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Ravenglass to Eskdale
Saturday, 27th July 2013 Once again we travelled to Skiddaw and the beautiful hall where Jane was staying to collect her for a full day of holiday with the Family Keating. After a short pause to collect her we drove around the coastline of Cumbria in glorious weather to Ravenglass to take the Eskdale-Ravenglass steam…
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La La Legoland
Wednesday and Thursday, 3rd-4th July 2013 This week we went to LegoLand, Windsor, as part of Ben’s Birthday Celebrations. I risk the ire of my friends who live in the south as I write this who would have loved to see us but the schedule was way to fierce for me to contemplate any other…
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Ullswater Steamers
Saturday, 20th July 2013 Today we once again bounced (such a lovely term whereas it means that Daddy drove us into the lake district in the beloved workhorse, Korra) to the north lakes and the Eden valley. Our destination was weather dependent and would either be the always charming Rhegged Centre or Ullswater for a…
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Whitehaven Wandering
Wednesday, 24th July 2013 In the afternoon, after we had dropped Jane at Cockermouth, we went with Jess and James into Cockermouth for a short lunch before a travel to the Cumbria coastline. In Cockermouth we found a small music shop where we purchased a cheap Yukelele for Benjamin as he keeps on wanting to…
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Derwent Water
Wednesday 24th July Today the family Keating travelled to Keswick to meet with Jane who was staying a week near Skiddaw. We kidnapped her from the lovely Ormathwaite Hall where she was staying (which had a lovely view over Borrowdale) and headed into Keswick for the morning. Borrowdale is such a strong Tolkien-esque name, you…
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Sunny times at Nana’s House
Saturday 13 July 2013 Leigh wanted to go to a Camp Nano meeting today so Markie and the boys decided to take a trip to see Nana and visit the convalescing Auntie Kathryn. It was another sunny day, in fact it was the warmest seen this year, so far, in Newton. It was an easy…
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Lazing on a sunny afternoon…NOT!
Saturday, 6th April 2013 After the mid-week expense and long drive to Windsor today we took a more relaxed view of what we wanted to do. It was already starting to be a great weekend as the weather was sunny and the kids wanted to go to the beach. To save daddy a drive in…
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La La Legoland
Wednesday and Thursday, 3rd-4th July 2013 This week we went to LegoLand, Windsor, as part of Ben’s Birthday Celebrations. I risk the ire of my friends who live in the south as I write this who would have loved to see us but the schedule was way to fierce for me to contemplate any other…
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On the Bus
29 June 2013 Ben and elliott playing on the same ride at Toys R Us This specific post was created using WordPress for Android on a mobile phone. This explains but not excuses any incorrect or unusual typography, brevity or formatting.
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Study Time
26 June 2013 Today we were at Lancaster University Child Psychology Unit where Elliott was participating in a study into how children perceive other peoples motives. To summarise it was looking at an abstractism, do young children infer that someone is being purposefully false and acting. This is a simple description of a more complex…