After saying the blogs on my page all seem to have passed away, Brit Girl In USA has reappeared!  And I'm going to steal her idea ( magpie in my former trade) of recalling 'wots occurred'...

So here's a quick recap of the major events and changes in the past 6 months or so, to catch you up......but just headlines and I will follow-up with the back story to many of them over the next few weeks.

• I turned 60 this July..
• We celebrated our 8th wedding Anniversary this August..
• I retired from teaching...
• We visited wells Next To Sea...
• Found out I had Very High Blood Pressure!!
• I have re-read David Edison...am reading at least 3 genres at present!!
• I am completed a walking half marathon and a 10km run on The Isle Of Coll...
• I am learning to cook and eat in a much healthier way...
• I am addicted to Twitter...
• I have taken 2 pairs of grandchildren camping...not sure if that will happen again!!
• I have visited two wonderful, and very different, Scottish Islands...
• I have seen a FABULOUS production at The Globe...

I will expand on most of these in the coming weeks....

Autumn Update...Part Five!!!

And there's more...

Wanderings...Off To Europe We Go...With a (nearly) TEENAGER!!!

Well, we made a mistake, and I'll be the first to put up my hand and admit it...we should have asked a friend to come as well.  Sorry Alisha...but you were fairly patient with us/me...probably more patient than me!!

Anyway, we went off on an adventure, to Luxembourge...(somewhere diffrent, we thought!!).

To Camp Kengert..

Plan was to make it as much of an adventure as we could ( being a couple of fairly non-exciting people!)  Go on an overnight ferry, to experience a reasonable trip and a cabin, not to long a drive through Holland & Belgium to Luxembourg. Alisha had her own tent, we had electricity for the first time camping  (gone soft ...)

Anyway...here's another of those lovely Google Photo's Story thingies... you'll pick up on a theme...ice creams, plus the artistic pics taken by the young lady. :)

Our 'Oliday

However....

Think we more than made up for that error by taking her bestie shopping on her birthday :)

Autumn Update part 2...

Wanderings....

Where have we been since March!!

Easter...we didn't go anywhere, these two came to us !  (Well, I did pick them up :))

And a happy time was had by all....we visited the Natural History Museum, Paradise Wildlife Park - (most FUN ever with BIG Lego bricks...)

But i reckon the best bit was cousins together :))

More later...

Good Morning March....

Mid way through March, spring is definitely springing and the bench is looking a tad happier!

So much for my posting every week...oh hum :)  What have we done then in our little life?

We had a quick trip to see the little ones...

Put up Ryley's Marble run...

which seemed to please them :)

 Camlins happy....new xbox :)

 Maisie's new trick, smile for the camera !!

Malik's lego...not as I know it !!

Wow...another two months gone!!

Going to make a resolution...to at least update this once a week!!

So, as has become a new tradition ( solely due to my lassitude in keeping this blog up to date), I will begin this with a recap!!

Crimble

We started off the festivities with a flying visit to out lovely ladies and boys in Weymouth..all growing up WAY too fast :)

Was going to spend loads of time loading pics...but thanks to marvels of modern tech...(and google!) I don't need to...click on the link...

Christmas

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The seagull and me had a great time!!!

I have to admit, I love the way google is developing the photo side of ggogle plus...just dont use the rest of it!!  Do have to keep downloading the pics that autobackup from our mobile (tablets, phones...logged into same account on Suzies and mine)...keeps everything up to date...geomarking is fun as well:)

We finished up 2014 at John and Niecie's...hello 2015 :))

but before we go...our year in a quick video...

January into February...

I'ts a couple of days to half term...Ive lost half a stone...we had a cracking Burns Supper

and we move on now...:))

Back soon...

An fun filled Easter for us....

It has been traditional for Suzie & Me to make the Easter pilgrimage to Weymouth to camp and contend with wind, rain, ice and, occasionally, sunshine...however this year it was a bit viccy verca...Claire et al came to brave the wilds of Hertfordshire and camp near us  http://www.westmillfarmcampsite.co.uk/.  

 First night camping in the nest....

Who's that sleeping in OUR bed....

 A walk in the bit of sun we had - Hartham Common...

 A bit of fishing...

 A McDONALDS !!!

 Hunting for the Eggs....(Suzie the great hider)

 Mnnnn - now where did I put them...:))

 Malik the climber finds his....

 Alisha is FAR too tall....

 Three happy bunnies...

 Fun at Knebworth

 Camlin's there...honest!!

 Go Suzie...

 A quick way through..if you're teeny..

 A bit harder if you're not!!

 Go girl...

 Choo Choo...

 FOOD

 Don't you just love it when they put a HORNET in the joust...

 My favourite piece of sculpture...

 Hiya...

 more FOOD...

It was fun... (okay the camping was cold & wet...!!)

and a Happy New Year to us all....

Can't believe it's been THREE years since I posted this
http://lendal.blogspot.com/2009_01_01_archive.html

Has Obama been the fresh broom we all hoped for?  Well after looking at the red necks coming through he republican primaries one can only hope that our colonials vote for him again come November !!!

Crimble was stress free, agony free and very nearly alcohol free!! Loads left in The Nest  - made some big boo boos with the wine - a crummy expensive rioja,  a car wash French Shiraz and an Eiswein that really should have been MUCH better !!  Anyway....

Had a trip to Weymouth to see the kids 

We saw a reindeer :)

We had a birthday girl (84 and still keeping us in check!)

and the birthday food was YUMMY!!

As for the organisation of Christmas Day itself....our young lady awaoke to a Stocking for the first time since she was aty school !! We heard a squeek!!

The laydees of the house had a RELAXING time...

 and my favourite part was ...

so, we're looking forward to 2012 with hope....

CHEERS