Orchard Barn’s Bridge over River Teign New Year 2011

Oh for the warm Summer weather!!!

This is the Roseland Peninsular Cornwall taken from the Nairs Head on the National Trust Coastal footpath walk……………magic views.

Dartmoor Bed and Breakfast – Exeter Festival of South West England Food and Drink

Between 9-11 April Exeter Castle mixes the South West’s finest Chefs with lashings of the county’s top quality food and drink. Add 20,000-plus visitors, cheese and wine tastings, fun for the whole family, more than 120 producers and cook for 3 days – don’t miss it!

For one of the best Dartmoor Bed and Breakfast places to stay book in at Orchard Barn Bed and Breakfast  - see for yourself at orchardbarn dot info

Dartmoor Bed and Breakfast, one of the best to stay at on Dartmoor

Dartmoor Bed and Breakfast, Orchard Barn B&B, adjacent famous Dunsford Stepping Stones

It was with the greatest of paternal pride that I attended Kate’s Graduation Ceremony at Kingston University in London recently.

I shared the celebration with Kate and her boyfriend and family and felt an enormous pleasure in her excitement and joy………….you can see the ‘I’m so happy’ smile………..it was quite excellent and no mean achievement to be one of a hand-full in several hundred fellow graduates to attain ‘with Distinction’.

Hugs from boyfriend Alex.

One very successful Graduate and another hug from one hell of a proud Dad…………!!      Well done Kate – BZ

The winter snow came to Dartmoor with such beauty, and with no school………… over several days …………3 MHS boys so enjoy the revels of snowball fights and toboganing and igloo making that it’s hard to believe that much of the country came to a grinding halt for the best part of a week recently.

Sizing snow-ballers by height…………..GO!!

Charlie, Henry, Jamie and Ian

Henry with missile at Orchard Barn…………….where’s Jamie hiding?

Ah……………………found him!! With one down my neck I’ll get even that’s for sure………….watch this one chaps!!!

The infamous Bruce Prouse (alias Trucker to many of his old running and biking chums)  recently celebrated his 60th Birthday and retired in the same week

He had a magic Party with stacks of beer and great friends, ………………..oh and a Cabaret was organised by Blaster and a few other old Mates (Snotrag, Broken Man, Barney, Ivor, Stephen, Toby, Tony, to name but a few) and their son Tim was there too…………………………. and as an ideal opportunity arose during the course of the evening Bruce elected to teach him something really useful, namely “Good Judgement”  before he finally lost his touch in Retirement!!!