| 28th December 2013 - Dinner with Mandy and Anne Anne cooked a wonderful meal, thank you |
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| 26th December 2013 - Boxing Day Eve and Jack have arrived and open their presents - it looks like the Harry Potter tickets went down well! |
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| 25th December 2013 - Christmas Day Presents for everyone and a lovely dinner |
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| 15th December 2013 - Dinner with Granny Granny treated us to a lovely meal at a local pub, thanks Granny |
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| 15th December 2013 - Santa 5K Fun Run Lou, Amy and Jack ran the race and got their medals - well done everyone! |
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| 14th December 2013 - Christmas Tree The Christmas Tree is up, complete with Hogwarts Castle, will they get the hint? Eve's not too impressed with the train! |
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| 1st December 2013 - Amy Opens Her Presents Amy opens the presents from her friends at the party last night |
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| 30th November 2013 - Amy's 16th Birthday Party Amy celebrates her 16th Birthday with all her friends and family |
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| 17th November 2013 - Amy's Medals Amy shows off her Special Olympics medals |
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| 2nd November 2014 - Arlington Bonfire & Fireworks The Annual Arlington Bonfire and Fireworks Party for Staff and Invited Guests raised £1500 for Cancer Research Thanks to Barry and Jeanne for an excellent evening |
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| 26th October 2013 - The BUPA Great South 5K Run Lou makes us all proud - Well Done Darling! |
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| 6th October 2013 - Trains! An afternoon waiting around for trains at Chinnor |
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| 30th September 2013 - Amy at Special Olympics Amy has joined the Special Olympics and poses in front of the banner! |
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| 22nd September 2013 - Jet takes his Medicine Jet soon got the hang of holding the syringe and taking his medicine! |
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| 31st August 2013 - A Trip to Ryde Hoping to see the illuminated carnival but missed it because the hovercraft left before we could see it! We had a good time anyway with a nice meal and a walk around the town |
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| 25th August 2013 - Celebrating Eve's 16th Birthday A lovely meal, cake and presents |
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| 18th August 2013 - The Lake District A look at Aira Force, the waterfall, and a drive along Ullswater |
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| 17th August 2013 - Gretna Green Visiting a very wet Gretna Green |
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| 9th August 2013 - Jack Masters the BBQ Jack cooks up a good feast, enjoyed by all |
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| 8th August 2013 - Ryde An evening in Ryde including a walk on the pier, with Queen Mary 2 passing, dinner in a pub and a play on the beach |
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| 8th August 2013 - The Needles A ride on the chairlift down to the beach to see the coloured sands and a boat ride out to see the Needles close up - Batman turned up for the chairlift back up! Then a look at the glass blowing |
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| 8th August 2013 - Godshill Model Village A wonderful model village, beautifully made and very well looked after Well worth a visit |
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| 7th August 2013 - Shanklin Chine A walk down the chine to the beach and back with plenty to see including PLUTO, the Royal Marine Commando Museum and waterfalls lit up in colour |
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| 7th August 2013 - Shanklin Carnival A wonderful carnival with dozens of excellent groups and floats |
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| 7th August 2013 - Swingball A game of swingball before going to the Carnival |
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| 7th August 2013 - Havenstreet A ride on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway and some nice VW campers |
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| 6th August 2013 - Domino Meeting the resident cat! |
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| 6th August 2013 - Train Ride A ride on an ex-London Underground train on the electric railway |
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| 6th August 2013 - Culver Down A picnic and playing in the WW2 gun emplacements |
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| 6th August 2013 - Shanklin A quick look around the beach area |
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| 6th August 2013 - Isle of Wight Ferry A few days away on the island |
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| 21st July 2013 - Race for Life Lou and Amy completed the race in 56 minutes 33 seconds and raised over £100 for Cancer Research - Well Done Girls! |
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| 14th July 2013 - York Visiting the National Railway Museum and a quick walk into York itself for lunch |
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| 13th July 2013 - Haworth Home of the Bronte sisters who wrote the famous novels |
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| 5th July 2013 - Eve's Prom Eve and her friends pose for photos and depart for their Prom My little girl's not so little any more! |
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| 23rd June 2013 - Lunch at Mandy and Anne's Check out that desert! |
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| 22nd June 2013 - Carl's Birthday That's 49 Lou NOT 94! |
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14th June 2013 - Ernie's Retirement Well attended by friends and colleagues from past and present Good Luck in your Retirement Ernie |
| 23rd May 2013 - Memorials.... The Bleriot Monument celebrating his arrival on the first cross-channel flight The Battle of Britain Memorial, commemorating the few.... |
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| 23rd May 2013 - St Margaret's Bay A small, pretty bay with a nice coffee shop! |
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| 22nd May 2013 - Dover Castle Medieval castle with huge WWII activity, alas not allowed to take any photos of the WWII bits! Well worth visiting though |
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| 22nd May 2013 - The White Cliffs of Dover A walk along the top to the South Foreland Lighthouse about two miles away with breathtaking views along the way |
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| 21st May 2013 - Canterbury The historic city of Canterbury including a walk around the ancient city walls and a visit to the Canterbury Tales |
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| 21st May 2013 - Holiday Cottage A few days in Kent to celebrate our 2nd Wedding Anniversary Lou soon makes herself at home! The view from the patio was straight on to open fields with gamboling lambs |
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| 11th-12th May 2013 - Swanage Railway Diesel Gala Yes, the trains really were that close to the tent...until almost midnight! |
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| 7th April 2013 - Dalek Invasion of Portsmouth At the Royal Marines Museum Several Doctors, their glamourous assistants a few bad guys and, of course, plenty of Daleks! |
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| 1st April 2013 - Day Out in Brighton By train to a sunny but windy Brighton A ride on the Brighton Wheel and a walk around the sea front including Brighton Pavillion and the pier |
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| 31st March 2013 - Easter Eggs Chocolate aplenty |
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| 30th March 2013 - Happy Birthday Jack Lunch out and presents |
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| 21st March 2013 - Winchester From King Arthur and the Round Table to Jane Austen.... |