Crimbo in Cumbria

A small 'lake' amongst the fells

An amble up the hills overlooking Ambleside



Never cease to be amazed by the master craftsmanship of dry stone wall

Overlooking Ambleside, nestled in the hills

Lake Windermere at sunset (ie. 3:30pm)

The cosy Red Lion - our home away from home for Crimbo

A frosty Boxing Day from our room

Making good use of old gym cards

Is that more or less wordy? (ha!)

Nice one, very mature Kath...

Never underestimate the novelty of chucking stuff onto a frozen lake

A chilly sheep

Boys contemplate how to get up an icy slope

An angel of the south meets the angel of the north

Equinox to Solstice

A Harwood Christmas in photos

Aimes's first Christmas pud

Honey glazed ham

The bird

Baked camembert

Putting our table setting tags on the tree

April's crafty touch

Her gorgeous table setting

Dave caught this salmon himself!

The tree, yes it's plastic but the thought is there

Preps

Someone got older...and celebrated

Wallabies v Babas at Wembley - footy staples, pie, pie and beer

A unique take on G&T at Kensington Place

Hampstead Heath in warmer times

One of our favourite London spots

It's just sage honey

Part of the autumn game bird season - Pigeon

Trente Ans

These blog updates are a little out of order - we've been trawling through the mammoth job of blogging six months worth of photos.

Here you go... Aimes's birthday back in December...

Guess who scored a trip over the ditch for her birthday?

The Louvre at dusk


Old and new merge seamlessly

Tourists appreciating the Mona Lisa (via their lenses)


Light, silhouettes and shadows at the Louvre


Ze Kitchen Galerie - where food meets art


In the Jardin des Tuileries

Mmmmm...

At Eric Kayser - Artisan Boulanger, our daily brekkie pitstop

This is how good it was.

Notre Dame

The view of the Eiffel Tower from the Palais de Tokyo

Laduree, aka Macaroon Heaven. We were held back by queues at the pearly gates.

Angelina's - the best hot chocolate in Paris (we can't vouch for it, because of the queues AGAIN!)

At the Jardin du Luxembourg

Pho 14 - Pho and Banh Cuon Heaven , we can vouch for this as we ate there twice!

See,this is how good it was. No time to even pose for a shot.

Inside the funkified Palais De Tokyo

For our eyes only - drool worthy Laduree

Winter trees in the Marais

The birthday girl

Big vents of the Pompidou Centre

Architecture collides

Mini Pompidou vents

La Tour Eiffel

Sk8ers

Two wheeled touring

Keeping an eye on the Jardin du Luxembourg

A long climb up to the Sacre Coeur

EU glory

Père Lachaise Cemetry, resting place of Jim Morrisson and Oscar Wilde

The Paris Metro

Galeries Lafayette don some massive Christmas baubles