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244/365 Ben A’an and a shameful sight

September 1, 2013 By Ellen

  There we were the Boys, Fionaoutdoors and I spending a slightly overcast Sunday climbing Ben A’an. And we stopped for lunch at the inviting big rocks just before it gets a bit scrambly. Clearly we weren’t the only ones who lingered in that spot. How did I know? When I visited the little place […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, ben a'an, scot, Scotland

243/365 Only eight days ’til the Pedal For Scotland

August 31, 2013 By Ellen

  This time next Sunday it’ll all be over. Boy Two, Supergran, Supersister, Step Mum and a few thousand others will have pedalled 47 miles from Glasgow to Edinburgh. Last year Fabulous Deb made Nanaimo bars to keep sustained along the way. Sadly she can’t join us this time as she’s recovering from coming out […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, baking, bike, Pedal for Scotland

242/365 how kinesiology is turtle-y awesome…

August 30, 2013 By Ellen

  There are many things I don’t understand – like gravity, homophobia, quantitative easing, Minecraft and people who eat oysters. They function, I know, but I just can’t work out how. Kinesiology is a bit like that. Powerful, positive and highly effective yet I have only the vaguest notion of how it works. Some meld […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, Alison Finlay, kinesiology

241/365 Making time to play…

August 29, 2013 By Ellen

When I dropped Boy Three off at nursery I gave him a kiss and a cuddle, like usual, and, like usual, said: “Have fun.” He replied: “You have fun too, mummy.” “I will,” I said as headed out to the car to perform the elaborate waving ritual. It involves me blowing kisses and flapping my […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, fun, nursery, play

Energy saving is bathed in success

August 29, 2013 By Ellen

I had my first bath in a couple of years the other day. No, I’m not really, really stinky – or at least I don’t think so.No, the reason was that after years of a nasty flapping, cracked bath panel I suddenly have a lovely fixed and perfectly sealed one.I hadn’t realised how much it […]

Filed Under: bath panel, draft, draught, energy saving, Leap

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