Catch a cold

One week on and here she is - pretty much how she is ALL the time, sleeping. This is just fantastic...although we're sure this is just the calm before the storm. Louise Ellen Harvey has also caught her first cold - from her big brother.

Jimmy Hollingworth, Phil Dennis, Giles Frost, Ed Briggs, Dean Harvey, Nigel Brown

Just a few of the Wednesday night bunch out last night at the Caxton and the Yeoman up by Brighton station.

Auntie and Uncle now visit

My Sis and Brother-in-law travelled down from Nuneaton this morning to see Louise - they got a cracking deal at the Hilton West Pier and are staying there over the next few nights - loads of nice gifts and loads of clothes for Louise Ellen - great.

We're sure to go on Brighton Pier tomorrow as we haven't been out of the house all day today - cabin fever! 

Autumn leaves......

Took this of James at the weekend in Hove Park rolling around in the leaves...

Keycamp Holidays - Les Amiaux, Vendee France - 1989 - Dean Harvey looking for Steve Rope

FAO: Steve Rope, Lindsay (Lyndsay) Bearcroft, Biffa, Jason Wood (AKA Woody), Pete Rogers (Rodgers), Pete Flack, Linda Aplin, Milo - Vendee Les Amiaux, Keycamp Circa 1989

In the dim and distant past back in 1989 I did my first summer season as a Keycamp holiday rep. Otherwise known as campsite couriers this 19 year old (as I was then) had a ball in the Vendee in France. Based on camping les amiaux in St Jean De Monts our main duties were montage and cleaning tents and caravans.

Anyhoo, the point of this post is that there ws a chap called Steve Rope from Norwich. He had compiled a tape collection (as you did in those days) which became our stalwart party, cleaning, brushing your teeth and doing everything to tape......

I'm attempting to recreate this tape collection and am posting in the vain hope that at some stage this post will be read by one of the gang from those days a long time ago....

This is how far I've got with the collection:

Ace of spades - Motorhead
baby take your teeth out - Frank Zappa
Carry Bag Man - The Fall
Echo Beach - Martha and the Muffins
Eric The Half A Bee - Monty Python
Ever fallen In Love? - Buzzcocks
Everybody Needs Somebody to Lo - Blues Brothers
Give Me Just - Chairmen Of The Board
Happiness Stan AAC audio file The Small Faces
Happy Days Toy Town - The Small Faces
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
Me and My Shadow - Max Bygraves
Planet Claire - B52's
Pushbike Song - Mungo Jerry
Rock The Casbah- Clash
Soul Finger - The Bar-Kays
Tequila - Big Bopper
Theres a ghost in my house - R Dean Taylor
Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
When You're the Driver of a Train - Half Man Half Biscuit

Grandad and Nanny Doggies Visit Brighton

Hmmm! You see, the debate ran for sometime as to what our parents would be called by our kids.....Pink Nanny, Blue Nanny, Nanny Birmingham, Nanna, Nan, Nanny, Grandad, Gramps, Grandpa, Pops.........

It was settled some time ago - and out of our control...James started calling my folks Nan and Grandad "Doggies" (they have two pet dogs) and Sarah's folks are Nan and Grandad "Harry" (They have a ginger tom called ... you guessed it ... "Harry").

Does this qualify as the least interesting post ever?

Playtime in Brighton

It's been quite important to make sure that James is still very much at the "centre" of everything since Louise's arrival. Overall he's been brilliant since the arrival of his new sister on Tuesday. He's quite excited today as his Nan and Grandad are down from Birmingham - he always gets spoiled rotten when they're here.

Devil's Dyke

I took this up at Devil's Dyke earlier today - nice and colourful I thought...

1st trip out today.......

not very far, just down to Hove Lagoon. 

Amazing what a bit of photoshop can do......

Louise Ellen......

Is feeding fine, sleeping fine and crying just fine!

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It's a girl........

Baby Louise Ellen Harvey - born 2am this morning at 8lb 13oz. Mum and baby both fine and back home by 6am!

No news from Brighton

22.45 And no further news to report............ 

Sunny Sunday in Brighton

So with no sign of Baby no.2 (Now over 6 days late!) We took the opportunity to head on down to the seafront for a short while - just to get out of the house (going a little stir crazy at the moment!)

We'd met up with friends of ours for the stroll and James is pictured here with his little buddy.

As you can see it was a crisp Autumn day with a bit of sunshine.......Brighton really is top notch.

Brighton West Pier in November

Just thought I'd share this pic with you. Using the new stitch facility on my Canon Ixus 750, here's a shot of Brighton West Pier taken today in November.


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