Apr 14

5th Apr: Another good run from Katie - her first sub-30 minute 5km.

6th: Hattie's star appearance on York Barbican stage with Dani Harmer in Peter Pan.

10th: Westways recital. Katie played Jogalong, Emily did Edelweis on the flute.

12th-13th: With the other girls away for the weekend, Megan had a "Daddy weekend", including a trip to the cinema to watch "Frozen", cycling on her new bike ...

... and a ride on the back of Daddy's bike to Bradfield for an ice cream.

19th-26th April: Easter holiday in Eskdale. The first day was perfect weather for completing Pete's last Wainwrights. A fairly early start (for us) meant we had just enough time for Megan to walk the whole way - 8 miles in 8 hours!

  

  

21st: Lovely day for a long ride over Hardknott, up to Keswick, over Whinlatter & back to Eskdale, while the girls visited Georgie.

22nd: Back to Georgie's for more messing about in boats.

  

 

 23rd: Cycling some of the Eskdale Trail.

24th: A walk up Harter Fell (2140'), Megan's highest climb yet.  If you look closely in this photo you can see the road over Hardknott  Pass.  Earlier in the morning, Pete went for a second go at cycling up this road, managing it in 13:35, which is in the top 2.5% of times on Strava.

At the top of Harter Fell.

  

25th: Another family cycle ride, along the shores of Wastwater for a drink at the Wasdale Head Inn.

26th: Last day of the holiday, so we allowed ourselves a relaxing ride on the steam train before the drive home. Nearly stuck in the car park with a flat battery, until a delivery van came to the rescue.

  

  

5th May: Bank Holiday Monday, recovering from Pete's cycling accident on Saturday (gory details below) with a gentle 5 mile walk round Bradfield, followed by a late lunch and a beer or two at the Plough.

(Scroll down to see pictures of the damage if you're brave enough!)

Mar 14

8th March: Katie's cross-country team won the City Championships at Graves Park.

15th-16th: A weekend in London for Katie's 40th, including a 'speakeasy' bar entered through a fridge, a pub serving only Sam Smith's beer from Tadcaster, and the most amazing steak house (The Bountiful Cow)
  

  
Recovering with a walk through some of London's parks...

... to the Science Museum to see the world's first Web server ...

... and the Guards Museum at Wellington Barracks, where my Great Great Grandad lived when serving in the Coldstream Guards.

23rd: Taunton

  

30th: Rivelin walk, shortly after a dog nicked Megan's stick.

Jan-Feb 14

Jan 2014: Fed up with my dodgy DIY paintjob, I decided to get my bike frame professionally resprayed. Vernon Barker in Dronfield did a great job. Now just to put it back together...

  

26th Feb: Half-term nature trail at Longshaw with G&G.

27th: Katie cooked us all a lovely meal of chicken fajitas and apple pie.

28th: Champion speed-skater in the making (we've been watching the winter Olympics!)

Christmas & New Year 2013

Christmas Day:

Boxing Day walk on the Quantocks: we weren't so keen on the horses by the end of the day.

27th: a lazy day, with a brief outing to the park.

29th: After a changeover day at home, we drove up to the Lakes, arriving with enough time for a quick trot up Latrigg.

31st: Dave & I struck it lucky with the weather for a spin round the Whinlatter Forest mountain bike trail.

New Year's Eve pass-the-parcel. The later adults' version involved more alcohol, and for some reason, a banana.

New Year's Day walk up Barrow from Braithwaite.  Megan's 4th Wainwright, and her highest yet (455m). Very windy & cold on top - so cold that even Jon put his coat on.

2nd Jan: Another wet day, so we visited the Upfront Gallery Puppet Theatre, for a performance of the Pied Piper of Hamlyn.