01 May 2015

Start to a long weekend. Smores. Slowly.

Posted by aiddy on Fri 01 May 2015

Nice parking

Posted by aiddy on Fri 01 May 2015

Two trees, grown together. Patient gardening.

Posted by aiddy on Thu 30 April 2015

Happy birthday H

Posted by aiddy on Thu 30 April 2015

...and for the evening commute

Posted by aiddy on Wed 29 April 2015

Office in motion

Posted by aiddy on Wed 29 April 2015

Great start to the day

Posted by aiddy on Mon 27 April 2015

More bluebells

Posted by aiddy on Mon 27 April 2015

I see bluebells

Posted by aiddy on Mon 27 April 2015

The national trust didn't know what had hit them.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 27 April 2015

On a misty morning from the back window all you could see were the ghost trees.

Up close, they're even more majestic.

But spring sprung quickly this year, and new growth quickly appeared.

Posted by aiddy on Sun 26 April 2015

"I like it like this" he said. "It's about my size."

Posted by aiddy on Sun 26 April 2015

Funny how that happens.

Posted by aiddy on Sun 26 April 2015

Tunnel of ferns

Posted by aiddy on Sun 26 April 2015

Something's wrong here...

Posted by aiddy on Sun 26 April 2015

Respect. Never Stops.

Posted by aiddy on Sat 25 April 2015

Warning. This soap is secured.

Posted by aiddy on Sat 25 April 2015

Subtle

Posted by aiddy on Sat 25 April 2015

Ypres tower Rye.

Posted by aiddy on Sat 25 April 2015

Secret door

Posted by aiddy on Sat 25 April 2015

Lunch at Perch Hill

Posted by aiddy on Sat 25 April 2015

Mum's dinner from The Netherfield Arms. Yum.

Posted by aiddy on Sat 25 April 2015

Tea and a view?

Posted by aiddy on Fri 24 April 2015

Still undecided

Posted by aiddy on Fri 24 April 2015

I will survive

Posted by aiddy on Fri 24 April 2015

There's a challenge

Posted by aiddy on Fri 24 April 2015

Shop window. Closed for good.

Posted by aiddy on Thu 23 April 2015

Connectivity

Posted by aiddy on Thu 23 April 2015

Goring gap

Posted by aiddy on Wed 22 April 2015

Tulip

Posted by aiddy on Tue 21 April 2015

Election time reading

Posted by aiddy on Tue 21 April 2015

H doing homework and dogfooding windows 10 at the same time.

Posted by aiddy on Sun 19 April 2015

Blossom

Posted by aiddy on Sat 18 April 2015

Meadow

Posted by aiddy on Sat 18 April 2015

Path

Posted by aiddy on Sat 18 April 2015

Tree

Posted by aiddy on Sat 18 April 2015

Heading to the meadows

Posted by aiddy on Sat 18 April 2015

Managed to squeeze in a paddle on the river

Posted by aiddy on Fri 17 April 2015

Trusty messenger bag still going strong

Posted by aiddy on Fri 17 April 2015

Four days left to register to vote.

Posted by aiddy on Thu 16 April 2015

Visitor. This evening I expect to be searching 50 acres of Bob's wheat field for her...

Posted by aiddy on Wed 15 April 2015

Feels like summer

Posted by aiddy on Wed 15 April 2015

Blossom -> spring -> :)

Posted by aiddy on Tue 14 April 2015

@finn_star_107_ packing

Posted by aiddy on Mon 13 April 2015

Where Fay went to college

Posted by aiddy on Mon 13 April 2015

Humm. This could be risky.

Posted by aiddy on Sat 11 April 2015

Evening river sunset walk

Posted by aiddy on Sat 11 April 2015

Post-haircut bean and brew.

Posted by aiddy on Sat 11 April 2015

Surgery on a Friday morning

Posted by aiddy on Fri 10 April 2015

Because you don't always have to learn the hardway

Posted by aiddy on Thu 09 April 2015

We can haz curtains

Posted by aiddy on Thu 09 April 2015

Good morning burning ball of fire

Posted by aiddy on Wed 08 April 2015

Us with concrete. Solid.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 06 April 2015

Beach shoes

Posted by aiddy on Mon 06 April 2015

Family on a beach

Posted by aiddy on Mon 06 April 2015

Harbour view. Minehead.

Posted by aiddy on Sun 05 April 2015

View capturing...

Posted by aiddy on Sun 05 April 2015

Mother and son

Posted by aiddy on Sun 05 April 2015

Butlins?

Posted by aiddy on Sun 05 April 2015

Holiday heating

Posted by aiddy on Fri 03 April 2015

Twin Finn!

