With the numerous apple trees dotted across the landscape at the farm, it is not surprising that there are huge numbers of apples ready for eating at this time of year. A number go in to apple strudels and various…
Life should be simple. Well that is our philosophy away. Times can be hectic and we’ve certainly found that in the last couple of years! Moving over to Austria, setting up a new home and…
An early start has benefits and drawbacks. Now we aren’t talking really early here, just getting on the lifts when they open at 9am. There really aren’t many drawbacks in fact the only serious one is…
Doing the right thing feels good. There was a lot of debris wood and small timber that needed cleaning from the forest. We were out mountain biking but when we got back…
We’ve been very impressed with Thomson Fly over the past few weeks. The service has been spot on. Booking flights and ultimately having to reschedule both has been extremely…
Mountain biking isn’t really on my mind today. In fact my mind is a bit wobbly. My thoughts are with my father who is in an intensive care unit in Oxford. He had a…
It really was a family effort today. Martin helped us choose the beams and the wood for the bridge. Stefan, Martin and I then loaded up the tractor and took the wood to…
Well it shows that if you put your mind to something, things start to happen. Martin (Manus’s father) and I went round to our neighbours farm. He owns most of the wood that we want to…
It isn’t everyday that I’m asked to…’take this bucket of salt, find nine cows and feed it to them’. We were going up to our mountain hut and had arranged…
Take a look at an average family. Mum and Dad like to mountain bike, but they have also a couple of children. The parents still want to get that fix of adrenaline from the alpine descents. The children are wanting…
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