Helen sitting up and a 5 mile bike ride

Today Helen sat up 'steady' unaided for the first time and me and the boys went a 5 mile bike ride around Taw Green. This is the longest ride Matt has done so far on a hilly road, he did very well. Angus was a great 'director sportif' shouting encouragement from my bike trailer. All these photos were taken today.

Castle Drogo Walk

Today is a beautiful but cold day and we went a drive over the moor to Postbridge and Beliver (whilst eating pasties bought from Chagford) and finished with a walk from the old County road underneath the west side of Castle Drogo. Here are some snips.

Anne introduces Helen to Burn's night

This week was Helen's first Burn's night. Note the joy on both faces as they look forward to some haggis, neaps annd tatties plus a wee dram. Pure delight.

Superstardom?

On Thursday I saw John Paul-Jones whilst leaving a music shop, famous for his role as bass player in supergroup Led Zeppelin from the 1970s (as a Led Zep fan, I was quite excited, but being British of course I did not show it). This got me thinking, shucks he must be wealthy. Realising that my window for wealth is reducing, I turned my attention to the potential for my children. Here are some pictures of my efforts, taken this weekend. Some early signs superstardom, or just good fun? Definitely the latter.

Small world

Last night I was passing through Edinburgh Airport and (whilst thumbing through the special offers in Dixons) my cousin Adrian popped up and tapped me on the shoulder. It blew me away. Wonderful, we share much common kinship and what a tonic to see him again - it was mid 2005 when we last saw one another. The gathering lasted about 60 seconds before he had to dash to the gate for his Southampton plane, but was long enough for us to get my travel companion (Phil Murray) to snap the moment on Adrian's new camera (thanks Phil).

I flew a bit higher than the rest of the passengers on the way home to Exeter!

Small world.

Tea time anticipation

Over the weekend Dave Chadwick kindly gave us a memory stick which means that we can now post much more up to date photos taken through our video cam - thanks DC. This is the first one - Helen waiting for Sunday tea!