Starting her young

Beth enjoyed a few shots at the driving range

Happy Easter!

Emily's pony ride

Anything goes

Saturday Morning TV Selfie

Curry Night with Bugs

Walk of Dooooom

I will be setting myself a personal challenge in July whereby Steve and I will be attempting to walk 50 miles in one day around the lovely pastures of East Kent. We are trying to raise money for the Upton Junior School Save Our Pool fundraising campaign, which is attempting to save the swimming pool from permanent closure. The pool is not only used by the kids of Upton but also eleven other schools in the area.

If you are feeling generous and would like to encourage our nutty crusade around Kent you can sponsor us using the link below. Many thanks.

http://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/team/super-yompers

3rd and 43rd Birthday!

Having a great day!

3rd Birthday

Where did those three years go? Emily had a fabulous day, thank you to everyone who sent cards and presents. Oh, Jon had a great Birthday too!

Candidates for Thanet South Constituency

The candidate list reads as follows;

Craig Mackinlay (Cons) 

Will Scobie (Lab)

Russell Timpson (Lib Dem)

Ian Driver (Green)

Nigel Farage (Ukip)

Ruth Bailey (Manston Airport Independent Party)

Nigel Askew (Reality Party) 

Tim Garbutt (Ind)

Al Murray (FUKP)

Prophet Zebediah The Leader of the Al Zebabist Nation of Ooog. 

What a cracking line-up! 

One plate of food destroyed and a funny face to go with it.

Bonkers

Due to Upton Junior School's need for funding to save their swimming pool, Steve and I have decided to take on the mammoth challenge of a 50 mile walk around east Kent in one day. Neither of us have ever walked this distance in a day (or anywhere close) so it is a trip into the unknown. 

We'll be starting and finishing in Herne Bay and taking in Whitstable, Canterbury, and Thanet. It'll be an early start as we'll start at 5am and probably finish at around 9pm in the evening. Yes, we are bonkers but you can't beat a good walk!

Powell-Cotton

The family and I spent Saturday afternoon at the Powell-Cotton museum at Quex. Although I've visited several times before I am still impressed with the exhibits and educational aspect of the place. It leaves me feeling a combination of wonderment for the beauty of the beasts behind the glass and dismay that people could kill them for "trophies" (although Powell-Cotton did advance  knowledge and understanding through his hunting). Powell-Cotton also brought back fascinating tales and artefacts from his interactions with the indigenous populations of Africa and India in the 19th and 20th centuries, all of which are on display. 

If you haven't visited the museum I strongly advise you to go. Lovely, friendly and knowledgable people work there and there are good tea and cake facilities.

Beth and Emily seemed to enjoy themselves in the newly-opened sensory and research area in gallery 6 - they spent best part of an hour banging bongos, drawing and putting items under the microscopes. Oh, and stoking stuffed badgers.

Bedtime TV time is always a good time for a cuddle. Team Feb rocking!

Brussel Soup - Debrief

The last batch of brussels and cabbage soup is currently being consumed. It definitely seems tastier than the freshly cooked batch. Fortunately the accompanying flactulence seems to have diminished too. 

As Parkes didn't quite go for this soup I've decided to blow her mind later this week with a spicy sweet potato soupy offering.

Farage

We received our first front door visit from UKIP's campaigners yesterday afternoon. Fortunately Parkes was rapid with the "No thanks" retort and shut the door quickly. UKIP have started the campaign nice and early to try to secure Farage's passage to Parliament. After all, in an election where UKIP look certain to bag a good handful of seats, having their leader looking on from the sidelines wouldn't be good (hahahahahaha yes it would!).

Meanwhile, in family-land, Emily has a thick cold and Beth's feet keep on growing. The next size she moves to will be an adult size. Definitely going to get her into basketball.

Brussel Sprout and Cabbage Soup

Made brussel sprout and cabbage soup today. I can see why it isn't made too often.

Welcome to 2015

It's cold and dark but already the nights are getting lighter. January is moving along nicely and will hopefully pass sooner rather than later. At home the girls are healthy and the parent are both working hard.

Have visited the Ramsgate Tunnels on the past two weekend. It's packed with historical interest and well worth a visit.

Christmas Day 2014

A rare quiet moment!

Adnams

Clive, Howard and I ventured up to Suffolk on Wednesday to tour around the Adnams brewery. It's the first time I have been to this part of the British coastline since trips to Aldeburgh and Snape during my childhood days. The skies were grey, the air damp and cold, and the sea crashed against the pebbles on the beach; it is a part of Britain dear to my heart and I should really spend more time there.

Anyway, as I was saying, we were in Suffolk to visit the brewery. Grand it was, with lots of new kit and automation consoles and other funky stuff. What we didn't realise was that there was also a distillery at the plant. I've not seen one before and it was a sight to behold. 

Very pretty vessels, used to produce whiskies, gins, vodkas and other spirits. It got all of us thinking about trying distilling at home (which of course we wouldn't because it is illegal to do so).

Many thanks to Fergus for taking time out to guide us around the plant. I wonder where our next adventure will take us.