Blogs from Powys, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe - page 10

For Sophie's birthday I said I'd babysit while she and Tom went out. So I drove up to Glasgow and spent a few days with the Coopers. Their new room is finished, carpeted and furnished, so I slept on a brand new sofa bed and also had my own loo! We had a jolly time, the children were very good for my babysitting hours, and now I'm home again. Here are some pictures.... read more

Not a wonderful looking day but we had to take Bella for a walk anyway, so we headed north near Oswestry (where we could drop the iPad in to be beaten into submission ) and walked along the canal - where there was plenty of mud as a tractor had been up and down the towpath. Then a spot of caching round the nearby Ironworks, which is like being on safari, only safer! This is a free venue with lots to see. They've had Uri Geller there to make a huge baboon out of spoons collected specially by locals. And now they're co-ordinating a knife collection, taken from street fights I think, and they're being turned into an enormous angel, the blades making the underside of the wings. Then along some very muddy lanes for a ... read more

I can't believe that its the twentieth of January already! I've just come home from a trip to Glasgow, where a second birthday was celebrated. Had a lovely busy time, as you'll see.... read more

Tom needed a few days of peace to work, so Sophie brought Martha and Jack to visit. Its been a very busy few days, very exciting and great fun. Today we all went up to Chirk for a walk and lunch, then they went on their way to Glasgow and we found a cache and then came home. Here are some photos...... read more

On Thursday evening Ineke, Caroline, Alex and I set off for the Roman city of Chester, about an hours drive away. The was celebration of the Roman feast of Saturnalia which sounded like fun, and it certainly was a spectacle. I felt a bit sorry for the Romans in their sandals in the rain, but it looked as if they enjoyed themselves. Anyway, there were lots of lights and torches, crowds of people and a huge parade afterwards. Well worth going to see. And thanks to Alex for some photos.... read more