I have just renewed my car insurance and, to be perfectly honest, I am cockahoop about it. You see, I’ve just passed a life milestone that I mentally set back when I was 18 years old! Back when I was an 18-year-old I hadn’t been driving very long. It had taken me 4 attempts to […]
For 5 and a half years I’ve worked in a place where the dress code was commonly accepted as being smart casual. I tended to opt for the smarter side of casual, usually wearing a shirt with chinos or regular jeans and boots. Others were, let’s say, a bit more liberal with the term “smart […]
If you follow me on social media, specifically Instagram, then you will probably have noticed that I enjoy food. More specifically, I enjoy cooking food. However, I have never had any formal instruction in cookery. I know, hard to believe, isn’t it! So, when The Cookery School at The Grand York got in touch and invited me […]
You may have noticed that Helen and I recently celebrated 12 years of marriage. We celebrated with an anniversary date only the parents of four girls could go on – food shopping! However, with every wedding anniversary comes the memories of that day in 2007. My some peoples standards it was a big wedding, by […]
Apparently, the average person in Britain will move house 8 times in their lifetime and will end up just 63 miles from their birthplace. Well, I am approaching 40 and have moved just 3 times, and that includes moving out of my parent’s house to get started. But, presently I am about 80 miles from […]
It’s our wedding anniversary today. Twelve years ago I married my best friend, soul mate and love of my life. In fact, this year is our 21st year together as well. But with 4 children who are busy ALL the time, finding time to get an anniversary date was proving tricky. Today is a completely […]
This month Helen and I will celebrate our wedding anniversary. It was a fantastic wedding day, but there was something missing afterwards. We never went on honeymoon. However, we did have one booked – a 3 week cruise down the coast of Brazil and across to the Canary Islands. However, money got really tight sadly […]
Happy New Year and welcome back to the Yorkshire Dad of 4 blog for 2019! A tradition we have in our family is that on New Year’s Day we go for a walk. Now, keen followers may wonder what’s special about that given that I am forever out walking. You may have a point. But, […]
You may remember, as I’ve blogged about this before, that I was once a wedding photographer. It’s something I enjoyed immensely but, for many reason, I am no longer in that industry. However, I’d thought I’d share some advice for couples looking for a wedding photographer from my perspective. The one thing Helen and I […]
Anyone that knows us will know that we are very busy all of the time. It’s of our own doing of course. But I like being busy as I don’t enjoy lots of down-time. But sometimes I look at our calendar and just want to hide it, lock the doors and keep the family at […]
