Survival Skills
Survival Skills The kids received a set of Walkie Talkies for Christmas so those, plus a camouflage rucksack, compass, multi-tool, tarpaulin and paracord should be enough to help them make a shelter at the hall so while we’re busy sorting something inside and with only a gentle drizzle falling, they set off to the stream…
Crocky Trail Visit
Crocky Trail Visit As promised, we’re back at Crocky Trail to actually do the trail this time. On our last visit, the management were kind enough to send us a family pass for Rachel’s efforts in promoting the events through her Tots2Tens page but this time, we were paying our own way. After prying the…
Floored
Floored I’ve spent quite a lot of time during this build checking TRADA tables to make sure whatever we put in the building will comply with building regulations and my worries for the roof were soon put to bed with the arrival of C24 6×3’s, which were almost indulgently strong for our purposes. Wanting the…
Couples Night
Couples Night Unfortunately none of us have managed to make time for any proper grown-up night’s out again this year, so it’s down to December to bring us all together again. We’ve opted for the Steakhouse in Ashton-In-Makerfield again and after a lovely meal, we’ve found ourselves meandering through a few of the local pubs…
Christmas Lights Tour
Christmas Lights Tour Rachel has put together another Christmas Lights Tour for her growing community of Facebook-ers and this year more and more people seem to be looking to raise funds for local good causes. The displays seem to get bigger each year, as if they’ve all been watching National Lampoon and gone out of…