The Christmas break has given me the opportunity to get out and experiment with my camera. This image of a fish, like the ones I published yesterday, was taken at Palacerigg Country Park in North Lanarkshire. In case you’re wondering, it’s a carp!
This year we spent Christmas with family up in Scotland. Our flight home on Tuesday wasn’t until the afternoon and the children were hyper-excited, aided by the fact they’d been fed huge amounts of sweets over the festive period. Realising they were steadily tearing granny’s house apart, we took them to the nearby Palacerigg Country
It was Christmas Eve and I was out and about with my childern, wife and mother in law. Gill, my wife, had to dash off to Debenhams to do some last minute shopping so MiL and I were in charge of Helen and Elizabeth. As you can imagine, the kids’ excitement levels were off the
I’ve read a lot of blog posts this year about Christmas traditions. One tradition this family has is the pantomime. Well, I call it a tradition, we’ve gone three years on the trot. I guess we’ve been doing it long enough to count. This year the four of us, Gill my wife and our daughters
Over recent weeks I’ve struggled to do much outside physical activity with the kids. The dark nights, poor weather, social engagements and preparations for Christmas have all intervened and made this difficult, despite living minutes away from the glorious leafy countryside of Surrey. Last week, an opportunity presented itself. It wasn’t much of an
