Beachport 2010
It’s been a long while since our last Jan and Ira posting. We have been off having separate adventures for a while, with Ira in the Northern Territory and Jan in England, but now we’re back together in Australia and…
Tristram and Chiara’s Wedding
We’re just back from an awesome trip to Florence and Sardinia for Tristram and Chiara’s wedding. The wedding was a truly awesome show in a Medici villa on a high point in the tuscan landscape. I caught up with lots…
Celebration BBQ!
To celebrate my new job, Ira put together an amazing BBQ picnic complete with champagne. We took out our little kayak down the Ouse until we found a quiet shady spot perfect for a relaxing picnic. Me enjoying a glass…
Ginnie’s Beans
Well summer has nearly arrived in the UK and our little veggies in the allotment are finally starting to grow! Most importantly our broad beans that Ginnie planted many months ago have finally taken off and are now producing little…
Scotland
One of the places in the UK I’ve always wanted to visit is the west coast of Scotland. It’s got mountains, lochs, people with cool accents, highland cows .. and whisky! We went up armed with two books about walking…
Eel Traps
Today at the Ely Markets there was a guy selling hand made willow Eel and crayfish traps. The crayfish are a new addition to british waterways but Eel catching is one of the oldest traditions on the fens. Since we…
Snow in Ely
Last week we had some great dumps of snow in Ely. It made our street look pretty speccy. and in the morning there were heaps of people out on the hill taking advantage of it. Including one or two childish…
Wales
I’m a bit behind with these photos, but I thought they should go up anyway. These are some pics of our last trip to Wales. Jan was working like crazy up in Liverpool and needed a break so we went…
Ice Ice Baby
Lately us residents of Northern Europe have been reminded that it can still get cold. Even if the days of frozen rivers and glaciers are long gone for England, after two weeks of sub zero temperatures there is a heck…
Christmas Cake!
Ira made an enormous Traditional Christmas Cake this year to give to Rob’s family as a present. We spent Christmas with Rob and his family up in Derby. Funnily enough the recipe Ira used came from ‘The Complete Asian Cookbook’…