My future house
yesterday I was talking to Debbie about the sort of house we would like in the future and we concluded that we would like a house that was largely independent of external power and ideally water. This...
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Another inspirational house design
On the theme of houses that I started yesterday this is another low impact innovative house design: The log cabin of the 21st century? A spacious, 3000 sq.ft. home that generates its own heating and...
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Home grown
I would love to grow more of my own food, but I need a larger greenhouse and a lot more time. Still for now at least I can content myself with a bowl of strawberries every night throughout the summer!
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Sunsets
I went out for a walk on the beach with the kids tonight, they played in the park while I sat in the sand dunes and made some notes for a speech I will be giving next week. . When I finished we...
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Salt marshes
Stephie and I went for a long walk this morning beside the salt marshes, just a short walk from our house. Stephie has just got back from hospital having been in for a couple of nights with...
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Kendal
We have spent the last few days in the Lake District, we started off in Kendal, then went up to Carlisle for a couple of days and then back down to Arnside which is one of our favorite walking areas. I...
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Hadrian’s wall
We arrived at one of the forts at about 16:30 so didn’t have much light left. There is not much of the original wall left but the area we were going to see was about 30 minutes walk from the car...
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Carlisle
Carlisle was a surprisingly fun place to visit. Debbie and the elder girls had been there last year and stayed in university diggs for a couple of days, so I too the twins to the best of the places...
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I love growing my own fruit
I grew up with a large orchard and I still love growing my own fruit. I don’t have room for many trees so I have them growing in metal dustbins all the way down the drive at the side of the house....
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Blackpool Fireworks
We all attended the fireworks at Blackpool last night, launched from North pier they were the best we have ever seen. We walked in from Star Gate along the promenade and it was a great night out for...
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My Dad
My Dad (David John Richards) died on Monday the 26th of November 2007 at around 9PM in Lincoln Hospital. After a long illness initiated by inoperable throat cancer, but in the end an accumulation of...
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My eldest daughter – 15 years old – is doing some long range career planning and she’s been really struggling to find something she really likes. Its not as though she doesn’t enjoy school – she likes...
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The sum of the parts …
I went swimming with Tess and Anna tonight and given that I’m not too well I only swam for 30 lengths, which left plenty of time to sit by the pool, watching the girls and reading New Scientist. Of...
View ArticleToo much stuff
Over the Christmas holiday I boarded out the loft and insulated the rafters. We now have a great space up in the loft, but unfortunately it’s already full with all the stuff we’ve accumulated. I’ve...
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Growing Up
My youngest two children turned 16 today, a major landmark for them and me. Whilst I still have four children I guess I should really be thinking of them all as the wonderful young ladies they are and...
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