Tuesday, 30 June 2026
Can you spot it?
I took the dog out early last week as it was going to be stupidly hot later in the day. I spotted this. Arwen didn't even notice.
Chiddingstone touch rugby
I played for the Badgers over in Chiddingston on Saturday. We got hammered in the first two games then lost again in the final game of the group. It was much closer though and good fun. I got the train to Penshurst then cycled to the ground with a friend. Then cycled all the way back to Leigh to say hello to some friends playing cricket, then cycled home to quickly get showered and changed as we were due at a friend's 40th back in Leigh!
Foot long, who wants a foot long?
I asked the kids if they wanted normal size hot dogs or if they wanted the larger ones. They opted for the larger ones...
New dice stand
I bought another dice stand from etsy the other week, i'd need another couple to display the lot though.
Monday, 22 June 2026
Riding back from the cricket on Sunday
Flo's decided to join in with the cricket every other week so this week we all cycled to Leigh and back from Tonbridge. It's a nice ride.
Secret Fathers Day
After cricket in the morning April took me and the kids into London for a secret fathers day. First we went to the sister restaurant of Fallow, Fowl. Fallow was where we went for my birthday last year. I follow the two chefs on youtube. After that we went back to London Bridge and onto Sixes. An indoor cricket batting simulator / bar. I came 3rd out of the 4 of us. Very disappointed...
Thursday, 18 June 2026
Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Red deer
Spotted this on a big walk with Arwen earlier. It was a few hundred meters away so apologies for the poor picture quality. It's getting a bit warm again so don't like taking her out for too long at midday, but there's no other time for it today. Maybe evening walks might be a better shout when it's hot.
Monday, 15 June 2026
Birthday present
One of Arthur's friends gave him a racing car kit for his birthday (party last weekend). I don't know what they were expecting a 6 year old to be able to do... It's taken April and I 6 hours to part build it over the weekend. We're now on bag 5/6. It's pretty impressive, it has model engine in there with pistons that go up and down. I googled how much it cost and was surprised that it was only £25 in BM. If this was real lego it would have been £100+
Mmm Ramen
I made ramon on Sunday for lunch. I didn't make the actual stock so can't take full credit. In fact, I forgot to cook the chicken to go with it. The kids loved it though.
Village Cricket
Pizza
We fired up the pizza oven on Saturday for dinner. April made the dough, we all chose our toppings and I tried not to set fire to them in the pizza oven.
Skateboard set
I bought Arthur some finger skateboard for Christmas and noticed that he was still playing with them so bought him a skateboarding present. He's a big fan.
This weekend I mostly cooked
With the weather turning for the better, we ate out in our back garden all weekend. Here's Flo and Arthur eating spaghetti.
Saturday, 13 June 2026
Skateboard
I bought Arthur a skateboard park the other day. I bought him finger skateboards for his birthday last month and noticed that he was still playing with them so bought him this. He's pretty pleased.
BBQ on a firepit
I've been thinking about using my firepit for a while now so got it out today. Steak turned out very nice!








































.jpg)










