back to gosforth this morning for training game between chesterfield u13 and u14 groups

another highlight of the week was the delicious stonebeck raw nidderdale cheese

megan is straight back into training with her porter fc team at ash house lane, also now with newly-signed jack, team-mate from last season’s group

first game of the summer league, rangers take on evosoccer at ecclesfield school under the warm sun

megan’s mission for wild swimming was accomplished with some style in the nidd today, not once but twice!

tash and sparky kindly took megan and i for a little walk out today

nice walk along the the nidderdale way today, here we are on the descent to scar house reservoir

skye made scones!

nice warm-up ride round gouthwaite reservoir this morning, looking south west from high holme

reversing the usual order of things, we waved farfar and farmor off on their hols from pateley today!

joseph playing wth evosoccer at norton 3g

training with sheffield rangers at the akademy in dronfield

joseph’s proud of his first proper post-lockdown haircut

a highlight of our weekend was seeing skye in nature - contemplating the expansive nidderdale skyscape from guisecliffe

allotment darts

pretty cottage at glasshouses

balancing in guisecliffe woods

nice walk out to guisecliffe and lovely views over nidderdale yesterday

lunch at the two stoops

stille kveld på gardermoen

today’s home schooling with miriam and richard took a different form... in depth exploration of the river derwent and accurate measurement of froggatt bridge!

megan and joseph loved exploring the river and playing in the weir at rivelin, good way to stay cool!

offshore transport, sikorsky s-92 landing at rowan viking

mags had another go at making sourdough bread today, same starter-ish, but totally different recipe though... got the skye seal of approval!

skye’s birthday zoom with family from far and wide, great that evelyn could join us!

an emotional day as we said goodbaye to ncs leaders peter and anne

happy birthday to skye! oh how the tiny have grown mighty in 15 short years!

and finally when the street lights come on...

and the really solid dry dressed stone walls

love the edging stones

fabulous pale light at sunset

another cracking day in stavanger, enjoyed the walk out to the ‘broken links’ alexander kielland memorial at the weekend

ultramarine blue sky in the morning

lovely weather at the ‘sverd i fjell’ (swords in the stone) monument at hafrsfjord in stavanger

stavanger quarantine view

the girls have been busy creating in the kitchen!! brownies and meringue for dessert then, yum yum!!

summer is nearly here!!

enjoying football on the meadow with nathan

megan says bake for victory - ve day scones this time

joseph working hard at his sprint training in chelsea park

morning work out with joe and rosie

joseph making dropped scones for breakfast yum yum

skye in complete covid creative concentration channel

megan hard at work on her history homework, writing comparisons of aztec and viking artefacts

joseph showed his appreciation for his frontline-nhs-worker-mum by cooking her spaghetti bolognese for dinner today

bonny scotland!

the guys love this home schooling mullarky with auntie mim... mm, can’t think why?!

another snowy start at bergen flesland

up to the serene myrdalsvatn at 374 metres above sea level

beautiful walking at rosendal and the hardangerfjord