En vacances :-)

On holiday! Normal service will be resumed on our return :-)

the lull

After a house full of guests and all the excitement of the Brompton World Championship last weekend, this week has seen a lull in activity a...

Trials and tribulations

Shortly after Steve was diagnosed with mesothelioma in June 2009, he was offered and accepted the opportunity to take part in a drug trial u...

leg power

The last week or so has been dominated by leg power in one way or another! On Monday, we travelled to Brecon via Bristol to pick up son Jac...

the Wride family "Olympics"

We've enjoyed dipping in and out of the Olympics for a second week - people doing such amazing stuff but so natural and modest when inte...

Fiesta NOT fiasco :-)

Three cheers for Baileys Balloons!   Jo Bailey has come up trumps and found us three places to join in the mass ascent of hot air balloons ...

Fiesta or fiasco? + Updates # 1 and 2

Around this time last year, just over two years since Steve was diagnosed with mesothelioma, we pushed the boat out and treated ourselves an...

work and play, agony and ecstasy.......and the cough goes on

A week when three days of work from last week's trip to Guernsey bookended two days of playing away in Chichester with our fri ends Anne...