For the record Oscar hooked himself up to the tree and thought it was hilarious... |
Somerset Scribbles
Yes, these days it almost sounds old hat and unfashionable to start a blog but it seems like a sensible way to share our news with friends and family. Now I'm no longer just a geek but, with my partner Nicky and son Oscar, part of a lovely family I'd like to start a diary. We live in Shepton Mallet and are really enjoying our time in and around the Mendip Hills, we're surrounded by such wonderful countryside.
Wednesday, 15 August 2012
Oscar and Collett Park
With our new routine, Nicky goes to an exercise boot camp on Monday's and Wednesday's in the morning at Collett Park, Oscar and I meet Nicky at 7:45 and we all walk to Oscar's Nursery. Oscar loves Collett Park.
Sunday, 12 August 2012
Chesil Beach
When visiting a friend near Weymouth we stopped off at Chesil Beach between the mainland and Portland.
Saturday, 11 August 2012
Lacock Abbey 10k
One of the races we've entered this year was Lacock 10k. It was fairly flat but surprisingly challenging, with a number of styles, a waterlocked section right at the start but next to no hills. I managed to get back in just over 50 minutes... still some way to go to get back to my 43min 10k from 2009...
Nicky took other photos on the day but I wasn't in any of them, just some other bloke in a red and white top |
Tuesday, 7 August 2012
Olympics Triathlon in Hyde Park
With all the Olympics activity I decided to go and see a bit of the triathlon as it was in Hyde Park and tickets weren't required for most of the route. The atmosphere was amazing but it was pretty hard to see anything. Stupidly I walked past the best place to watch on my way there when walking round the route as got there early (from the Serpentine bridge you could have seen all three disciplines.)
I spent a lot of the time by the big screen where I could run to the road to catch a glance of the cycling in action...
This was about the best spot for the start of the swim. |
Labels:
days out,
London,
sporting events
Friday, 3 August 2012
Harridge Wood Revisited
Another nice place worthy of a return visit!
Trouble with going to places with Oscar is that you end up carrying all his stuff.... |
Labels:
Walks
Saturday, 28 July 2012
Sunday, 15 July 2012
Corfe Castle
As I had to work on a Sunday, Nicky decided, spur of the moment, that a trip to Corfe Castle would be fun for Oscar.
Location:
Corfe Castle, Dorset BH20 5, UK
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