the adlards

No more tipping potties out seruptitiously under public benches – we have a potette! …

I was crossing the Strand outside Pret having had a quiet sandwich with a friend when the Red Arrows rocketed overhead straight down Fleet Street towards Trafalgar Square …

Gwyneth Paltrow provides clear guidance on managing noise sensitivity in the very young. Oddly enough tallies with the advice I was given …

On the way home today we saw a car that must have been driven by very small people because the roof was so low they only had about an inch of window space to see through …

This is my favourite place in all the world today. I’m sitting outside on the grass next to a roaring fire in what’s become a balmy summer evening …

A quick sail before the weather closed in today. Josie is the orange blob on the left. Highlights in brief: All traipsing down to the beach and a quick sail with Jo before the weather closed in and it pissed with rain for the rest of the day. Driving to Porthmadog to visit Portmeiron by […]

And now all she wants to do is r-i-i-i-i-i-de horsies! Not sleep, not eat, not walk to the seaside. Just r-i-i-i-i-i-i-i-de horsies! This could become a problem …

So, here we are on a Thuesday wondering how we could possibly have nearly boughth a place in Criccieth lasth year …

Josie had her first sail very early this morning in about 2mph winds, which meant she could have a go steering as we weren’t going anywhere fast. She enjoyed looking at the seaweed and birds and boats. Found it a little frustrating that it took more than 30 seconds to get back to Nan on […]

My oldest friend, Tim, previously mentioned in connection with the excellent advice he gave in relation to the “Monsters in the Bathroom” problem has apparently always wanted to put himself through his paces in a powerful coupe. He promised me pictures of his tussle with an M3, and they’ve arrived, reproduced above. When he’s not […]