Parenting a small child is not easy.
The inevitable has happened and our ragtag band of happy campers has been temporarily halted in its tracks by bloody Welsh coastal weather. Winds gusting at 45mph along with hideous rain squalls ultimately culminated in our tent being destroyed. Multiple tent poles splintered/snapped and us and our belongings were blown everywhere and soaked through. Now... Continue Reading →
To preface this post I need to say straight off that all in all it's been a brilliant day and in general I do enjoy a cathartic moan so bear with me. Despite the day on balance being ace it did start in rather a ghastly manner with the Olephant waking up with an ear... Continue Reading →
Torrential rain and 50+ mile an hour winds last night gave way to an awesome day today weather-wise. The days activities were also great fun despite Ollie and Rosie tagging along and cramping my style. Ollie went for his first paddle in the sea, and very quickly ran away from his first paddle in the... Continue Reading →
After a 5.30am tent take down and being eaten alive by midges, we made a long drive down to Pembrokeshire and Fishguard. It is all ridiculously pretty, so much so that it's almost sickening. The weather system is playing nicely today so our tent and worldly belongings have dried out from the 24 hours+ of... Continue Reading →
Rather than post the pretty holiday pics taken so far, this seems most apt for the moment. Well okay just one picture as Pose has outdone herself on the camp site.
Yesterday Rosie, Ollie and I ventured forth on an adventure using a suspiciously inaccurate Cotswolds walks book published in 1983. We turned a 1.5 hour walk into a 3.5 hour one. Part of our slow progress was due to carrying an Olephant on my back, another part was a dog who couldn't walk in a... Continue Reading →
Summer Holidays finally begin!
Parenting a Monster. 
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