very sunny, perfect for a canoe and paddleboard trip on la charente and le solençon at cognac

took my best shot, got me right to the very top, up there with dunc at brimham rocks

meanwhile in pateley, the harvest was plentiful! big buffet lunch gathering at the palace celebrating david’s 80th, christine’s 75th, their golden wedding and susan’s 46th birthday

not a bad morning in nidderdale

my view this morning at gina krog’s field

skye’s final a-level exam

ah bliss, 22degrees, blue skies and a gentle breeze, perfect for pre-season training

took this good looking pair out to beauchief golf club for joseph’s brunsmeer under 15s black team end of season presentation evening

clear spring skies, just right for lunch out in esbjerg

small and select group at training tonight, get to play a bit of foot-tennis as harry kane and his pals are in town for a blades-battering

beautiful sunrise over norton lees this morning

big win for joseph and his brunsmeer team over 10-man charnock ridgeway this morning at king ecgbert’s, ended 8-2

beautiful moonlight on the sea this evening, despite the glare there’s still something in that glistering

big win in the league - finally - for joseph and his brunsmeer team today, beating eckington 2-1 in very windy conditions on king ecgbert’s astro, only downside was that joseph picked up a yellow card

perfect crisp winter weather for a forty miler through the peak with richard and andy

cross training tonight

brunsmeer training at graves

back in training

big sky and calm sea - looking south from statfjord c towards the statfjords b and a, with brent charlie and the stumps just visible on the horizon

snowy statfjord

taking dad (oops meant isla) out for a late morning boxing day walk in the botanical gardens

ready for community carol singing!

dan’s dancing again

…and then there were shoe racks!

ash has been working hard in the porch…

we’re ready for winter

and then they were loaded

finally megan’s scaffold shelves are up!

mags and marion at the cottage afterwards

the 'el toro' boys are ready to play in their shiny new shirts - massive thanks to dan with ljc, ant with creative stream and james with twentytwo who made this possible!

back at training

playing porter fc in a friendly at cliffe park / callywhite lane, it’s a fabulous autumn morning, some positive stuff but just couldn’t finish… ended up losing 1-0, the highlight was having the lovely nathan help out in the net!

kick off for joseph’s brunsmeer team against woodhouse in heavy rain at king ecgberts’s school this morning, some positives - including two well taken goals for joseph - but overall got done and lost 3-6

the original tough mudder!

kick off for joseph’s project mbappe team in the friday night five-a-side league

our nearest beach, at s’amarador

roast pork dinner yum yum

meg preparing her shelves with danish oil

nice afternoon ride out to redmires yesterday

tidy win for sweden at beautiful downtown bramall lane!

training again at graves

bridge jumping at froggatt with joseph, hugo, megan and beth

beautiful sunny evening at graves, perfect for some football training

shove ha’penny championships are in full swing!

lovely evening together with richard and marion, enjoying mags’ fish pie dinner at the big table on the patio

tennis ball warm up

a bit of trangia training ahead of joseph’s duke of edinburgh bronze expedition this week

and in with the new shower

out with the old

all brunsmeer cup final match for joseph’s blacks against reds in the evening sunlight at the meadway, some nice touches but didn’t go their way, ended losing 4-2