With a 4 day long weekend ahead because of Hari Raya Public Holiday – what to do, what to do.We’re struggling with trips now because of baby Jude not being far away, so no flights, no major long trips. What to do…?My mate at work Mr Dave Brown was chatting and said why not tryRead More

Off we go to Ollie’s school this morning to see the much awaited output of all his and his classmates hard work. The Exhibition!!! And boy was it good. There was a comments book and I left something along the lines of “I’m 44 and I actually learnt a lot today from the kids…” We were first throughRead More

Say hello to the world baby Jude. Here he is folks. Now is that a cute face or what – look at that little nose. See he is laying on his side. Ollie came with us today and was VERY excited to see his little brother. Why Jude for a name?Well I just love it as a name (myRead More

Firstly I must apologise to my mate Steve and his lovely fiance Shahirah.We could just get to your celebration – as you’ll see we went from one to the other, and then had to get kids to bed. So apologies, and we hope you had a fantastic time. To our day.1500 – off we go toRead More

We had read that the boat ride at River Safari was now open. Ollie finished his panto yesterday so it was out first day together as a family for an age. The kids really enjoyed it last time we were there, albeit it it only lasted about 3 hours of entertainment as it is over pretty quick,Read More

As the song goes:”One night in Bangkok, and the World’s your… de di de, di de di de etc” Well, we had THREE nights this weekend for Chinese New Year. It was sort of forced on us – well absolutely it was forced on us as our family will know of course.  So what!  Let’sRead More

“There’s canvases in them there hills…” That’s my cry. Why…? Well because Mr and Mrs Totton took me and family Kennett to Fort Canning this Saturday morning. Armed with cameras. Bottles of water. A change of clothes. And at the end of the session, 6 very sweaty bodies. It was our new photo shoot. Something completely different forRead More

Sad and Happy, Happy and Sad. What to say!  Ollie off today for 6 days for his school field trip to Penang in Malaysia. Blimey when I was his age I used to go camping at Kingsdown, Kent on the white cliffs in a flipping tent, in the howling wind and rain. He gets to go here…Read More

Beautiful Nanny – just beautiful.  A picture paints a thousand words and all that, so really I can shut up for this one (for once I hear you saying!). Just enjoy the flowers from a sunny Garden of England garden! Do you want a little history on Westgate? Hmmm tell you what, I don’t care, you’re going toRead More