Sandringham Visit

Day trip to see the Queens holiday house at Sandringham...

Erm who's driving?

More Beach Fun II

I saw Mauds sandy foot and it reminded me of the picture Matt took (below) when she was only a few days old of her perfect little piggies

"Erm... yep I want that... whatever it is..."

"Oh.. sun cream... thats a bit rubbish... I don't want that!"

Too late Maud! Grandma takes her opportunity and goes in for the Sandy-Grandma-Hand-Suncream-Rubbing-In-Trick!

More Beach Fun

Beach day!

On the beach...

Maud is far too grown up now to sippy cups now, so stealing water from the big grown up bottles is far more exciting... although does pose a small danger of taking an impromptu shower.

Holidays 3

More pictures of the wedding party before the do...

Holidays 2

One of the main reasons for going to Wells-Next-The-Sea was so Matt, Silje and Maud could attend Tim Sandersons wedding (please see Matts Blog for full details and a full gallery of the event). For me and Mum it was just a great excuse for a holiday by the sea side!

Getting ready for the wedding... wellies were essential and added a certain something to any pretty dress the girls were wearing

Maud can't resist having a quick rummage around in the stones in the garden.

Holidays Day 1

I know I know, what took me so long to get these blogged? Well my excuse is that my new internet connection is about 1/3 the speed of my last one so it takes forever. Anyway, stop moaning and enjoy a few pictures :-)


Wells-Next-The-Sea is a lovely little north Norfolk town with everything we needed (except a 24 hour tesco)

Everybody in!

SAS managed to lose Maud's pram and baby carrier on the 1 hour journey from Oslo. They managed to find the pram and sent a delivery driver, who got lost. After we hunted him down, Matt returned with the missing Maud carriage.... but without the baby carrier! Uggg!

Grandma arrived on Friday and Maud got straight into showing off all the toys in the house.... and her playing hat!

Movin' on Up

I'm seriously considering trying to get on the property ladder. I'm fed up of paying rent and now seems to be as bad a time as any to bite the bullet and become a home(loan)owner. I have checked my sums fairly thoroughly and taken a fair amount of independent financial advice. All things being equal and assuming that there will not be a massive crash in the next 5 years then I should be OK.

This is the building in question. At the moment no one is living in them and they are freshly built. I didnt take pictures but there is a similar block at right angles to this one on the left of the picture that is already full so this is the final part of the development.

At the open day we attended we were allowed to look around two of the apartments that were on the upper ground floor. One was fully furnished and one empty. Does anyone know if having the central heating pipes exposed on the wall is a modern style of building? New to me.

The living room in this one was nice and large with a little balcony big enough for a small chair and table.

Leading through to a mini kitchen with enough space for everything you need.

The bedrooms were the only rooms in the furnished apartment I could get a clear shot of. There were people faffing around everywhere in the living room and kitchen, talking to the housing association helpers.

I took along my friend Matt for moral support and a second opinion.

This is a bonus picture from a recent night out in Bournemouth for Matt's birthday, with Matt's housemate Ben in the centre.