Today, the 16th November 2020, is a very sad day for all the family. Our dear Daniel passed away this morning after a long stay in hospital in Menton, France.

Our love and thoughts go out to his wife, my lovely sister, Christine, Nicholas his ...

I really am a very proud Grandpa. Ellie who only started school in September has been awarded student of the week. What a great achievement. Not to be outdone a couple of weeks later her older brother, Jake was given the same award

What proud ...

Derbyshire - September 2020

Having had to cut short our holiday in Almunacar, Spain in March 2020 due to the outbreak of COVID-19 we were really looking forward to having a break with our family.

Self isolation on our return followed ...

On Thursday 30th July 2020 Ann and I took the Mini out for a drive to see what the route that I had planned for our Saturday cycle ride was going to be like.

If was a beautiful warm and sunny day and the route turned out fine. We drove through ...

We received some fabulous news this morning. Born to Shanaz and Andrés on Saturday 25th July 2020 Alejandro Massa Shacoor (aka Alex), a beautiful baby boy at 14.00hrs weighing in at 3.75kg.

We are absolutely thrilled at the fantastic news. ...

Jake and Ellie were really very happy this morning when they discovered that the new play areas opposite our house were finally open. For over a year they have been fenced off and the opening was further delayed due to the COVID-19 lockdown.

They ...

I have come across a great App that converts old Black and White photographs into colour with some amazing results. Below are a few examples of the results which I am sure you will agree is rather good. The App is called ImageColorize. Why not give ...