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A Day out in Bristol

I haven’t been into the centre of Bristol for years. Broadmead used to be a regular stomping ground for me, but it has all changed since I was last there. As part of our recent few days away we spent a day in Bristol, shopping at the new (to me) Cabot Circus. We first had...

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A (very) brief visit to Stonehenge

Whilst driving between Southampton and South Gloucestershire on our recent few days away, we took the scenic route and realised that we weren’t far from Stonehenge. I hadn’t visited it for years and Anna and Morgan had never been there. Last time I went there it was just a load of stone on a rolling...

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Hurst Castle

As part of our few days away, we spent and afternoon visiting Hurst Castle with Jasper, Fiona, Pippa and Joe. We drive to Keyhaven which is a nice south coast boating village and caught the Hurst Castle ferry out to the castle. We’re not really into the history of such things but still had fun...

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A Few Days Away

We’ve just got back from a few days away. We’re not having a ‘proper’ holiday this year so we decided to mix a visit to friends and family with a bit of a break and headed off on Thursday morning. After a quick stop at my brothers garage in Bristol for some new tyres for...

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A Walk in the New Forest

As part of our few days away we went for a little walk in the New Forest, from Boldre Church. Morgan was on his bike (most of the time whilst Jasper, Fiona, Anna and I walked in a  little circuit around the forest. Jack the dog was with us too. Morgan did OK on his...

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Living with Bees

The bees that we have on loan seem to be happy. I’ve taken a look at the hive and there always seems to be a bit of activity around it and there are certainly more bees in the garden. The field behind us is full of clover at the moment too so hopefully they are...

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Big Butterfly Count

The weather here was terrible for the week of the Big Butterfly Count. Lots of rain, quite a bit of wind and we hardly saw the sun. Thankfully the sun did come out a little on Sunday 1st August and Morgan and I finally had chance to spend 15 minutes in the garden counting butterflies....

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Commencal Crack – Paint or Frame?

Whilst cleaning my 2009 Commencal Meta 5.5 bike lately I’ve noticed some cracks in a odd place on the frame. The cracks appear to be radiating out from a drainage whole on a brace between the two sides of the main rear swing-arm. I’ve circled the drainage hole in the image below. I’m not sure...

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Light Wind Freestyle Windsurfing

This certainly isn’t my style of windsurfing but its pretty clever all the same. Light wind freestyle windsurf dancing, with Caesar Finies.

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