Was that a dinosaur? 2.0

Category: family

  • Christmas in Cleethorpes- part 2

    With the journey over I settled in for a week at my daughter’s and some time with my grandson (he would be going to his dad’s to stay a couple of nights as well). I saw my grandson at mealtimes and as we played board games and card games together; when his friend was available…

  • Christmas In Cleethorpes-part 1

    It’s became a tradition that I go to my daughter for Christmas. I left home on the 22nd December weighed down with my gifts for my daughter and grandson… and the gifts from my sister and eldest son… plus of course my clothes for the next 8 days. 2 back packs, and a messenger bag…

  • The Singing bridge

    A wide concrete pedestrian walkway along a waterfront under a clear blue sky. On the left side of the walkway, there is a sturdy concrete barrier followed by a fence with narrow vertical posts. Beyond the fence, there is a blue structure that appears industrial or architectural. On the right side of the walkway, there…

  • Makes me think

    What’s the most delicious thing you’ve ever eaten? How long is it since the school lessons where we were taught about our 5 senses and the day we were exploring taste and learned that our tongue had 4 areas salt, sugar, acidic flavours like vinegar, and an area that tastes bitter things. I think we…

  • 50 years ago

    Growing up in the 70s with the charts full of music my older sister (16) had her side of the room covered in Slade, Sweet, Showaddywaddy, and David Bowie. My side of the room was covered in Alan(26), Wayne(24), Merril(22), Jay(20), Donny(18), Marie(16), and Jimmy(12). The Osmonds weren’t stuck in a musical rut in the…

  • Under a Mackerel Sky

    This mackerel sky today reminded me I was about 50 when I learned the name is due to the cloud pattern looking like the pattern on mackerel skin… not because it was when mackerel was caught which was what my big sister told me when I was about 7 and she was 9. Of course…

  • Two thirds of my life

    September has been Hell Month since my dad died two thirds of my life ago. Since then September has become a car crash of sad anniversaries and I usually end up spiralling into a grief funk. This year I’ve called it Sewvember and the photo collage below shows what I’ve achieved so far this month.…

  • International Market

    The Market is mostly about food and after being delayed by rain the weather app hadn’t predicted we left a little after we had planned. We got there during our lunchtime window after walking through the town and the first food we saw was the churros that my grandson was eager to have. After he’d…

  • A Turkish meal and a walk along the Cleethorpes Prom

    Yesterday since my grandson was with his dad my daughter and I waited for the heavy rain to stop and then went for a walk to a Turkish restaurant here in Cleethorpes https://beyoglu25restaurant.com/ The food was delicious and well worth the price but note to myself next time go straight to the mains the portions…

  • What a journey!

    I’m visiting my daughter in Cleethorpes and had a Murphy’s law type of journey (anything that could go wrong, went wrong). Unlike on previous journeys like that I didn’t get stressed. As ever I’d prepared the night before so just needed to add a couple of items to my backpack (wash bag and iPad). So…