Life in a nutshell, 'cos it's better if you're nuts!

A collection of random thoughts, adventures, happenings and general goings on in the Gardner Family.
Deltapark Neeltje Jans

Deltapark Neeltje Jans

The only bit of dodgy weather on our whole trip. It wasn’t bad for long. We filled the time by learning about water management in the Deltaworks and by watching a few well trained aquatic mammals.

Not a Lot Happened

Not a Lot Happened

Every holiday has a least one day where nothing really happens. This is the one.
There was a lot of laziness and a bit of geocaching.

Old Haunts

Old Haunts

In the late 1980’s I used to live in the small Dutch town of Brielle. On this day I took the girls to see where I used to live. It has changed remarkably little.

Over The Border

Over The Border

A lazy morning in Bruges, followed by a change of country and a drive across the Deltaworks to reach our destination at Center Parcs in Port Zelande.

On Our Way

On Our Way

The start of a “road trip” holiday in the Netherlands, involving a very early start, a tunnel, and then a lot of wandering around in a very warm and sunny Bruges.

Alcester

Alcester

A long day of caching up near Alcester with Wavvy. He most definitely had a sense of déjà vu for most of it

Birmingham Athletics

Birmingham Athletics

We do enjoy a day’s sport over at Gardner Towers, so what better way to spend a sunny summer’s day than watching some of the country’s best athletes competing.

Birthday Bash Deux

Birthday Bash Deux

Birthday Bash Deux – My second assault on the Two Birthdays, One Bash series to the north of Bedford, after a morning of running

CacheAthon Part 2

CacheAthon Part 2

Part 2 of the Cambridge CacheAthon series, which occupied a big chunk of the villages to the west of the city

Birthday Bash

Birthday Bash

My first day of hunting the Birthday Bash series near Bedford. Also my first day out caching in my new car.

Rockin’ Liverpool

Rockin’ Liverpool

We’d heard from friends who’d done their other events that the Rock ‘n’ Roll running series were excellent to enter.

Marston Vale

Marston Vale

A visit to the Marston Vale Forest Park for a caching event, backed up with some actual geocaching while we were at it