When it comes to the day that your children have left home, you will suddenly have a lot more space. Once they have flown the coop, it is the perfect time to think of making renovations to your home so that you can put your extra space to good use. There are some excellent renovation […]
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, […]
So the end of another year is upon us. We’ll stay up til midnight and sing Auld Lang Syne, give each other a kiss and drink until the sun comes up. Yeah right! The chances are we’ll see in the new year tucked up in bed watching Netflix. Why do we hold the start of […]
It’s a fact that I must come to terms with – teenage daughters don’t much like spending time with their Dad. It’s something that really bothers me. This child that we have raised, loved, protected, fed, watered and clothed suddenly decrees independance. But there’s something that will bring them back. No, not the Wi-Fi password, […]
When you call yourself a photographer, which I do, there are often shots you want to capture one day. Maybe it’s a scene that you know well but visualize it under certain conditions. I have many of these thoughts, but pulling of these shots is hard than it may seem. Sometime you can work at […]
What’s a dad to do when his two little girls ask for tomato soup for their dinner and there’s none in? Make some, of course! Here’s a very quick way to rustle up a delicious homemade tomato soup. Print Quick Homemade Tomato Soup Prep Time 2 minutes Cook Time 10 minutes Total Time 12 minutes […]
There’s no real secret to running. Rather, the difficulty that most people find when they start is that they don’t know how to keep it up. At the start, it’s uncomfortable and without the right motivation and preparation that discomfort can easily overshadow the potential lifestyle benefits that come with it. So, we’re going to […]
Get me another drink I’m going all the way back to 27th December 2009 for this weeks Throwback Thursday. Traditionally it was family gathering for Helen’s family on the 27th for her Mum’s birthday. Even after she passed we would get together. But, families can be complexz entities at times and that no longer happens […]
I’m not in this photo as I’m taking it. It doesn’t matter though as I’ve just spend a lovely Boxing Day with my family, mum and my sister (plus family) who are visiting from Australia. After experiencing the horses and hounds it was to the G&D for a Boxing Day brunch. The fact we then […]
