Greg, Andrea, Lena and Mitchell

August 30, 2010

Summer Holidays 2010

We have lived in the UK for 4 years but not had much holiday time locally. So we decided this year to take a Staycation! This meants we had plenty of time to check out the things to do near where we live, enjoy a few guests and more than anything relax!

Some of the highlights of our summer were

  • a visit from Baba
  • a ride on the London eye
  • Lena riding on Daddy’s head
  • Mitchell’s 1st  birthday
  • Fresh produce from the allotment
  • A fun trip to Littlehampton beach
  • Finding a massive spider in the house
  • Andrea’s friend Jane visiting
  • Eric, Anne and Darcy’s pizza party
  • A trip to Odds Farm
  • A visit to the Natural History Museum in Tring
  • Playing in the park!

Here are some pictures!

July 18, 2010

Claire’s big trip

Filed under: Family — Tags: , , , , , — Greg @ 9:12 pm

My sister Claire has embarked on a big trip, doing the world in style. Perhaps she won’t go back again. Well not soon anyway. She plans to do SE Asia, Uzbekistan, work her way to Europe, do Europe, UK, then off to America, and eventually find her way to Canada and find a job. I look forward to her progress, look forward to seeing her and hear the fantastic travel stories, and will then enjoy having someone else to visit in Canada.

Claire and Mark in Samarkand

Follow her adventures here: http://claireholmes.com/

July 14, 2010

Nadine and Efren’s Wedding

Filed under: Family,Friends — Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , — Greg @ 3:07 pm

So a wedding is always a lovely reason to take a trip, so when Nadine and Efren invited us to come down to Dusseldorf to celebrate, we couldn’t resist.
The trip took us through England, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, and we enjoyed a nice stay at a spa hotel and then off to the wedding. It was a good party and we enjoyed the coffee and cakes and then had a fun night watching the German team perform admirably in the football world cup against Argentina.

On the way home we managed to catch up with Mike and Sheetal in Eindhoven. We looked around the city, enjoyed a nice meal at a Grand Cafe, and then we made our way back to the channel tunnel and had fish and chips for dinner in Dover with the setting sun.

July 5, 2010

Dad’s Camp

Filed under: Family,Friends — Tags: , , , , , — Greg @ 10:23 am

Lena and Greg went to Dad’s Camp on Cookham Dean old cricket common. It was a fun weekend with about 40 dads and a hundred or so kids. We turned up, pitched our tent, and made sure the kids had a great afternoon with a big walk and treasure hunt.  Once we had fed the kids and put them to sleep, then there was a couple of hours for us Dads to have fun.

Thanks to Porteur, Mike and Darryl for organising a great event and getting everyone together.

April 11, 2010

Dean at the Dean

Filed under: Friends — Tags: , , , , — Greg @ 9:09 pm

Friday night was the Gents Dinner night at my cricket club (Cookham Dean Cricket Club). We had a fab night – the club is hosting a beer festival over the weekend, and in addition, all the food and drinks was great. The guest speaker of the evening was English Test Cricketer Dean Headley, and he entertained us with some stories and answered a barrage of questions on playing cricket at the highest level.

April 8, 2010

Mitchell on YouTube

Filed under: Family — Tags: , , , — Greg @ 3:12 pm

Andrea captured this lovely video with Mitchell the other day. He is developing his vocabulary and will be reciting Chaucer before we know it…

November 29, 2009

Cookham Rugby

Filed under: Family — Tags: , , , , — Greg @ 8:33 pm

I have been spotted at Cookham Rugby Club playing the odd game of Tag rugby on Sunday mornings.

September 24, 2009

Summer pics from my Blackberry

Filed under: Family,Friends,Sport — Tags: , , , , , — Greg @ 11:07 am

Sometimes I get about without a camera on me. Luckily the Blackberry is handy. I wouldn’t say that it takes good pictures, but it is always there for when something fun happens. Also, with Mitchell’s arrival, Lena still deserves some of the limelight…

August 13, 2009

Lena and Mitchell

Filed under: Family — Tags: , , , — Andrea @ 12:31 pm

The debut video of the new dynamic duo.

Download:  Lena and Mitchell (6.5MB)

August 10, 2009

Mitch about the house

Filed under: Family — Tags: , , , , — Greg @ 8:43 am

Mitchell has been home for 3 days now, so here are a couple of adorable pics of him.

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