Posted by aiddy on Fri 03 April 2015

Todays walk to the office

Posted by aiddy on Thu 02 April 2015

Love is in the little things

Posted by aiddy on Wed 01 April 2015

Wallingford

Posted by aiddy on Wed 01 April 2015

Reading

Posted by aiddy on Wed 01 April 2015

Stockholm

Posted by aiddy on Wed 01 April 2015

Tea redefined.

Posted by aiddy on Wed 01 April 2015

Walking to the office.

Posted by aiddy on Tue 31 March 2015

Stockholm

Posted by aiddy on Tue 31 March 2015

And again. Pushing my luck?

Posted by aiddy on Mon 23 March 2015

What are the chances of that 2 days later?

Posted by aiddy on Thu 19 March 2015

St Pauls on a Friday lunchtime in spring

Posted by aiddy on Fri 13 March 2015

Reeds

Posted by aiddy on Wed 11 March 2015

Wondering where else it could be from

Posted by aiddy on Tue 10 March 2015

Today I had to reboot a tap. Seriously.

Posted by aiddy on Tue 10 March 2015

New kit for the school team.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 09 March 2015

Across the Thames Valley in the moonlight.

Posted by aiddy on Mon 09 March 2015

The forest beyond the window.

Posted by aiddy on Sat 28 February 2015

Hanging out in building 5

Posted by aiddy on Sat 28 February 2015

Dinner. Will reality match the vision?

Posted by aiddy on Sat 28 February 2015

Grass haircut for spring

Posted by aiddy on Sat 28 February 2015

Work. Play.

Posted by aiddy on Sat 28 February 2015

In Seattle you walk through the clouds

Posted by aiddy on Fri 27 February 2015

Corporate graffiti

Posted by aiddy on Fri 27 February 2015

Geek xing

Posted by aiddy on Wed 25 February 2015

Supplies

Posted by aiddy on Tue 24 February 2015

Misty morning.

Clearing hailstorm.

Showers later.

Posted by aiddy on Sun 22 February 2015

Ewok, after a journey through the compost.

Posted by aiddy on Sun 22 February 2015

Race on. Tarmac & gravel. Really icy too. Spun twice. Awesome fun.

Posted by aiddy on Tue 17 February 2015

Tricky car

Posted by aiddy on Tue 17 February 2015

Road to snowhere

Posted by aiddy on Tue 17 February 2015

Team karting. Esti style

Posted by aiddy on Tue 17 February 2015

Snow!

Posted by aiddy on Tue 17 February 2015

Lufthansa? This isn't Tallinn!

Posted by aiddy on Mon 16 February 2015

London Heathrow terminal 2

Posted by aiddy on Sun 15 February 2015

Wallingford bridge

Posted by aiddy on Sat 14 February 2015

More toast. Also by H

Posted by aiddy on Sun 08 February 2015

Toast time. Thank you H.

Posted by aiddy on Sun 08 February 2015

Looking down over the garden tonight was a cheeky full moon peaking through the winter clouds. Two exposures, one for the moon, one for the clouds.

Posted by aiddy on Tue 03 February 2015

Frozen landscape on the first proper snow since the last lot .

Incoming resulted in a near miss.

And an interesting way of getting down the lane.

Posted by aiddy on Tue 03 February 2015

Place disk in console. Wait while it installs (really). Start game. Get treated to a 3gig download. You can just play games on the old 360 said the eldest. Exactly.

Posted by aiddy on Fri 30 January 2015

The new Finn_star (don't ask)

Posted by aiddy on Fri 30 January 2015

Tree in a field

Posted by aiddy on Thu 29 January 2015

Skittles, family and friends for Grannies 70th

A lovely day :-)

Posted by aiddy on Sun 25 January 2015

Morning

Posted by aiddy on Fri 23 January 2015

I is train spotter commuter

Posted by aiddy on Wed 21 January 2015

U11 B League winners (joint, unless you count goal difference, which we may have, just a little...)

Posted by aiddy on Mon 19 January 2015

Storms and travel chaos but no coffee for me

Posted by aiddy on Wed 14 January 2015

Atomic trees

Posted by aiddy on Sun 11 January 2015

Posted by aiddy on Sun 11 January 2015

New year == revision. Boo!

Posted by aiddy on Sat 03 January 2015

This year, music is provided by: ./album -r random & We're (re)discovering some great, and some not-so-great, albums.

Posted by aiddy on Sat 03 January 2015

Getting the family new year snap wasn't easy.

Finn jumped in the the rescue with some adjustments.

Posted by aiddy on Sat 03 January 2015

The boys, on the trampoline, at dusk.

Bounce... bounce... bounce...

Posted by aiddy on Fri 02 January 2015

Les won the round table new years eve table tennis tournament ( aka RTNYETTT).

"Why does he always win everything ?" one of his daughters was heard muttering...

Posted by aiddy on Fri 02 January 2015