Lois Elsden

Getting up early

Family holidays by LoisJune 17, 2013September 10, 2018

Family holiday, Sandsend, day 2

Family holidays by LoisJune 16, 2013September 10, 2018

Food by LoisJune 16, 2013September 10, 2018

Somehow I have managed to lose a pound while being on holiday; light breakfast (as usual) light lunch ( as usual) rather larger dinner than usual because it was all so delicious, wine with every meal (well, not breakfast) plus beer plus Pimms’, ice-cream when we were out, a piece of delectable carrot cake, fish […]

Family Stories by LoisJune 16, 2013June 16, 2013

Happy father’s day

My Dad… Donald, often known as Snick, was brought up in Cambridge, served for seven years in the parachute regiment during the war, became a scientist, moved with the family to the west country where he worked, retired and played golf. I was so lucky to have the father I had and even though he […]

Alum… um… alum

Family Stories by LoisJune 16, 2013June 16, 2013

Bits and pieces by LoisJune 15, 2013

If not an Ent then maybe an Enting

J.R.R. Tolkien brought Ents to us in The Lord of the Rings, a race of mighty beings similar to trees; Entwives are females, Entings are the young. Woods are mysterious places and sometimes you come across trees which seem to be watching, seem to have life in a non-tree like way and have paused to […]

Children’s stories…still a great read!

Books by LoisJune 15, 2013June 15, 2013

Family holiday, Sandsend, day 1

Family holidays by LoisJune 15, 2013September 10, 2018

Music... and my favourite gigs by LoisJune 15, 2013June 15, 2013

Hole in my shoe…

Somehow or other this came up while we were in the pub… we could remember Nigel Planer’s version (pathetic in my opinion) but just couldn’t remember who sang it originally! Traffic, of course! So here they are! Traffic was one of those groups which had an immense impact on anyone growing up in the 60’s […]

Bits and pieces by LoisJune 14, 2013

Shepherd… or is he from Middle Earth?

While in the Netherlands, we came across this shepherd and his flock and three dogs; two dogs were working, one was retired because he was deaf but still accompanied his master and sheep. The sheep were grazing in woodland, and not being fattened for meat but were cropping the undergrowth to keep the woodland in […]