Camping East Dean No 3

We had a night up at East Dean Campsite tonight with Simon, Tory and George.  Joe working hard getting the tent set up :-)

We walked down to the Star and Garter in East Dean.

Raynor came up for the evening with Seth and Finn.  Collecting a little piece of firewood!

The lads cooking up some mischief...

Falling asleep in front of the fire :-)

New Fence

I finally got started on the new fence.  The first few panels are down...

Joe was my labourer.  He enjoyed breaking up the old fence panels...

The first few panels are in.  Only 8 more to go!

Kings Arms Pizza

We ventured out to the Kings Arms with Mum and Dad to celebrate Joe and Lisa finishing their respective schools.  First trip to the pub since the lock down started...

That first pub beer looks good :-)

The Kings Arms has a new pizza oven....very nice too....

East Dean No 2

We went up to East Dean Campsite with Simon, Tory and a bunch of the Emsworth lot.  Nice walk through the woods...

The obligatory fire wood...

Joe and Seth organised the fire...

Campfire songs....not really :-)

Another late great night round the fire...

Kayak Mary and Lola

We had a lovely paddle over to Fowley Island today with Mary and Lola...

The girls on the island....lovely BBQ too...

Mary harvested some sand fire to go with the BBQ...

Back through the Emsworth Everglades...

Joe Last Day of School

Joe went into school today for the last ever day at Emsworth Primary School.

Joe's Year Six Class...

The cakes looked very yummy...

Mrs Fripp giving Joe his leaving gift...

Some selfies with his mates...

The whole year...

Joe and his best mate Seth.

Adios Emsworth Primary School :-)

Joe Old School Photos

Reception with Miss Mingo.

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Fun with computers :-)

Oompa Loompa...

And the undefeated football team...

Joe has had a great time at Emsworth Primary School.

Kayak - Ian and Stan

We had a very nice sunny kayak out with Ian and Stan, and Ian's friend John today...

At the Fowley Arms...

Joe and Stan staying cool...

Jumping off the pontoon :-)

East Dean - Pete Mary

We had a very nice night camping at East Dean Campsite with Pete, Mary and the kids...

Lily and Iris hard at work...

We had a walk up onto the South Downs and found some interesting tumuli...

Joe flying his kite...

Lock Down Adventures

Family Quiz

Every Tuesday night we have been having a Fabulous Fellows Family Quiz.  Great fun, although I'm rubbish at knowing the answers :-)   Will's lot are missing off the photo.

Millpond

Me, Lisa and Joe have spent lots of time walking round the Millpond and seafront during the lock down...

Kingley Vale Walk

Me, Karen and Joe had a walk up Kingley Vale today, starting from near Chilgrove...

On the top...

Checking out the amazing ghostly Yew Trees...

Some insects hard at work...

Joe Leavers Hoodie

Joe got his leavers hoodie...

The 2020 Coronavirus Kids....

Cycle Up Kingley Vale

Me and Joe rode up Kingley today. First time for Joe's new bike up Kingley Vale...

Nice view over Stoughton.  Mooooo

Checking out the amazing Yew trees...

Handstands

Lisa is missing gymnastics...

Painting

There is too much wood in this house!

Joe's Carrots

Joe's carrots are coming on well.  He had this one with his lunch :-)

Joe's carrot jungle...

Millpond

We treated ourselves to a takeaway from the Darbar!!!!   And homemade chapatis...

Inholmes Woods

We had a lovely walk through Inholmes Woods today...

Butterfly doing it's thing :-)

The kids found a tower to climb...

Fornite

Joe had deleted Fornite for a few months, but it's now back with a bang...

Evening Kayak with Ian and Stan

Lovely paddle out in the harbour today with Ian and Stan...

Ian in the sunset...

Joe, leaping off the pontoon :-)

Bike Ride with Joe

Me and Joe have been doing lots of bike rides, watching the crops growing...

Home School

Home School today was Science....burning stuff...

The Office

We have finally sorted out the office for Lisa to use as here study...

Kayaking at Prinsted

We had a kayak over at Prinsted today.  The grey building in the background is the scout hut...

Investigating Paynes Boatyard...

And some interesting and very tight little channels that Joe found...

Fishbourne Walk

We had a nice walk round the shore near Fishbourne...

Crazy Tree Climbers...

Joe decided to go for a dip.  It was baking hot...

Joe's Desk

Joe said he would like a desk in his room...

Thursday Quiz

We do a quiz each Thursday with some of the local crowd.  All good fun :-)