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Tuesday, 31 October 2017

A Photo Every Hour - Saturday 28th October

So what happened to summer then? Or even the beginning of autumn? How is it November tomorrow? I have a feeling I was asking the very same questions this time last year.

In the meantime I appear to have missed blogging about a third of a year of photo an hours. Time to play catch up methinks!

So let's start with the most recent day, October's photo an hour...

8am - After a late night out eyeing up exciting things in Ikea, the little one slept in her clothes...creating some excellent bed hair overnight.

9am - Breakfast.

10am - Heading out to a craft workshop.

11am - About to start the crafting...

12pm - And Christmas card designs complete!

1pm - Sorting out some Christmas presents (the beginnings of story sacks and a rhyme box) while Lily's having a nap.

2pm - Snack time.

3pm and 4pm - Attended a geocaching event in a nearby town in an incredibly pretty old church with excellent chocolate cake and a great little indoor kids playground. Did I actually remember to take any photos, blogger-cliche ones or otherwise? Of course not.

5pm - On our way again, from the geocaching event to a town about 5 miles away to watch a carnival.

6pm - Queuing up with the rest of the world in the one sole chip shop in the town centre.

7pm - Waiting for the carnival to start and enjoying some chips!

8pm - Spend the carnival procession taking shots on an actual camera and forgot to take any on my phone.

9pm - Homeward bound.

10pm - While Lily's asleep, it's time to catch up on some TV!

This month we had 16 lovely people joining in...
Bev from Confuzzledom joined in on Twitter and on her blog
Char from t*rexes and tiaras joined in on Instagram
Cheryl from A Monster Mummy joined in on Twitter
Jane from Is That You Darling joined in on Instagram
Janet from Someone, Somewhere joined in on Twitter
Jennifer from Adventures in Pop Culture joined in on Instagram and Twitter
Kimmie joined in on Instagram
Louise from Ramblings of a Roachling joined in on Instagram
Naomi from What Naomi Did Next joined in on Instagram and Twitter
Rebecca from Writing, Fatshion, Me joined in on Instagram
Ruth joined in on Instagram
Shazza joined in on Instagram, Twitter and on her blog
Susie from Secondhand Susie joined in on Instagram and on her blog
The Mini Malpi joined in on Twitter
Vikki joined in on Instagram
And of course, myself here on this post, plus on Instagram and Twitter :-)

Give me a shout if I've missed you from the list and I'll add you on.

November's photo an hour date will be Saturday 18th November!

Also, check out what I was up to in...

October 2016

October 2015

October 2014

Wednesday, 28 June 2017

A Photo Every Hour - Saturday 17th June

Saturday 17th was the date set by Jane for June's photo an hour. Here's what the day looked like...

8am - Starting the day right; as always, with books.

9am - A quick breakfast before heading out to a local NCT sale.

10am - After getting some bargains at the sale, it was time to sample a proper breakfast.

11am - Then into the library for a quick look round.

12pm - Back home and it's still a glorious day.

1pm - Raspberry sorbet is an acceptable lunch, right?

2pm - Trying out one of the purchases from the sale... #glastonburyoutfitsorted

3pm - Late lunch snack time.

4pm - Then off to the grandparents house while I cleaned up.

5pm - And do some laundry-sorting!

6pm - Toast as buttered by a toddler.

7pm - Dinner alfresco on a sunny evening.

8pm - And the post-dinner clean-up can be done outside too!

9pm - And then while she heads off to sleep, I got started reading a new magazine!

For June's photo an hour we had 22 lovely people join in:

Naomi from What Naomi Did Next joined in on Instagram and Twitter.
Bev from Confuzzledom joined in on Twitter and her blog.
Hazel from World of Joy joined in on Twitter.
Jennifer from Adventures in Pop Culture joined in on Twitter.
Susie from Secondhand Susie joined in on Instagram.
Siobhan joined in on Instagram.
Ruth joined in on Instagram.
Rebecca from Writing, Fatshion, Me joined in on Instagram
Jane from Is That You Darling joined in on Instagram
Louise from Ramblings of a Roachling joined in on Instagram and her blog.
Rebecca joined in on Instagram.

Amy from Fluffy Owl's Adventures joined in on Instagram.

Vikki joined in on Instagram.
The Mini Malpi joined in on Twitter and her blog.
Georgina joined in on Instagram.
Sarah joined in on Instagram.
Jodey joined in on Instagram.
Sarah from Sarah Rooftops joined in on Instagram.

Liz from Distract Me Now Please joined in on Instagram.
Saskia joined in on Instagram.
Charlotte from Discovering Charlotte joined in on Instagram.
And of course, myself here on this post, plus on Instagram and Twitter :-)

July's photo an hour will be Saturday 15th!

Also, check out what I was up to in...

June 2016

June 2015

June 2014

Tuesday, 30 May 2017

A Tour Round Barry Island (Gavin & Stacey!)

The last holiday we had as a family of two (rather than a family of three) happened to be here...

That was the end of April 2015. It's taken me over two years to write about it. And Gavin and Stacey was first aired over 10 years ago (say what!?)

We loved the TV show and Barry is one of those places we'd both visited when we were younger but not really visited as adults so it was an obvious place for a weekend away. We kept it cheap and cheerful and stayed at Cardiff Airport Travelodge - which is only 2.5 miles from Barry Island and not actually that close to the airport at all. It also wins bonus points as there's a Toby Carvery on the same site!

It's relatively easy to find a list of various filming locations online and I popped them into a map in preparation for the trip (feel free to use the map if you want) :-)

We tried to visit as many as we could; some we only managed to do as drive-bys though and the weather wasn't exactly great which didn't help - but here's the shots I managed to take!

Gwen, Doris and Uncle Bryn's Houses