beautiful sunrise over sheffield

off on an adventure with skye

winners of the scawthorpe scorpions tournament 2017

with evelyn for her golden anniversary celebration

yay for ice skating!

hanging out with evelyn

beautiful yorkshire sunlight - perfect for a bike ride!

isla's best bit was cuddling up on the sofa with megan

megan's sealife favourite is the black tipped shark

auntie margaret's favourite bear

megan on the birmingham bear trail!

not ready to leave.... looking out in the breathtaking sunset from the ancient town of orcau over the valley and limestone hills beyond

and tasting the award winning wines - no spitting here!

our guide peter showing us some the vineyard sauvella's nebulo and cabernet sauvignon vines

enjoying a tour of the sauvella vineyard set against the amazing backdrop of the hilltop town of orcau with it's ruined castle

bathed in late afternoon sunlight at orcau

tasty dinner out in tremp at the restaurant de gurp

enjoying the tour of la sagrada familia in glorious sunshine

at the camp nou

delightful day doing nothing but diving, dunking and dam building in the flamisell river

dinosaur hunting at basturs, didn't meet any but found a big footprint

biking out to the slick rock for some skills training

brilliant fun splashing in the river gorge and rock pools

great call to go swimming in the lake yesterday evening!

the kids settled straight into their new catalan environment and love chilling in the courtyard

woohoo! we're off, barça here we come!

another happy sad moment as parents say thank you, goodbye and give gifts to mrs ashmore at the start of the last school day yesterday

sad to say goodbye to the brilliant and lovely mrs ashmore, who is leaving porter croft for a new job teaching at the university

family selfie!

and another... after every great adventure comes, yep, ice cream!

another pic from our bike ride

also nathan came over last night and joined us for football and a yummy frogmore stew in the garden

we had a brilliant bike riding adventure together in the peak district this afternoon - circled the derwent and howden reservoirs, about 16km in total... here we've just turned the corner above slippery stones

joseph was puck in his class performance of a midsummer night's dream - here he is with his mates after their abridged rendition at the school summer fair

chocolate ganache iced madeira birthday cake!

beautiful sunny evening at the lindals - my best bit was going shopping in amanda's new shop!

oh look who won the trophy, medal, tournament yesterday!

joseph playing with sheffield rangers in the football tournament at dinnington

fantastic day for the yard sale trail

delicious pizza al fresco

lovely weather for a walk up on derwent edge with mum and dad, looking northwest towards ladybower and dovestone tor

the new season's sheffield rangers u10s are looking good, played their first tournament of the summer at graves, knocked out on penalties in the semi-final

joseph training with derby county at belper

joseph playing football with derby county at ripley leisure centre

great opportunity to use the new old dinner service, back in sheffield for the first time in around eighty years

normal bank holiday then

great weather for lunch al fresco!

mormor's on the mend

stopped off at lincoln on the way home

mags and the girls had a great time with simone and family at small wood