August 12, 2008
ok, so Mother Nature stuck two very big fingers up at us all this weekend. On a hilltop, overlooking the Irish Sea with torrential rain and high winds, I think she also dumped on our Persian rug and rubbed it in. Needless to say our new tent was tested to the limits, thankfully (mercifully) we survived fairly unscathed. It has to be expected really, camping and UK weather really don’t mix if you expect glorious sunshine one hundred percent of the time. If you’re gonna camp in the UK, sunshine should be a bonus and not part of your success criteria.
We all still had a good time despite everything - as long as the kids are happy, so am I.
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August 8, 2008
I went out and did a 5km run this morning at 6:15. My knee only twinged a little half way round and I think that was due to me tense running style due to the sloping pavement - running on the road when the pavement gets bad seemed to remedy that. I feel so relieved.
Today is camping day - we set off mid afternoon but I have 101 things to do before then. The weather turned bad yesterday but again this morning it’s sunny and warm (everything crossed it holds out til we at least have the tent up).
p.s. I noticed that I still have some work to do on the other pages of the website - i’m just too excited about camping to care.
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August 7, 2008
I’m having some real indecisions about what to do with this website. It seems right now that every morning I get up I have a new idea about how I want the thing to look and act. In an ideal world I would be posting regular paintings a sketches - but in reality I don’t have the time to do any painting right now… which is really pissing me off. It’s one of those laws of life where everything falls on your plate at the same time. Oh well.
I’d like to think that I’ll have time to doodle over the weekend - we’re off camping again, but I doubt that with three kids to entertain and keep an eye on. Still I am looking forward to a bit of wilderness (or at least a less suburban outlook) for three days. We woke this morning to a fresh day, clear skies and an optimistic feel - let’s hope that this good weather holds til Sunday at least!
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