and cute and silly children

and more derby!

derby, derbyshire, midlands, etc.

several months of travelling to derby really sorts it out for you. the M1, oooorrrr mmmoooooiiiiiii gawd voooolllahh! and so, assorted favourite pikkies

as summer just kept going .......

......... holidays were interspersed with visits to Mama at Derby and surrounds; more family castles, caverns, stone walls, stone circles, crooked church spires and medieval villages and then one day we drove through this town, had to get a picture just for posterity!

AND THEN.....? AND THEN......?

BEST DRESSED BOYS @ SHAMBALA! showing once again the propensity for grown Englishmen to dress in women's clothing and hang around in bars! no loombahjax ere mate!

and the winner is ............ well, the committee just couldn't decide, so we just put on our best frocks and went out for some Pimms and Gins. of which we have [smartly] no records!

AND JUST SOME OF THE STUFF WE DID ON HOLIDAYS

In no especial order cos i can't remember when we did it, here's a list - shambala music festival at kelmarsh,

innocent fete at regent's park,

larx in the parx at various locations round richmond

, borough markets for a weeks shopping,

legoland with eddi and boo and yvonne and daniel,

the london mela at gunnersbury, and then many trips to derby and surrounds while mum fills westfield's latest mall with shop fronts. go mummi!