Ice skating in London

We went iceskating on Friday night at the Natural History Museum, in South Kensington, London. It looked gorgeous all lit up at night, very festive! It was a freezing night, it ended up getting down to minus three degrees, but we warmed up with a delicious dinner at a creperie around the corner.

Meet the neighbours

I recently discovered Hyland Park, which is down the road from our place. There's acres to walk around, enough dogs to keep me happy and a grand old mansion complete with a coffee house in the old stables.

Nichols family holiday

Mum and Dad (Noreen and Peter) came over in October this year, and we spent a week travelling around Cornwall with them in a campervan. One of the best things about driving a campervan around is that you get to join the campervan club, and you get a knowing nod or thumbs up from fellow campervanners on the road. We discovered that Cornwall is a beautiful part of the country, and also that people there really do talk like pirates (this also included my dad). It was great to see the folks again, and spend some time with them on the road.



Day 1 in Corfe Castle......bogged! Luckily we were staying on a dairy farm, so there was a farmer on hand to help pull us out. Staying on the farm was an interesting experience, waking up to the smell of cow poo and silage in the morning. I loved being amongst the cows, which took me back to my vet school days. I even had a brief moment of thinking it might be nice to do some mixed practice work for a while, but then thought about the late night call outs to a freezing field somewhere, which brought me back to reality.

We met up with mum and dad at 'Monkeyworld' in Wareham, which is a sanctuary for primates rescued from all over the world. Mum has been watching the TV show 'Monkeybusiness' for years, which is filmed at the sanctuary, so it was a great thrill for her to finally see the residents in real life. We also found this great Alice-in-Wonderland style toadstool growing in the garden there.

Corfe Castle

The 'Durdle Door', on the Dorset coast

Cornish pasties in Looe, Cornwall

Followed by a giant cream puff!!

There's only 1 thing to do on a rainy day in Polperro...have a few pints at the pub. We had a great afternoon at the 'Blue Peter Inn'

Fowey, Cornwall. A gorgeous little fishing village.

Family tombstone at Portkellis, Cornwall

We has a fantastic afternoon at the Falmouth Bay Oyster Festival. We shared a huge plate of delicious seafood, washed down with a stout that was specially made for the festival for the boys, and a few glasses of champagne for the girls. A few folk songs and sea shanty's played on various ye-olde style instruments added to the atmosphere.

Saint Michaels Mount, near Penzance in Cornwall

Mowzall, pronounced 'Mousehole', another gorgeous fishing village.

Someone who had an unfortunate end at Lands End, the most Westerly point in Britain