The hardships I endure to spend time with my family. The Belstead Brook Hotel sits in nine acres of tranquil gardens, alongside a willow-lined stream. The original 16th Century hunting lodge is still very much at the heart of the hotel, housing our restaurant, bar and private dining rooms. etc.
General
It is only Sheffield, after all
“The government has not understood the scale, gravity and severity of what has happened” the rescue effort is the “biggest in peacetime Britain”(Fire Brigades Union, General Secretary Matt Wrack). But heck, the Government is in London, and they were busy playing their political games and glad-handing each other. Bearing in mind we have had not […]
Today's big story
On the BBC is Bliar handing over to Brown. They have expensive outdoor camera crews all over London filming Jaguar cars and people going off for lunch at the Treasury. And in the real world, quite a lot of the people who put Bliar and Brown into power are baling out their homes, and wondering […]
They’re off camping!!!
In pouring rain, and with an immediate diversion to avoid this…….. Which is about one hundred yards from our house, fortunately, we are a couple of feet higher. I was disappointed when some people at the other end of the flood dissuaded a moron in a little Suzuki 4WD from trying to drive through it. […]
Getting into the spirit
Some music for my friends and family in tents…. All together now…. Summertime, And the livin’ is easy Fish are jumpin’ And the cotton is high Your daddy’s rich And your mamma’s good lookin’ So hush little baby Don’t you cry One of these mornings You’re going to rise up singing Then you’ll spread your […]
It’s raining
I think Jax is really rather glad not to be sitting in a tent looking out on this. Instead she has a fairly gentle day’s packing and a plan for a nice, dry, night’s kip and an early departure for the Holy County tomorrow. Update. The BBC seems to have given up on webcams. This […]
Say Hi
There is still dissent about what the new addition to our family should be called. Some say Mist, I say Furball. I think Furball is an excellent name and very descriptive.
Shortlist for Top Country Market Town
Found this interesting list of the best market towns. I love market towns, and although I don’t think I would necessarily have made any of the same choices in the only region I know well (the East) this looks like a pretty good list. I wish we lived somewhere which had the characteristics of some […]
Food processing
Just had an interesting question from Small about digestion. He is fascinated that food goes in one end and something else comes out of the other. Now he wants to know if the process is reversible.
Estate Agent Babble
“The property is an end terrace being one of two other properties…” Still trying to follow the logic of this offering.