Wednesday, 8 September 2010

Photos of the year - week 30

Monday 30th August
 Trying to do a collage of four photos as too cruel to choose!
11/9 Done it!

Tuesday 31st August
Blenheim.  79 to look through...
11/9 This one just won but it was hard so think it's going to need it's own post!
Wednesday 1st September
Setting up 3K good to go for the year... until it deflated the next day!


Thursday 2nd September
Forgot to take a photo today - but did take photos of my new class.  So this was the board against which all the photos were taken - with the child cropped off!
Friday 3rd September
 Making sausage burgers - Friday night excitement!


Saturday 4th September
The only photo I took today... possibly scariest photo of the day?

Sunday 5th September
Forgot to take any photos :-(

Saturday, 4 September 2010

Spa Francorchamps

Watched at school and so with the first lap excitement started to type up my thoughts on word.  Here they are:

Oh my goodness its amazing!!!! So wantin to write but too brilliant!

It’s spa which is enough to make me love it!
oooh – safety car now too on lap two and theres so much already happened that I havent written about.
not going into pits while safety car out…
am also in school supposedly doing some sorting but now gripped to IWB!
there’s lots of talk of rain and though it seemed to start dry , there was a little shower on the first lap and it seemed whole pack went off at last corner in formation – caught out by wetness.  then barrichello went into Ferrari at that corner which caused safety car. 

weber in poll had terrible start (martin just said anti stall kicked in…) and went down to about 6th.  Mclarens ultimately over the lap made it into a 1-2 and that’s where we are at this restart. 

hmm – why didn’t I go to the loo before it started…  well, guess I can use the children’s ones!

Lap 17 – well it had calmed down but with constant rain suspense (none quite come yet) but then Vetel (3rd) slams into the side of JB (2nd) and Button’s out the race L  Vetel manages to leap across the track back into the pit entrance and get a new nose.  But that’s big news for the championship!

Lap 28 – Poor Vetel – though it is his own fault.  He had to stop for a new nose so then started to climb his way back up, and then got a drive through penalty for that incident.  And so to climbing again.  And now he just got a left rear puncture when he caught Sutil when overtaking him so a crawl back to the pits and time to climb again!

Lap 35 – big debates now as to when to go for inters… think this predicted rain is really coming!  Mclarens telling Ham to not come in just as he goes off, but just misses the barrier – everyone else going into pits now but Ham (in the lead) has to get it back to pits…  come on.  Have actually hurt my head leaping up and down in classroom and hoping he didn’t hit the barrier!  He’s in the pits now.  Kubica overshoots pits letting Weber into second.  Ham out still in 1st.
Lap 38 – Championship contenders dropping like flies – can’t think now if that’s my phrase or if I just heard martin or Jonathon say it!!  Alonso spins and leaves his car on the track at a perpendicular angle!  safety car is out!  it’s a case of surviving for the next 5 laps now.

Lap 41 – safety car gone in – everyone backed up and so tense seeing how bravely everyone treads on this wet track.
Lap 44 – made it!  Hamilton takes the victory.  Love it here – the marshalls marshall the drivers back up through the exit to the pit lane and they drive up it the wrong way rather than completing another lap of this longest circuit.


London baby

John and I enjoyed two London days out this summer holiday and we managed to cram so much in!

Day 1 - Wednesday





Day 2 - Saturday





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Sunday, 29 August 2010

Photos of the year - week 29

Monday 23rd August
John completing his leg of the Cobi cycle from Guildford to Southampton.  Mega impressed by him and his 7-seater bicycle. 

Tuesday 24th August
School overtaken by plants???

Wednesday 25th August
 London, baby!

Thursday 26th August
On the way home from school.   Cow.

Friday 27th August
Glory to the Sixties, getting the classroom ready!
Saturday 28th August
London take two, including a bonus trip to the Mousetrap.

Sunday 29th August 
 Sorting in the classroom ready for school - with a bonus watching of the Spa GP.

Happy Camping!

This summer I was taken on my first camping trip since guide camp - probably 15 years ago.  And I am happy to say it was a much more pleasant experience!



John, in his role as experienced camper, sorted out everything we needed to take with us and gave me a list of what I needed to pack. What a star! He picked me up and we excitedly headed on our way in Rufus!




We made it to Gloucestershire and the booked up our spot at the campsite with the view.  Then is was time for putting up the tent... in the drizzle!

In the tent - what a view!


We spent a fair bit of time watching the 'home-from-homes' putting up their tent.  They really didn't have a good camping experience and were gone when we woke the following morning!



It was a 'leave no trace' campsite and the facilities were... basic!  I had to draw on my Ghana expertise when using the toilet.  And I was yet again grateful for my camel bladder!  The showers were a hose with a foot pump but we didn't have the effort to light the fire in the morning to warm the water.  Only for one night!






Shopping at the organic shop for a 'Ludmila' meal.  Very entertained by the shape of the vegetables!
Using our hired brazier - it's time for man to make fire.  The rain outside caused us much worry, and maybe it wasn't the wisest thing to start the fire inside the tent and keep it so close to the entry way... but we got away with it and it was very exciting!







Contemplating the morning roll. What a cute photo!













On the way through the woods back to the shop for lunch on the last day.  What a meal and a half!
Happy camping times!  Thank you John.

Why is it called a Dutch barn?...