Spring 2025

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 Just checking in with a smorgasbord of activities we've filled our time with - there's a number of big events and holidays coming up, but these past few weeks have been low key and routine. And that's really where life happens, isn't it. So here's a roundup of things we have been doing as the weather has finally improved.

First - a big one - my sister from Vienna spent a couple of days with us as she was visiting the UK! Fun times, we took her to Slimbridge Bird Sanctuary and we had brilliant weather, a wonderful time together. Now my kids are counting down to when they'll see her again this summer...









A few new things we've tried lately - a circus skills workshop where we learned to juggle, spin plates and play with various circus implements; plus, the kids have started a sailing course in the floating harbour - much more enjoyed by N(10) than D(8), but I'll keep them at it for the moment because D might still come around. It's a weekly course that runs until we leave for Vienna.






We also visited an old people's home that's connected to our Church - it's where most priests go in old age - and it was a delightful visit, much enjoyed by everyone. The kids brought their favourite books to read to the old people and they enjoyed being read to.



We also went on a wildlife walk through the moor behind our house, learning lots about the local fauna and flora - in which D(8) was a lot more interested than N(10) and stayed with the guide the entire time, asking him lots of questions and catching him out a few times with the obscure bugs he found!


In other news, we sold our car - after over a year of trying to sell the camper van, dropping the price to silly levels, we finally realised that selling our cheap car would be way easier and would mean we can continue to go camping in style! As it happens, we've got two weekends of camping coming up and I'm sure I'll be posting lots of photos from those.

Nature boy loves the outdoors


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