skye enjoyed the beautiful summer sunset on the flight back and took loads of photos

before more wandering the pretty streets of amsterdam with their trees, canals and bands!

very calm and quiet tour through the museum which preserves and displays the secret annexe where anne frank and her family hid from the nazis for two years - no photos allowed - then a pause for refreshments in the museum cafe, great view over the canal

then waiting on the other side of the church for our entry time to the anne frank museum

and the small memorial to anne frank... sad that the flowers were so wilted

then the short walk to the westerkerk

the very grand royal palace square

yum yum

brilliant herring lunch from rob's vishandel

skye's garden party

first impression of amsterdam - skye's in bike shock!!!

meanwhile joseph and the lads were enjoying the barnsley metrodome

skye's birthday bash - a big box of brilliant burritos!

brunch at ikea is quickly becoming a fave

too cool for school

fun day out boating with the westerns at rother valley

beautiful evening for a bbq together with veronika and christina

had a fantastic surprise at the end of the power house weekend - met michael for the first time in years, along with his wife julia and their children emily and jack

the sunshine of my life!

beautiful weather for a prayer, reading & sailing retreat at phokaia, turkey

another beautiful day for a walk on the sheffield round walk, here are the girls on the graves park meadow

beautiful day in spalding for the tulip trophy

joseph and the academy lads watched chesterfield beat newport county at the proact 1-0 this evening

supervisor seminar

cycling around tananger with amanda in the beautiful evening sunshine

andres iniesta confirms he will leave barca at the end of the season

 

 

beautiful spring evening, just right for an adventure in the peak

elijah's baptism

passover meal together with friends beth, phi, ali and pete

megan's made another cracking submission to the school easter egg competition! inspired this year by the very memorable children's story book

out to watch the under 16s in the floodlit cup final at the proact, those dayglo kits must have worked a treat as derby county won 2-0

beautiful day for footie on the costa del donny today, joseph rocked the white away kit & his new white mouldies,... not to mention rocking doncaster rovers 10-4!!

woke up to another proper winter's morning, apart from the fact that football and church were both cancelled!

happy megan's birthday party day! trampolining, pizza, sing movie and lollipop cake!

beautiful day in northern norway

once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more... this time via edale to close up the airport with our english dead

this view makes it seem like a nice day to sit (and stand) around the airport

another nice crisp sunny morning for joseph's first home game for chesterfield against notts county

sharp shiny fitness day - park run then out riding with rich to bradfield, strikes, hathersage

futsal tournament at queens park

away v york city, joseph scored a back-post header and it ended 1-1

with david ducker for his ordination at st philip's

back to barnsley, this time in the blue of chesterfield

joseph enjoyed playing in a mini-festival at doncaster rovers last night... the football was good but the temperatures weren't!

futsal at shirebrook

out for a crisp winter walk with the keen hikers beside desmond memmott's memorial overlooking ladybower

megan had a great run at her first junior park run on a sunny frosty morning at graves park - she finished 19th overall and was the 4th girl

atmospheric day in nidderdale

skye's speedy horse sketch, summarily scribbled in sublime style before she put on her slippers this morning

richard won this new year's day edition of the international welly wanting competition