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September to December 2025
We’ve been very remiss in
that we haven’t been keeping this blog up to date. We’re really sorry to all our
readers. As you’ll expect, much of
this time has been taken up with our new Grandson, Oliver. It’s all very exciting and it’s great
to be able to be involved. We
spent quite a lot of time over at his home, just being there and lending
a hand whenever possible while at the same time being available for a
hold or a cuddle. It has to be
said that there’s not a whole lot of actual interaction, but seeing the
first few months of him being here means that every glance or grasp has
huge significance and that’s just lovely to be part of. Hannah and Ben are doing fine and so is
Oliver. All that stuff we learned
during our degrees and post-graduate work is now personified in Oliver,
which is simply amazing.
In between times, we
managed to find time for our judicial work, radio stuff, school
governance, NHS work and so on.
Not surprisingly it’s quite tiring, but we’ll manage and it’s
nothing like as tiring as bringing up a new baby!
We had a new roof put on
most of the house since the old one was leaking – not seriously, but
enough to be a wake-up call and it made us realise that it wouldn’t last
another winter. Steve and his team
at SB Roofing Solutions did an amazing job for us and we thoroughly
recommend them. We’ve already
booked them to do the rest. The
difference was amazing – warmer and quieter!
We spent a week up on the Ardnamurchan Peninsula – a wonderful place. Very relaxing and very quiet
indeed! Ian spent lots of time on
his radio, muttering about propagation and the sea’s proximity being
great.
We now have our Christmas
tree up, and our Christmas lights on (including one of those data
projector efforts that sends pretty light down
the outside walls of the house).
It’s all feeling a lot like Christmas and is very, very nice. We have the Christmas food mostly in,
ready for the Day itself which we hope to have as a family of, now, five!
May we wish you a very, very Happy Christmas and a
fantastic 2026!
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