the chess brains lock horns…

walking along stanage

another hidden gem inductee! after her first (demanding) week at high storrs (summer) school, megan has very much earned her hot chocolate and cake stripes!

birthday curry at prithi raj together with the westerns

quick walk and swim with the girls

lovely to hang out with the calladines at eyam

homemade cauliflower curry, tarka dahl and rice, yum yum!

visiting john and anne-marie

badminton

fish and chips yum yum

a lovely visit with evelyn today

a swim in and a walk by the river wharfe at grassington today

megan’s porter glory beat staincross rangers 4-2 away at royston this morning

really lovely to spend the evening with amy and esther

megan in action with her porter fc team at the glapwell football tournament

after two years of waiting, finally d day has arrived! dishwasher day that is..

whilst over in sweden cousin kerstin was being confirmed - even though we couldn’t be present in person, it was lovely to watch the ceremony online

megan’s porter didn’t really turn up against a surprisingly effective eckington bfc (former brampton rovers group), losing 7-2 in a friendly away at their very well presented school street pitch

beautiful day at bamford in the peak for skye’s birthday outing!

joseph and the gods gang boys enjoying an event at the allotment

joseph’s final game for chesterfield at barnford hill park, oldbury, battered halesowen town 9-1 in the jpl cup

beautiful evening up at sola ruinkirken

sola quarantine national day

meanwhile just up the road at carlton park, joseph’s sheffield rangers were playing shaw lane aquaforce, started ok but got out of hand in the second half and finished losing 6-2

massive win for megan and the porter glory at water royd drive, dodworth this afternoon, thrashing dsc 8-1 in what her coach described as, “the best performance he has ever seen from the team”

convincing 9-3 win for chesterfield over evosoccer at warminster road this morning, joseph playing at right wing back

sola quarantine day 4 - white

sola quarantine day 2 - red

rangers lost 4-2 to kitlocker at jubilee this evening

sola quarantine day 1 - blue

so joseph’s latest thing is blindfolded chess... still got thumped in embarrassingly short order!

joseph’s chesterfield team lost yesterday in a friendly to a rotherham team at shu bawtry road, all got deeply defensive

meanwhile at the jubilee, joseph's rangers u13s were playing a friendly with dronfield town u14s, final score was 6-4 to rangers, joseph got a goal and an assist

massive end of season league game for megan's porter u11s against greenhill at stand road this morning, porter worked super hard and won gloriously 2-1

rainy morning on dark lane, didn’t stop joseph and his chesterfield u13s team beating clay cross 2-0

carrot cupcake and norwegian success cake at the hidden gem this afternoon

bit of a size mismatch this evening when joseph’s sheffield rangers u13s took on greasborough youth u14s in the rain at the jubilee, good game and good training despite losing 2-5

joseph played in sheffield rangers league match against young owls today, his first game on the full size pitch at jubilee, did well but lost 4-1

joseph scored a beautiful first-time right-foot half-volley from the edge of the box today for chesterfield’s third goal in a 3-3 draw with doncaster elite at balby carr in the jpl

joseph’s chesterfield won big at sgp graves on the grass today, beat hawkes 360 in the league finished 9-0

spinning meggy in chelsea park

training again at staveley with si, james & james

good 3-0 win for joseph’s sheffield rangers against treeton terriers today at thorncliffe

snow sprinkling underfoot and blue skies overhead for a short spring walk up on lose hill

doing my best leeds united impression, spying from the woods on joseph’s game at derby county academy’s moor farm training ground

today’s south shields game was cancelled, so instead had some training with jose and daniel at parkwood springs

and finally the new tv and speaker brackets are up

the mighty rangers back in training at chaucer this evening

friendly first fixture for chesterfield, played darnall diamonds u14s at phillimore park, simple 7-1 win in the spring sunshine

passover seder meal with the westerns at the allotment