Monday, June 1, 2020

Getting Out in Lockdown

A Walk in the Woods
We had a walk north of Stansted from Oldhouse Lane through the woods to Watergate Hanger. Joe was fascinated with the tree overhanging one of the old quarries...
Come on Karen :-)
T-Shirts and Phones
Lisa's new T-Shirt arrived.  It's Dodie!
Joe made a picture insert for his phone...
Tinnies on Fowley
I had a trip out on the water with Jezza.  We bumped into Simon, Tory and George...
A Black Headed Gull's nest on Fowley.....taken from social distance...
Me and Jez had a pottle about in the harbour...
Joe Haircut
Joe emerged from his room having cut his own hair!   Looks great too...
Telegraph Hill Walk
We had a nice walk up Telegraph Hill near Compton..
Joe exploring the woods..
It was a hot day.  Lisa and Karen having a rest...
Shopping!
The shopping arrived.  I hadn't appreciated how big a 1kg jar of Nutella was :-)
Kayak with the Dickinsons
We went out on the water with Ian and Stan.  Social distancing of course...
Ian and Stan (pulling a funny face)
Racton Ruin
I had a nice Bike ride with Joe up Racton Ruin...
East Dean Walk
We had a lovely walk through the woods at East Dean.  Another super hot and sunny day...
Joe exploring the fields...
Joe took this photo of a poppy...
Joe's Tattoos!
Joe is a real footballer now, with an arm full of tattos!   ;-)
Kayak with Lisa
Me and Lisa hit the water....
Gardening
Me and Joe planted some runner beans...
We deserved glass of orange juice after all that planting.  Runner beans, spring onions and we potted up some pea seeds...
Walk - Inholmes Wood
We had a very nice walk through Inholmes Wood, north of Stoughton...
The hills are alive with the sound of children chatting :-)
Stunning trees...
Joe with the Dog Daisies...
We spotted a busy bee at work...
Back on the Water
First trip out on the water this year...
Joe couldn't resist a swim, of course....
Lots of black headed gulls nesting on Fowley.  The birds have had a great time during the lockdown...
Bike Ride - Stoughton
Me and Joe had a hot ride up to Stoughton....
We had a mini picnic in a field near the Kingley Vale car park...
Child Labour
The kids cleaned and painted the decking.  Does this count as home schooling :-)
Joe's New Bike
Joe setting up his new bike...
We went for a ride past Racton and out to West Marden.  Joe says the bike is great :-)
We are surviving lock down so far :-)