Greg, Andrea, Lena and Mitchell http://holmesmacleod.com Our lives and travels Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:35:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 Cookham Rugby http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/11/29/cookham-rugby/ http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/11/29/cookham-rugby/#comments Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:33:59 +0000 Greg http://holmesmacleod.com/?p=220 I have been spotted at Cookham Rugby Club playing the odd game of Tag rugby on Sunday mornings.

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Lena loves merry go rounds... At least the aussies won something this summer For some reason goats turned up in the Maidenhead high st Brian had a pleasant visit, here he is in London Lena REALLY likes Merry go rounds Lena LOVES merry go rounds Street party with the folks in Spencers Lane Lena Loves bouncing Lena and Alody both Love Merry Go Rounds Sadly - not a good one... ]]> http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/09/24/summer-pics-from-my-blackberry/feed/ 0 Lena and Mitchell http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/08/13/lena-and-mitchell/ http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/08/13/lena-and-mitchell/#comments Thu, 13 Aug 2009 12:31:02 +0000 Andrea http://holmesmacleod.com/?p=186 The debut video of the new dynamic duo.

Download:  Lena and Mitchell (6.5MB)

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Mitchell and Greg are huge sporting fans United supporter Mitchell curled up in a blanket Is this Mitchell's first smile?

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The latest harvest - foreshadowing a new harvest of another kind Lena, Greg, Andrea and Mitchell Mitchell and his 'Baba' Lena meets Mitchell for the first time The children with Andrea Lena and Mitch Lena with Andrea and Mitchell Mitchell ready to go in his car seat Mitchell contemplates life Lena wearing her cute raincoat Andrea and Lena bring Mitchell home ]]> http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/08/07/birth-of-mitchell/feed/ 5 Meeting Gok Wan! http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/05/12/meeting-gok-wan/ http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/05/12/meeting-gok-wan/#comments Tue, 12 May 2009 19:38:41 +0000 Greg http://holmesmacleod.com/?p=149 I ran into Gok Wan today at Oxford Circus. He is of course famous for making women look good naked! He kindly posed for a photo. EDIT: Gok didn’t introduce his friend at the time but a reliable source tells me it is Ruby Wax.

Enjoying a coffee with Gok

Enjoying a coffee

We both had a quick coffee and shared stories and he pointed out some funky shoes which I ended up buying.

I picked up this pair at Schuh

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No daddy, do it like this!

No daddy, do it like this!

A lot of work took place fixing the subfloor until it was slightly flatter than before. Then we put down a layer of blue foamy underlay. 

Finally we topped it off with our Rustic Oak boards. They are nice broad and long boards which fill out the house nicely, in the living and dining areas. Right now we are putting the edging and final touches in.

Who knows what the next project will be, but this one was a nice piece of fun!

 

 

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]]> http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/05/08/flooring-work/feed/ 1 Attack of the C’lonials: Buried Treasure! http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/04/21/attack-of-the-clonials-buried-treasure/ http://holmesmacleod.com/2009/04/21/attack-of-the-clonials-buried-treasure/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:45:50 +0000 Greg http://holmesmacleod.com/?p=125 A recent trip to the allotment led to a find of buried treasure, believed to be of Russian Origin.

How does a russian coin 270 years old end up in our allotment?

 

Treasure!

 

 

 

Attack of the C’lonials: Buried Treasure!

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Lena and Andrea

Lena and Andrea

We had a lovely easter in the sun, to celebrate the wedding of Dee and Martin, in the Munich Ratskeller. A Ratskeller is not a place where rodents dwell, rather the cellar below the Rathaus or town hall.

The wedding started with a drinks reception in the courtyard of the Rathaus, and then we went downstairs for the ceremony and then dinner.

Dee and Martin's cake analogues

Dee and Martin in cake form

the happy couple

The happy couple

The service and facilities were top notch, and it was great to see Dee and Martin marry.

Lena celebrated in style by driving her SLK Mercedes (ride on edition) around the restaurant.

Highlights for us were the well organised wedding – meant we could just have fun!

The food was good, and of course it was great to see everyone there too.

Well done Dee and Martin – we wish you well!

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As an idea, we are looking at some rustic oak boards like pictured from www.kahrs.com

Linnea Oak

Linnea Oak - Kahrs

Additionally to top it off, we are thinking that laying underfloor heating will help our interior design by removing the big fat radiators which line our walls in the living room and dining room. We are currently looking at http://www.heatmat.co.uk/ as a nice solution. You just lay an insulation layer at the bottom, pop down the thin electric heater roll, and then a moisture protecter and glue down the floorboads. Sounds simple enough right.

Heat Mat

Heat Mat

Well stay tuned because Greg and his Dad are going to lay this in April, assuming that we are able to source all the necessary materials by then.

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