Just a heron having a walk through the grass ar Cannon Hall

There’s something really special about being able to spend time with your kids when everyone else is seemingly working the 9-5.

Had a bit of time for a life evaluation now all the kids are back at school - summer feels like 24/7 work at times.

Result? Back to the kitchen and cooking some more vegany greatness.

Every day another plant-based option disappears or closes.

Think we need to crack on.

The pilgrimage home starts today following a great week in Christchurch touring all the New Forest vegan hotspots. We had a cracking time, as did the littlest one on her first visit to see the old trees.

First attempt at a vegan pad thai was a wonderful success #veganfood

Enjoying a great day out at the Moors Valley Country Park & Forest with a (vegan, obviously) butterscotch ice cream

X this week has hit a new bottom. A man setting himself on fire, a family falling from a cliff, and footage of the car that killed seven people.

I understand some wish to see such things, but it’s pretty unavoidable to not do so on the platform.

Think the next life aim is to move to The New Forest

England has everything. I think it’s often easy to get carried away with what algorithms throw at you, when really it’s a land of opportunity and natural beauty. Yeah, somethings aren’t perfect, but it’s a long way ahead of most.

There is something wet falling from the Yorkshire sky and I have forgotten what it is called

Vegan sushi attempt 2

Cucumber roll, avocado and mayo roll, avocado, pepper, sriracha mayo and white and black sesame seed California roll, and selection of nigiri for the kids that turn their nose up at seaweed

Great success

First attempt at sushi (vegan, obvs) was a huge success with the kids

Room for improvement, as expected, but not a rice grain remained

We go again today

I’m ready for the football season to start again.

Put some real effort into growing things this year; bought new planters, best organic peat free soil, good seeds, seed boxes

Everything going well. Manually keeping bugs at bay

Then the dog ate all the veg

Love being lucky enough to have children. Hate the one gets sick, everyone gets sick dynamic that rips through the house at the most awkward of times

Completed a 240milesish charity ride over the weekend

How and why anyone spends excessive amounts of time riding bicycles on roads with cars bezzing past at 60mph baffle me

Sticking to trails and bicycle paths from now on

Walkings a much nicer experience without the crowds that appear on a hot day. Give me rainy walks every time.

Emley Moor Mast, Huddersfield.

I’ve ruined my own life by reading Mark Boyle’s _The Way Home. _.

At times, I felt as though I was reading words spoken aloud my own mind.

As doing nothing helps nature heal, maybe the rewilding of oneself involves first removing the unnecessary and seeing what happens

A day at Lythum before the heat picks up again

Love Yorkshire. Love home.