It's been a while, but it's been an emotional last few months, returning to Canada, and saying goodbye to life in Silverdale and living...

Apologies for the tardiness of posts of late but it's been a very busy time as we are in the final few weeks of our time in England. ...

The words "Ultra Challenge" in the title should have been a red flag warning sign but we consoled ourselves with the fact that we were...

School holidays and a sunny forecast made for a great opportunity to do a bit of camping and show the kids North Wales. We rented a VW...

This long weekend was all about horsepower. On Sunday it was all about Italian horsepower as Lancaster celebrated the end of the "Festa...

Just over 3 weeks until the big 28km hike in the Lake District to raise money for Dementia UK and we've been trying to put in the miles...

After watching the King's Coronation on TV on Saturday we then joined an estimated 20,000 people on Sunday at Morecambe Promenade to...

Paris was must-do for the kids during our year away and so with the May long-weekend we finished school a few days early and had an extra...

Meeting up with Josie's Cousin, George, and his girlfriend Scarlett, on Sunday provided an opportunity to visit the beach. George is in...

As most people know, this year in the UK is to spend time and support my dad who is living with dementia (Alzheimers and Levy Body...

Easter holidays and a long awaited holiday to Cornwall, to the beach, to the fishing villages, but more importantly to see many of...

The main reason for visiting Cornwall was to catch up with a number of Josie's extended family and we fit a lot into 6 days visiting 24...

It's been a busy month for the kids and so this blog is a catch-up summary of this months other activities. The start of the month was...

Thanks to a Northern Trains promotion in the local newspaper we bought some special offer Day Ranger tickets which meant we could travel...

Due to the international break, Saturday was crowned "non-league football day" in England, as fans normally attending Premiership and...

Visits to a few old stomping grounds during March with a few days down in Nottingham with Nanna and Grandad and then a weekend away in...

A couple of nice local day trips out this month with a hike to the limestone "fairy steps" and a walk around the Heron Corn Mill in...

From Abigail "On Wednesday we went to Manchester to see the Lion King in the theatre with our Aunt June and Nana. Early in the morning...

This month we welcomed one of my oldest and bestest friends and his family from the Czech Republic for a visit. What a fantastic and...

The log burner has been getting plenty of use as we hit another cold snap this month with a couple of dustings of snow, but plenty more...