Great Expectations
The last four weeks have been busier than ever. We bought a new house that needed attention. New windows and doors, a new kitchen and a boiler, fireplace to remove, […]
Things that happen in a small village
I’ve lived in rural places before, just a bit out of the village, certainly isolated. But for the last 20 years I’ve been a city dweller, which has its benefits, […]
Spoilers in the Sea
I’ve always been tempted by the sea. To look at it, to walk by it and to feel it. Being a kid of the 70’s and 80’s I’ve been subject […]
The Wild Side…
I’d decided that 2017 was the year of ‘getting in, or being on the water’. Last year I thought about wild swimming a lot. I blogged about it too, so […]
A nice day out. A throwback story
Today reminded me of my life a few years ago. Watching a mum on the bus heading into town I was transported back. Back to a time when I had […]
On being a virtual wild swimmer…
I’ve always been interested in wild swimming (but in those days it wasn’t called anything as grand) as a child I’d get in the sea, a freezing Lakeland stream and […]
New things to appreciate…
We have been living in the country now, in deepest darkest Devon, for over a year. This time last year we were trying to figure out how things worked and what the new normal was…
Crystal Tipps and the Tiny Tent
We haven’t managed to get a family holiday this year. We are both working full time and amusing the boys in-between, with a bit of help from a child-minder, holiday […]
Not on the list…
Not that I’m ever one to jump on the band wagon, who am I kidding, I am completely one for jumping on the band wagon and following whatever trend is […]
Rolling through the seasons…
We are 6 months into our adventure. That makes it sound like deepest darkest Peru, it’s not, it’s Devon. Mind sometimes it does feel like a foreign place. Folks said […]
Down In Devon 