Joe's 18th Birthday Party

Joe's 18th birthday is on Monday.  He had all his mates round for a party tonight.

The calm before the storm.  Seth, Henry and Ollie came round to help set the place up. 

Our living room crammed with teens :-)

Round the fire....

And testing out the new decking.

In the kitchen...

Fabulous night.  All the youngsters were fab :-)

Victorious Festival

Me and Karen went to Victorious Festival today.  We had a pint in the Pheonix on the way...

Our local band favourites, Crystal Tides were fab.

Ans the Royston Club were awesome.

We saw loads of other cool bands and bumped into lots of friends.  Great day.

Decking Replacement

After over 20 years our decking was looking very ropey, so it was time for it to be replaced...

I replaced over 20 joists....

The boards go on.  I was on cutting, Joe on drilling...

Ta daaa....   :-)

Beautiful Days 2026

Beautiful Days 2026 :-)

Billy Bragg brilliant as ever...

Peace :-)

Then the amazing Skindred stole the show....

And the video....

Late night antics in the Bimble Inn...

Our Campsite....

Debs, Rayner and Joe ready to see Pompey band Crystal Tides....

Brilliant 'Royston Club'...

And the Wonder Stuff

These should be the best days......

And Madness....

And of course the Levellers provided the big finale.

We were the last out as usual :-)

Joe selling Pies at Festivals

Joe spent a good part of the summer working for Pie (they sell pies) at various Festivals around the south of England.  This one was 'Love Supreme' near Lewes.  Mary spotted him and took this photo...

Joe's house for the summer...

Joe met Will's mate Patch at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.  Patch used to own the company.

Truck Fest.  This time spotted by Roland.

Joe's view at Boomtown Festival near Winchester.  He said this was the maddest one of the summer.

And working at Beautiful Days :-)

What a summer :-)

August Thursday Biking

More amazing weather for our Thursday biking trips.  The lads on top of Kingley Vale.

Clive, Jez, Paul, Simon, Geoff, Chalkie and me behind the camera...

Lovely sunsets on the way down.

Kayak with Jez

I had a lovely paddle round Fowley Island and over to Langstone with Jez tonight.

Here's Jez in the mudflats on the way to Fowey.  What a sky :-)

And that's me...