Tuesday 30 October 2012

New Forest Walk

Today we went for a walk near Lyndhurst in the New Forest.

We were supposed to pass a Portuguese fireplace in the woods which was there from when prisoners were kept in huts there during WW1. There was also a Reptile Center we would have passed... However, this summer we've had so much rain that the footpath was very muddy indeed. We tried going off the pathway a bit but it became apparent that the whole of the area was in the same state.

We persevered for around a mile and at the point where we kept ending up to our knees in bog we had to turn back. We hope to do the walk again sometime because if the ground was drier it would have been a very nice walk.


The New Forest is beautiful and we did see some wild ponies on our way back to the car.

After our walk we visited the traditional sweet shop in Lyndhurst which is always a treat, and then a quick look at the cars in the Ferrari garage.


Monday 29 October 2012

A walk in the woods

The woods look lovely all year round but we think autumn is especially lovely.



I have often wondered what this strange object is in the woods, its firmly stuck to the floor and can't be moved. It looks very old.



Curiously it has screws all around the edge which don't seem to match the age of the object.

Toffee Apples

Here is our first attempt at making toffee apples. We forgot to add the vinegar. I've no idea what vinegar does in the making anyway. Let's hope these are as tasty as they look!




Autumn Half Term Holiday

The autumn half term holiday is upon us already. Jeremy has the week off to help with the children so we are hoping to get out and about a bit as well as enjoying some autumnal cooking and craft projects!



Wednesday 17 October 2012

Busy school day

We had a busy school day today, with Rowanne's class having a brass concert this afternoon, then she had chess club after school. The brass concert was a big success with the whole class playing "Mary had a little lamb" and "Twinkle twinkle little star" on trumpets and baritones. They were confident and the tune was recognisable too. Quite an achievement after only a handful of lessons!

Lily was busy too as she went into school early in the morning for netball practice, then had a netball match after school. Lily was brave when accidentally knocked over during the match and was whisked off to the first aid room for a plaster returning to play immediately. Lily enjoys netball very much, she only began netball club a week ago and this was her first match and her team won too, which was very encouraging for her.


Alfie is coping well with full time school now but he had a power nap between finishing school and Lily's netball match. We are so pleased he is enjoying school thoroughly and announces his arrival to class every morning with a big smile and says loudly "Hello everybody look its me! It's me again!" (in the manner that everyone is going to be terribly pleased and grateful that he has graced them all with his presence once more)...and they probably are too because he has quite a following of friends keen to give him a hug each morning!



Sunday 7 October 2012

Apple Muffins

Rowanne and her friend baked some apple spice muffins.



Geocaching first logbook sign!

We signed our first logbook in a geocache find. The previous "first ever" geocache find of ours was too waterlogged for the log book to be signed.
The kids were thrilled with finding this geocache as there were swaps in the cache also!