The Terminator

00080 a video by remifrommontpellier on Flickr.

Chicken pox

The babies have been unwell for a solid 10 weeks now!

Sheep dog and wholly cows

I had the chance to join a group of friends from my days in Loughborough for a mountain bike ride around Ladybower reservoir. We came across a sheepdog training session, and a herd of wholly cows.



somehow the video freezes at the end of the sheepdog run - there's room for improvement

Dave & Ali's picnic at Beacon Hill

Dave:



and Ali:



Organised a weekend of activities to celebrate their new house. We missed the first day but managed to join them for a picnic at Beacon Hill. They took us to a large maze cut in a thicket of rhododendrons.



We took the twins in the pushchair:



Rob was there



And Gwar



with some more of their friends, whose name i forgot. Sorry!



The maze was fantastic, lots of places to climb and hide. There's a circular path, decked out so we could take the pushchair with us. Older kids had a great time playing hide and seek and racing around the path.
There are little hiddy places where you can seat and listen to stories about animals and plants:



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Le 9 mars:

Louise baby bump

Last Monday, Louise looked like this:



That was the start of the 37th weeks. Tonight is our last "quiet" night!

Walk in the snow

2 weekends ago, the snow "paralysed" the East Midlands. I went for an early walk to the nature reserve, with the camera.

This little chappy wasn't too scared

I made it to a high birds' hide. The visibility wasn't great, can you guess the power station from the fog?

And a view of Attenborough village:

The nature reserve centre, with my nordic walking poles - this was a great workout

The ducks were walking on the ice. This little one went first

He was soon followed by his friends

On my way back, the path became strangely wild

This happy snowman was guarding the golf course. Not a soul, all snowed up, quite eerie really!

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A walk around the nature reserve

We took our mums for a walk around the nature reserve when my mum visited us in October. Nice weather and lots of birds. Click here to see the full set on flickr.

Louise and Margaret:




and Maman:




Here is a view from one of the hides around the nature reserve:




As we walked on the canal path, we came across a very young and friendly dog and its family:




We then got onto a path close to where birds wait for walkers to feed them. We first came across ducks:




And then some geese:




And finally swans:




Maman has a conversation with one of them:




I tried to take pictures of birds in flight. Here's one of my best:




We had a great time an enjoyed tea and cake at the visitor centre.