Newsround up

Sorry its been a while - I did promise news and I know for some of you the wait has been horrible.
Now is the point where I have to warn you that the news is nothing but trivia - nothing really big (sorry)

So lets crack on....

the other week our car had its MOT and sadly it failed terribly! They (the wizards...) said it wasn't worth the cost of the repairs! Oh dear...
So we were in a bit of a fix for transport and after two days of commuting to Morden via train I'd had enough - we had to get a car!



Yes here it is a BMW 3 series. £250 bargain!! Please note the added cable ties to the bumper - essential to keep it attached!
It sounds like an old camper van but it has got me to work for a couple of weeks now so I'm not complaining.





Jo and I were out at the shops the other day (which has become more and more rare in recent weeks) we popped into Millets looking for a new tent. We got an absolute bargain, got a big old tent for about half price, roll on august when we try it out for the first time.

speaking of the tent... Last Friday I was at home alone - Jo was having another girly night with a couple of girls who missed the massive sleep over do at ours. So I settled down to watch some Ray miers. He's a middle class bush man, knows lots about tree and things.
This programme inspired me, and being as I had a bit of time to kill I decided to have a look at this new tent of ours.

Now some of you will know that we have a rather large front room so I gave it a go!


it was a challenge, in fact half way through I thought why am I doing this?! But there we go. I had it all packed up and back to normal. So much so that when Jo got back she said "you haven't moved off that sofa" - "I flippin well have" I exclaimed showing photographic evidence!




Last Sunday we had a family gathering at our place, we fired up the BBQ and had a rather nice afternoon. My mother-in-law fell asleep on the sofa.











hope that's brought you up to speed on a few things...