We have been staying up near Derwent/Kiln Pit Hill this week and had signed CJ up for a football camp at Stocksfield Cricket and Football Club (where my dad, uncle and grandad all played) run by the Newcastle United Foundation. It has been a great week and CJ has loved every minute of camp, playing … Continue reading CJ – bit of a superstar!
After the success of the Gold Cup campaign earlier this summer and the additional coverage of our Bermudian footballers, we’ve been following a few who are in the English league. Osagi Bascome and Justin Donawa both play for Darlington FC in the Vanarama National League North. Darlington is about 40 miles from where we are … Continue reading A trip to Blackwell Meadows!
While CJ was enjoying football camp, Chris, Maggie, and I explored The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre . It was a very cool and well- designed museum on the southern border of the Northumberland National Park. Not only did Maggie learn a lot about the Northumberland landscape, but we gained a new appreciation for the … Continue reading @The Sill
Bags are packed and we are ready to go! Chris finished work yesterday (Friday) so Melissa has done almost all the work to pack up the house and get us organised. We were hoping for only 2 duffel bags but we just couldn’t make that work. Still, not bad for 4 people and 12 months! Continue reading We’re OFF!
Melissa planted watermelons in the spring – before we decided to take the Gap Year – and they have taken off. The tenant will have the benefit of the harvest but we managed to get this early bird before we go. Continue reading First Watermelon!
Melissa and the kids are back from DC and Melissa is right back into packing mode. We’ll post an update on progress later in the week! And by packing mode, Chris means this… It’s amazing how much stuff we’ve acquired over the years. And I’m doing a lot of this… And the kids have decided … Continue reading Packing up