Climbing with Dan

During our week in Portsmouth, we went climbing at a climbing wall in Fort Purbrook with Dan and his friend Sara. We all managed to get our feet off the ground, and were impressed with the agility of Dan and Sara. In the evening we enjoyed an evening with them, learning about Sara's Arctic expedition last year - it sounds fantastic, and the photos were amazing.

Sophia at 2 months

Half term hols, so we took the opportunity to go and see the rest of the family in Portsmouth. We had a great time with Dan and Sara (see next post), and also Sophia was 2 months old while we were there. Lovely baby! Many thanks to Jonathan and Becky for letting us use their house while they were away in Burma - we look forward to hearing how God is moving in that country.

Aspects of Britain

I have been quite recently because I am busy writing out my suite for Brass Band called 'Aspects of Britain'. Four movements are now completed and the final movement is nearly there. You can hear it at 'Phil's Music' - link in the side bar. I need to get it completed to take with me in May when I have been asked to take a rehearsal with Mike Griffith's Brass Band, Riviera Brass. Mike is a star, playing every week in the Volunteer Band.

Kitchen work

As promised, here are some pictures of work in the kitchen. The 'before' and 'after' shots do not do justice to the head-scratching and ingenuity needed to re-route electricity cables etc. There were floorboards up, holes through joists, but fortunately no tears before bedtime - although I was working by candle-light on two consecutive days. What fun! A look at B&Q and a local firm caused us to blanche at the cost of kitchen units etc. It looks like IKEA will come to the rescue.

Lynn a youthful 51!

Lynn's birthday piccie! The mirth is down to dad being too slow with the camera and missing the ceremony of blowing out the candles!

Update

Two weeks without a post! What has been happening I wonder. Well every so often I have a flurry of activity on ebay, this time selling two kayaks for a good sum and buying one other to replace the kayak we had stolen last year. That, together with the Youth Alpha course that we are involved with at church, plus numerous other things - such as knocking holes through kitchen walls (Lynn is getting restless!) - and my first cold for ages has kept me from regular postings. Kitchen changes will feature shortly I expect. Watch this space...

Another baby photo!

A duty trip to Portsmouth last week afforded me the opportunity to visit my grand daughter - and her parents - lovely she is! She is one month old today!