Moving house

We're moving house!

You'll find us at

66 Westfield Road

Harpenden

AL5 4JU

We're not expecting to have 'phone or internet access for the next couple of weeks, so call our mobiles if you need to get in touch!

Introducing Euan James Reid

On 13 February 2010, at 06:44, Euan James Reid was born, weighing 8 pounds 11 ounces.

He's gorgeous, and his mum is a complete star!

Euan's first week

Here are some of our favourite photos of Euan from his first week.

Click on the photo below to be taken to the full gallery.

Getting in there early...

Pancakes for tea yesterday. Yum!

Life on Mars (Bars)

Still waiting, but feeling ok ...

Jo made a lovely banana & walnut loaf this week (and her mum brought round another cake yesterday), and the freezer is literally full of healthy home-made meals and soups. All the frozen Mars bar slices Tim prepared have, however, mysteriously disappeared. Again.

We've found ourselves a house to rent in Harpenden, so the race is on to exchange contracts for sale of 13 Godstone, and then to complete as soon as possible. Solicitors are getting an ear-bashing.

Rugby this weekend. Woohoo! Assuming other "distractions" do not get in the way, Tim will be somewhere close to the TV on Saturday and Sunday afternoons (traditionally in the Reid family an apt occasion for a frozen Mars Bar... but never mind... ) hoping Robinson has turned Scotland into a dangerous force capable of overturning France at home, and then England.

Monday evening, 25 January.

Nothing to report.

Spent Saturday in Harpenden looking for a bargain place to rent.

We don't like to moan... but it's incredible what people think they can get away with: both property owners and estate agents!

Houses that look like they were evicted in a panic, broken beds in the garden, a bedroom with a completely black wall ("a leak, it's ok, it's just in this room", said the agent), another bedroom with thick black marks in the opposite corner (the agent said nothing...). This place was advertised as "recently refurbished". Refurbished by Mr and Mrs Rising-Damp, maybe.

Back to the drawing board this weekend (other activities permitting), but at least we're getting to see all corners of Harpenden.

Christmas 2009 Part 1

Our festivities at the end of 2009 started with a drive to Chipping Campden on Christmas Eve...

Like the rest of the country, the Cotswolds was still wearing a dusting of snow - and plenty of ice - which made for a lovely few days in front of the fire and on long country walks.

Click on the photo above to see the pictures from our Christmas trip home to Tim's mum and dad's house.

Congratulations Jo!

Devon '09 in photos

Here, at long last, are our photos from our summer holiday in Dartmoor.

Between rain showers (hidden in the yurt) we had some beautiful days at the beach, on the moors and in the hills.

Although it has taken a long while to get the photos online - it was so long ago that Jo doesn't look even slightly pregnant, but she was - it's great to look back during these cold winter months.

Click on the photo above to see the album.

p.s Jo says you might want to set the slideshow speed to "fast"

p.p.s. In Tim's defence, there are a lot of rocks in Dartmoor....

Devon '09 on screen...

Tim has only just realised that he hadn't edited and uploaded the holiday snaps from Devon - July last year! While we pick out the best, and delete the least flattering (think wellies and waterproofs), here's the one video he found on the camera.

(You'll see from the photos that it wasn't all rain!)