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Flying kites
We bought a jellyfish shaped kite the first time we went to Margaret River, and today, after it had languished on a shelf for more than a year, we took it down to the Marina Barrage to fly it. I was annoyed to discover that the string for it was missing – something lost among […]
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A sunny day in Halifax
We got up early and took the first ferry from Dartmouth to Halifax. In my dreams. As usual, a lot of lollygagging went on, so much so that a 9:30 planned start meant sprinting to make the 11:30 sailing of the ferry, but after that we could deposit the kids in a play area shaped […]
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Dinosaurs
It is a truth universally acknowledged that all places, at all times, are envious of the South​ London suburb of Crystal Palace, and that given time, for any particular place, you’ll always be able to amass evidence to prove this. And so that was that we went to Singapore’s attempt at the Hanging Gardens of […]
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An easy Monday in Nova Scotia
Today we took the ferry across to Halifax again, this time so that I could exchange some shoes at MEC that were the wrong size, and so we could wander a bit on the other side of the water. I made the possible mistake of walking into the Lost Cod Clothing Company on the waterfront, […]
