new and old, view from the hotel window in bergen

bonfire time!

megan and joseph are loving tennis lessons at the local club!

the new front lawn is coming along nicely..

playing against doncaster rovers academy

despite it being over 70 years since the liberation, many of the huts are preserved in the same condition as that time and the whole area is an exceptionally well-tended museum

struck by one particular picture at the oskar schindler enamel factory - where light and shadow meet - somehow visually sums up the journey

1.1 million cobbles

the railway lines and selection yard at birkenau

one of the most profound days of my life

david at the beginning of our pilgrimage

as clynt so ably demonstrates, every man needs a log rack and an axe

the famous old limes are just beginning to leaf

matty swings the splitter like a seasoned pro

beautiful day at higger tor

happy birthday giles!

joseph won club player of the year at last night's annual presentation evening

at the imposing surroundings of hardwick hall

there's only one way to top off an afternoon in the botanical gardens!

at the risk of being thought a shelving nerd.. the kitchen shelves are finished too!

bathroom shelving might not look exciting to you, but they're finished

up the rangers!

another fab couch breakfast with mike and pippa!

a very proud joseph with the sportsman of the week award at sheffield united

well done jordan speith.. always pure relaxation to watch the masters

exploring in the peak

up the blades!

peace and quiet at last! locked the kids in their prisons (we can always tell social services they're just composters)

an exciting easter sunday morning! together with the frenchies for godson isaac's baptism at st john's

going over the moor to the two scoops (as megan calls it) with farfar

enjoying farfar and farmor's new living room floor

and finally (in the rain and hail) it was finished!

joseph was a brilliant helper today and there's just the roof to finish now

taking shape

...and then the log rack began

before the rutters had a log rack, they had a nook...

relaid the front lawn today after the rigours of the roofing over the autumn and winter, let's see how it grows

twisting sword of the spirit balloons with the rutters and wallers

joseph with his football team, sheffield rangers under 7s

art time with jeremiah and farmor

familiar view - back in crookes this morning for training with sheffield united

learning to crotchet with farmor

skye and iona dressed up as tweedledum and tweedledee for world book day

the composters are taking shape

a good feeling on a damp morning... next winter's logs split, stacked and drying

look who I found on the log rack today!

atmospheric weather at longshaw

a cosy view from the hallway on a cold and snowy evening - two woodburners on the go!

yesterday we shared a delicious indian lunch with skye's friend aditi and her family

meg's first flip!