Category: Family

Museum Artefacts 0

Holiday to Dorset – Dorchester & Chesil Beach

I can’t believe it’s Friday already, we may have packed a lot into our holiday so far, but there was still so much to do. Today started with an early morning walk for me where I found three geocaches and as usual returned with croissants for breakfast for Anna and Morgan. We then headed off...

Lulworth Cove 0

Holiday in Dorset – Lulworth Cove and Sandcastle World

Another lovely day in Dorset and today we had a trip to Lulworth Cove planned, so after breakfast we set off and soon arrived at Lulworth Cove where we parked in the car park which was quiet had a quick look around the visitor centre and then headed off across the beach which we had virtually...

Climbing 1

Holiday to Dorset – Climbing (not) and a day in Weymouth

Wednesday morning dawned bright and sunny once again we had no sleep as the room was so hot. I therefore went out for an early morning walk into the reeds of the Lodmor Country Park as the sun rose.   I returned with croissants for breakfast for Anna and Morgan. We complained about the ridiculous heat...

Chesil Beach 0

Holiday to Dorset – Fossil Hunting in Charmouth

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]uesday already and our first full day in Dorset. One of the main reasons for coming here was to go fossil hunting, so we wasted no time and planned a day at Charmouth today to find some fossils. I started the day with an early morning run into Weymouth and back along some of the...

Cerne Abbas 0

Holiday to Dorset – The Journey South

After a weekend at my parents house for Easter we spent most of Easter Monday heading south towards Dorset. Cerne Abbas Giant We took quite a random route to get there and stopped off at Cerne Abbas to take a look at the giant there which Morgan found quite amusing. We had a nice picnic...

Family Photo 3

Holiday to Dorset – En Route to Portland

It may only be April, but it was time for our family holiday to Portland in Dorset. Why Portland in Dorset? Well, I was planning on competing in what looked like a nice sprint distance triathlon there on Sunday 12th, and it was the area that I studied for for PhD. looking at the palaeoecology...

Easter Chocolates 2

Easter Bunny Clues

Even though we were away visiting family in South Gloucestershire it seems as though the Easter Bunny had us under surveillance and managed to visit and leave clues for Morgan’s Easter egg hunt while he slept last night. In addition to the eggs

Aberystwyth Bands 0

Aberystwyth Bands Concert

[dropcap]J[/dropcap]ust a couple of photos from the concert at the Arts Centre that we went to last night. First up was the Aberystwyth Youth Schools Band. We knew a few of the children playing in the band, and who knows maybe one day Morgan will be joining them. Next up was a rendition of ‘The Incredibles’ by...

Pi-Day Souvenir 0

Pi Day Souvenir

Happy Pi Day everyone… We celebrated 3.14.15 (otherwise known as Pi Day) with a trip to Welshpool and the finding of a mystery geocache. It was actually one I’d worked out months ago, but seeing as we were going to Welshpool for a day out anyway and there was a Pi Day souvenir up for...