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SunshineGirl

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Getting ready for our holiday

We leave early on Sunday morning and have a long drive up north to take daughter to her gymnastics camp. The wife and I have a nice hotel booked for six nights for a little quiet time alone. Then we will pick up daughter and spend nine days walking... See More »

Dearest daughter was caught in heavy rain while out on her bike yesterday . .

She took her wet things off in the porch and hung them up to dry in the utility room 👍 Approached me in the living room still dripping with rain 😐 Shook her beautiful, frizzy hair all over me and soaked my top 🤦‍♀️ Where did she even learn to... See More »

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6 and a half long weeks of freedom, sunshine (hopefully), bike rides, camping, beaches, and ice cream 😁 Seemingly the whole of class 9C have trooped through our home in the past two hours. My fridge is decimated. Cupboard stores which I thought... See More »

Liz Truss wrote to the Cabinet Secretary . .

. . complaining that a briefing document published prior to the King's Speech describing her infamous 2022 mini-budget as "disastrous" breached civil service standards of impartiality. The document was swiftly amended. This got me thinking about... See More »

An economic theory of fishing

Yesterday four of us paid a sum of money to go on a two hour fishing trip in the Bristol Channel. Despite the best efforts of the skipper to locate a shoal of mackerel, we caught just three 🐟🐟🐟 However, by happy coincidence, an earlier excursion... See More »

My daughter's friend called at our home about 7pm yesterday evening to run through some science homework

Daughter had just had a bath and was in her night things, but she still invited her in. A little while later I brought two mugs of hot chocolate to her bedroom. Her friend had changed into a set of my daughter's pyjamas. "Ah, are you staying the... See More »

A weekend of hope

In France the far right National Rally is projected to come third in the second round of the parliamentary elections. A nation has rejected hatred and bigotry. The extraordinary gamble of President Macron (aka "Jupiter") appears to have paid off 🇫🇷... See More »

When life serves you lemons . .

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Rachel Reeves becomes the first female Chancellor of the Exchequer

Yvette Cooper will hopefully begin to de-toxify the Home Office. And Ed Miliband becomes Energy Secretary, the same position he had under the last Labour government.

School sports day

My nieces' sports day has finished, just before the heavens opened ☔ Both girls did great in their individual races, and their house won the most points overall 👍 As for the parents' races . . My brother-in-law came second from last in the dads'... See More »

End of the weekend

When I picked up my daughter from her camp out/sleepover, I noticed she was more than usually grubby for a Sunday afternoon (having apparently not washed since Friday morning). On the drive back I gently suggested she might want to take a bath and... See More »

Painting a rainbow

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Wine, women, and song

Just dropped my daughter off at her friend's house for a sleepover. They're having a mini-Glastonbury in the garden to celebrate her friend's 14th birthday ☺️ We're going to have a bbq with our neighbours. I'm looking forward to a fun evening... See More »

My daughter and her friend came back from school about an hour ago. Got changed into their swimsuits and went out into the garden. Although bright and sunny it's a bracing 17C with a stiff easterly wind 🥶 5 mins later they came back inside, laid... See More »

Party manifesto pledges on tax

Conservative: no increase to income tax, corporation tax, or VAT. Gradually phase out National Insurance 😐 Labour: no increase to income tax, corporation tax, or VAT. Extend Energy Profits Levy. Abolish tax relief on private school fees 😐 Lib Dem:... See More »

One of our local parliamentary candidates knocked on the door this afternoon

Quite unusual these days, but appreciated because you never learn much about the CVs of the individuals from their centrally produced campaign leaflets. Unfortunately at that moment I had to take an important call. My 13 yo wandered into the hallway... See More »

It is with regret that I announce the cancellation of the Devon-Cornwall 1970s tribute music festival . .

The organisers were unable to to decide whether Cream or The Jam should come first 😬

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The Best Scrabble Word, Ever

My daughter and I were playing Scrabble this afternoon. She laid down a word - MOBBLERS - which used up all her tiles and covered a triple-word square. Busily starts to count up her score. Me: Erm, I'm not sure that's a real word. Da: *Frowns*,... See More »

Bristol Bears v Gloucester-Hartpury

My wife and I travelled with our daughter and the team she trains with to watch the Premiership Womens Rugby final at Exeter yesterday. Really great day out, with loads of activities and atractions to keep the young fans engaged. Our 13 year old did... See More »

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I have found a community just for small people!

Perfectly proportioned houses: A superb public transport system: Recreational facilities: And a stone circle for witchy pursuits: With any luck, the house prices will be fun-sized too 😊

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I'm still getting to grips with the practical side of parenting . .

Everything was going a bit too well yesterday afternoon. My daughter had all her homework up to date and packed in her schoolbag. Clean PE kit ready to go. School uniform ironed. Packed lunch prepared and waiting in the fridge. So what essential... See More »

Rainbows, we need more rainbows

Rainbows, we need more rainbows 🌈

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My teenager got back home from school at 3.40pm . .

Did her homework without being reminded. Tidied away her bag and shoes and put her uniform into the laundry. Now she's fallen fast asleep on her time-out beanbag. Such a long week for the young ones 😥

Make biscuits, not war

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Four seasons in one morning

I rose at 5.00am to do my stretches in the garden and was greeted by the gentle warmth of the rising sun. There was a brief thunderstorm while I was having breakfast. The sun came out again while I was running and I got overheated because I'd put... See More »

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