The foot saga....

After a week with out the plaster on, my foot is slowly begining to unfuse it's self. I have manged to have a couple of trips into town . The cruthes are a god send ,and when i think , "this is ok i shall try with out them 2 ,i almost fall flat on my face.
BUT the good new is ,is that i have returned to the driving seat, as the dominate and superior driver in the family.!!!
My aim, is to be on one crutch for christmas, we shall see. As long as it stops cramping up and refusing everytime i stop and sit for more than 10 minutes......................
3 weeks and counting.............................

The last time

Lots of things we are doing recently are accompanied by thoughts of "this is the last time I'll do this before we go". The sand is running through the hourglass ever faster and it is hard to decide which things we want to do one last time. Went for a few beers at the Waterwitch last night ... for the last time ... (probably). Went up Arnside Knott ... for the last time ... last weekend. Check out the pics. That area is one place I am very fond of.

The Archers 

Woods in "winter plumage" from Arnside Knott 

10 years on, still going strong !!! 

This IS the very ship that currently is floating along with our meagre goods on board. SYDNEY EXPRESS
Acknowledgement to the person who took this photo.

Mum and Dad tell us they have got us a goat and trees for Xmas - what will NZMAF say? 

Kaitaia cake 

On the way to the party, snow over Haslingden Grane 

The Bryans wave goodbye to Mikes family 

This is a view towards Lancaster City centre from where we live. The castle is pretty old - there has been human activity on the site since before Roman times. Away in the distance is Morecambe Bay looking towards Barrow. The large red brick shed in the middle is the new cinema which has been designed to fit in with the skyline - not! It has also not opened despite having been built 2 years ago. 

Stuart gets ready for the big day 

Stuart's Birthday

Stuart is 8 tomorrow but the celebrations have started early. Matty joined him along with the inseparable brothers for a trip ten-pin bowling. Stuart managed 3 strikes , Matty got the highest score but we all enjoyed it. Why does 10 pin bowling turn normally reserved English people into strutting high-fiving inhabitants of Springfield? Who knows and really who cares?

Dad having a "Ray Mears" afternoon in the Silverdale woods. 

On top of "none tree hill", and this is Auckland in mid winter,freezing as you can see 

It's mum's birthday

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY...WOOO,
33 today,feels strange that 34 will be out there in the warm,and in the spring rather than the begining of winter.
Well it will be 8 weeks to the day on Sunday, and between then we have a family gathering on the 20th of November, Stu's 8th birthday on the 14th of November, followed by our 10th wedding aniversery.Ahhh.
Then of course we hit the silly season of spend,spend, spend,and total over indulgence. Not for us this year mind, the boy's will get a few little gifts to fit in there rucksacks, and nz$50 to blow in NZ.

Look, they can be together without fighting 

Look, we can clean

The boy's knew that only elbow grease would see their bikes off to New zealand

would you open your door to these 3?

Halloween

There's not alot of stuff left in the house, but the boy's kept their halloween goods.
Off the boy's went to scare the local's , and returned with a good profit of sweets.