July 27

Andy's progress so far - to see the map properly, you really have to click on it to enlarge it.

The route goes as follows:

JOG - Keiss - Thrumster - Dunbeath - Helmsdale - Brora - Pitgrudy.

He has covered about 80 miles walking in 6 days. Pretty good going if you ask me!
Mixed weather: mostly dry with some heavy showers.
Oh and only 1 blister so far!

July 26

July 25

Fabric samples of our new sofa have arrived! The sofas will be covered in the stone colour, and the scatter cushions will be in the 2 accent fabrics. Can't wait for them to arrive,we ordered it at the end of June but it has a long delivery lead time :(

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The lack of visibility is purely due to waterspray, not fog! It was atrocious weather to drive in!

July 20

Bakewell - Yes, where they invented the Bakewell Pudding! And no, we did not eat any...

July 19

Scenery in Peak District:

After going through Glossop, we crossed Snake Pass and this is just past that, headed towards Bakewell.

July 18

July 17

Clearing the very last items out of Andy's house! It's sold and everything has to go!!

July 16

July 15 - is it a space ship??

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July 9

This is the view from my kitchen window... note the little bird on the seed feeder...

July 8

Andy plays with his new toy: A Panasonic TZ6.. to take with him when he goes walkabout in a few weeks, as every gram/ounce counts!

July 7

And the same beach, but looked upon from Rhosilli, near Worm's Head:

July 6

Taken over the weekend: My men are walking on Rhosilli Beach, on the Gower Peninsula in Wales.
It is low tide, but even at high tide, this is a huge sandy beach!

July 5 - beach + bonus pics

This is the largest jellyfish we have ever seen on a beach!



Ready to have lunch! Note the sunshine?? We did get some rain first thing on Saturday morning, and there was rain during the night, but we generally had good weather: we've all come home sunburned!




He still remembered how to surf!

July 4 - camping weekend!

We've taken Elko and Matthew to the Gower for a camping weekend, plus a surprise for them as a thank you for their 'jobs' at our wedding 6 weeks ago.

These are our home for the 2 nights. And there has been no rain till now: at the time of this picture it was about 10:45 am on Sat 4th....



And this is their surprise:



We booked them a flying lesson from Swansea airport!

July 2 - cheating - Dutch wedding picture

This one was taken in Holland when we went to sort of re-do our wedding for my mum..s o here we are with my mum!

July 1 - hot work

Clearing tree/bush stumps to be able to lay our deck in the spot where the sun still shines in our garden at the end of the evening...

June 30 - Wellington College

OK, so it was not taken today, I took this on Sunday as it is in the grounds of this college that Berkshire County Rugby Squad was doing the 1st coaching session.




"Wellington College was founded by Queen Victoria and Prime Minister The Earl of Derby in 1859 as the national monument to Britain's greatest military figure, the Duke of Wellington, who also served the country with distinction twice as Prime Minister.

Wellington College is a vibrant and popular co-educational boarding and day school where girls and boys learn to be leaders for life."

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