beautiful clear skies, perfect for some football training at claywheels lane

opening stocking presents by the fireside

later on sunday joseph made a quick dash back for another heavy pitch, I mean friendly, for rangers against afen steelers u14s at parkwood springs, played well but got done 11-2

meanwhile megan joined the muddy fun with her porter team, playing a league game on a very heavy stand road pitch beating rotherham town 6-1

another heavy pitch, at scunthorpe this time, lost 7-0 in a friendly

over to wombwell for this week’s heavy going battle, played doncaster elite in the jpl, lost 4-2 on a laughable pitch with a laughable ref

megan playing with porter at stand road, beat kiveton park reds 3-2 in atrocious conditions, cold wet windy and sleet

friendly against clay cross at smw today, played well and won 5-0

walk and coffee in the park with andy

joseph and the god’s gang had a great time hanging out at the allotment later last night

beautiful crisp winter’s evening for hill sprint training in meersbrook park

great game for joseph and the rangers today, beat kitlocker 4-3 in a friendly up at thorncliffe, joseph played really well in the middle, ran his socks off and scored a cracker from the edge of the box with his right foot

over to staveley miners for the first training after lockdown, first session on the new astro and what will be chesterfield’s home ground for the remainder of this season

the advent-ture continues - with tree bling!

and still the pruning goes on...

our advent window decoration is looking good!

oh yes we’re ready for advent and are looking firward!

roll on christmas!

sunrise over the north sea

the relentless routine of regular rehearsal remains for joseph, without recoil, refusal or resistance, never requesting rest - well, ok, perhaps only rarely - regardless of restrictions, heedless of the range or ratio of the r-value, not even rain can ...

så koseligt å treffe halvor i dag på tananger bedehuset

dramatic skies above the ski centre at hovden, a little ray of light from february's fab skiing trip

fun catching up this afternoon with an extended family zoom!

the hafrsfjord swords by night

this evening mags megan and skye popped out to the peak for some fresh air!

first hour so far this week in stavanger with no rain!

back at oliver’s mount yesterday for megan’s porter u11s team to take on handsworth

with the pending lockdown, remembrance day was observed early with a minute’s silence before kick-off
porter started brightly with great runs and well-taken goals from henry, but succumbed to the high-intensity opposition in the second-half
defeated 8-4 at the end

short early morning walk with skye and mags through brincliffe edge wood amongst absolutely awesome autumnal array

big win for joseph and his chesterfield u13 team today, despite the wet and gusty conditions they beat pontefract collieries 7-0 at gosforth fields

lovely autumn colours in our version of the chelsea road flower show

oooo megan’s catching up on her mum!

last week darrel worked his magic on our porch door

hard going for the rangers today, lost 5-4 in a friendly to the hard-pressing brunsmeer at dore

joseph played for chesterfield in a friendly against sufc etc at graves today, lots of positives and lots of learning points despite the steep 11-2 scoreline

this morning’s sadness was finding old brock on our street

good to be back at chaucer for rangers training

mags continues to refine her fabulous recipe for brownies... the only thing more fabulous is the appetite of the testers!

undaunted by her porter game against caribbean being cancelled yesterday, megan put joseph through his paces on the meadow

oooo pancakes for breakfast!

rainy morning for a hastily arranged friendly as joseph and his chesterfield u13s took on evosoccer at warminster road, scrappy game ended 1-1

leaves turning in chelsea park

high energy training session for the rangers at parkwood tonight

joseph’s first training session at adam’s new gym, the kettle club at bramall lane

and was named (joint) man of the match, together with jack and ashton

epic struggle between joseph’s sheffield rangers and ecclesall rangers in the league yesterday at niagara, frustrating game locked in midfield, resulted in a 1-1 draw

a beautiful morning for football! megan’s porter glory warriors march on to victory in an enthralling and entertaining match, winning 4-3 against a determined thorncliffe colts side

today joseph turned in his best performance for chesterfield so far, battered yorkshire elite 5-1 at graves in the jpl, ran tirelessly, got one assist and hit the bar

meanwhile joseph and the mighty rangers took on newly promoted side kitlocker on the ecclesfield school astro, some good football and some sloppy finishing resulted in a 3-3 draw

good win for megan and her porter fc team against worsborough bridge in the league today at stand road, ended 4-3

the mighty rangers training under the lights at wisewood