Country walk

We went for a leisurely stroll along the lanes around our house yesterday. It was a damp day but nice and fresh, so we decided to brave the showers and go for it. It turned out to be a good decision as during our stroll we discovered an abundance of hedgerow fruit and nuts there for the taking: we collected hazelnuts to dry for Christmas; a walnut tree to revisit in a couple of weeks (it was full of fruits but not ripe yet); elderberries in vast quantities; wild plums; sloe berries (needed another couple of weeks to ripen); blackberries; apple and crab-apples. Thankfully we had some old carrier bags in our coat pockets and managed to get a fair stash of goodies.

Beautiful weather

The weather has been amazing the last couple of weeks and seems to be getting hotter.

To show how warm it has been, yesterday we were swimming in the sea – and we are talking the North Sea here, none of that fancy slightly warmer, Gulf Stream edged southern coast water.

No pics, don’t want to scare you….

Wow

Being a bit of an Apple fan (the computers, but I also like the fruit) I was kinda pleased with the new iMacs they unveiled yesterday.

Very nice indeed So will I be ordering…..yeah baby! (once I sell all my existing kit…. any one want a MacBook;) )

K’s Birthday part 2

As part of her birthday celebrations we took Katherine and a friend to the Pleasure Beach in Gt Yarmouth. Not the most uptodate of theme parks but still great fun, especially when you are seven and have free passes for every ride in the park!

I don’t think Katherine could quite believe it;
“What, you mean I can go on again?”
“Yes”
“What, as many times as I like?”
“Yes”
“For real?”
“Yes”
“Really?”
“Yes, now get on the blooming ride!”

Here they are during their 9th go on the log flume:

And on the Mulan Waltzer: