snowy statfjord

taking dad (oops meant isla) out for a late morning boxing day walk in the botanical gardens

ready for community carol singing!

dan’s dancing again

…and then there were shoe racks!

ash has been working hard in the porch…

we’re ready for winter

and then they were loaded

finally megan’s scaffold shelves are up!

mags and marion at the cottage afterwards

the 'el toro' boys are ready to play in their shiny new shirts - massive thanks to dan with ljc, ant with creative stream and james with twentytwo who made this possible!

back at training

playing porter fc in a friendly at cliffe park / callywhite lane, it’s a fabulous autumn morning, some positive stuff but just couldn’t finish… ended up losing 1-0, the highlight was having the lovely nathan help out in the net!

kick off for joseph’s brunsmeer team against woodhouse in heavy rain at king ecgberts’s school this morning, some positives - including two well taken goals for joseph - but overall got done and lost 3-6

the original tough mudder!

kick off for joseph’s project mbappe team in the friday night five-a-side league

our nearest beach, at s’amarador

roast pork dinner yum yum

meg preparing her shelves with danish oil

nice afternoon ride out to redmires yesterday

tidy win for sweden at beautiful downtown bramall lane!

training again at graves

bridge jumping at froggatt with joseph, hugo, megan and beth

beautiful sunny evening at graves, perfect for some football training

shove ha’penny championships are in full swing!

lovely evening together with richard and marion, enjoying mags’ fish pie dinner at the big table on the patio

tennis ball warm up

a bit of trangia training ahead of joseph’s duke of edinburgh bronze expedition this week

and in with the new shower

out with the old

all brunsmeer cup final match for joseph’s blacks against reds in the evening sunlight at the meadway, some nice touches but didn’t go their way, ended losing 4-2

nice win for megan’s porter fc in the spring sunshine at lightwoods, beat charnock ridgeway 7-2 in a friendly, playing 11-a-side for the first time

another nice evening, this time it’s joseph’s brunsmeer football training at graves

lovely spring evening for megan’s porter fc football training at warminster road

the fam above chapel porth, with wheal coates in the background

glorious evening in inverness - a great antidote to a day in aberdeen - even though macleods chippie was closed, a fulsome haggis neeps tatties and a dram at hootannies made up for it

taking the sleeper from crewe

beautiful breezy blue sky day, perfect for a walk in the peak with chris

bit of a ding dong game for megan’s porter fc against hillsborough pumas orange at warminster road yesterday afternoon - two cracking goals from Henry and alex however a dodgy penalty given against them led to a somewhat harsh 3-2 defeat

full focus from megan in football training tonight at warminster road

joseph played for new team brunsmeer athletic u14s black for the first time today, beat silverwood 3-2 in a cup match at dalton, joseph scored his teams second with a neatly taken penalty

skye busy bravely building baby pallet shelf, meanwhile the pallet shelf daddy directs from a dutiful distance

not bad at bryggen either

beautiful blue skies in bergen, fantastic for following the footpath up to fløyen

strange things car washes

after all these years, it was a great blessing to visit st michael le belfrey this morning with skye

despite the heavy rain, skye and i enjoyed a fantastic walk right round the city walls of york

training again, with brunsmeer pals at graves

not a bad view to wake up to…

good win for megan’s porter fc against woodhouse juniors at warminster road yesterday, ended 3-0