Joe's Bike

Joe had a new bike for his birthday in July. As a measure of how much he's growing up, he's on 24" wheels now and looks a "proper lad". He's getting used to riding on and off road and his Dad has a great time going out with him exploring everywhere and, like today, getting totally wet through and muddy. On yer bike!

Catching Up!

I don't know where the year is going but we've been a bit slack in posting updates to our blog. We've just gor back from a weeks trip in Norfolk which was great. The weather was fab and we stopped right next to the beach. Joe had Lauren, his Cousin, with him and both enjoyed the week. Lauren has a broken ankle in plaster at the moment but we managed to overcome problems with swimming and beach etc with a great vacuum waterproof sock that Nic found. We went on the North Norfolk Railway from Holt to Sheringham and Joe liked the old railway carriages with our own old fashioned compartment.

A couple of weeks before, the three of us went up to East Yorkshire and went to The Deep, which is a great indoor aquarium. We then went over to Spurn Head which is a spit of sand out into the Humber Estuary with a lifeboat station and old lighthouse. We walked all the way around and watched the ships coming in and out of the estuary. Spurn Head is constantly changing and is in danger of being washed away altogether so this may be our first and last visit.

Back in Norfolk, we went out to Blakeney Point, a similar sand bar, to see the seal colony. You can walk right down it from Cley which is a great walk, around 10 miles round trip. With Lauren's ankle in plaster, we took the boat!

We've posted both sets of pic's together below.