New Stuff

Philip's new longboard skateboard: Happy Fathers' Day!

Like Father, like son/daughter.

And last but definitely not least, our adorable new niece and cousin, Chloe Rebecca Schonken, born 15 June 2010. Congrats Nico and Fi!

Warwick Castle

More Warwick Castle

New Environs

Hopeman Beach, Morayshire, Scotland (a few minutes' drive from our new home). This is also the view that Anna will have from her school, which is situated on a hill overlooking the Moray Firth. (You really are going to have to get out that atlas. Come on, you know you want to.)

Lossiemouth Beach (also a few minutes' drive from our house).

Lossiemouth's Moray Golf Course ("probably one of the finest links courses in Scotland"): ready for Jon&Co's Golf, Whisky and Nessie tour (although it probably won't look like this anymore after their visit).

Hopeman again.

New Environs cont.

The Main School Building (Admin block).

The only shop in the village (in a Welsh accent, please): the "DPO" (Duffus Post Office) and about a two minute walk from our house. Proud successor to the Bloxham Co-Op Pantry.

Anna's Primary School (with corker seaview) in nearby Hopeman (2 miles away according to the sign above).

New House

Annie on the stairs leading up to our flat (house built in the 17th century as the estate's stables and to house carriages and equipment.)

Lounge

Dining-room leading into Lounge.

Our garden area (due to be fenced off) with utterly perfect "hammock" trees.

Camping Wye Valley

Staff Cricket Tour Wye Valley

Benanna were thankfully delighted with their role as scoreboard-updaters. They hardly seemed to notice that cricket is a really boring sport...

The undefeated Staff Cricket Team after their second game against Ross-on-Wye.

Sam Thompson, Philip's godson.