https://www.sparkyslider.co.uk/blog.php?u=38 Sparky Slider Motorcycle UK en Fri, 01 May 2026 20:40:15 GMT vBulletin 60 https://www.sparkyslider.co.uk/images/misc/rss.jpg https://www.sparkyslider.co.uk/blog.php?u=38 https://www.sparkyslider.co.uk/entry.php?b=4 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:59:07 GMT Took the non-ill kids to see Aunt & Uncle in that there Kent yesterday. Gosh, it has really snowed down there. Two days since the snowfall and the main A roads in the area are still only 'just' passable.

Driving back home we passed a fatal crash where we had commented on the state of the road on the way down, not very nice.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8423639.stm

Thoughts go out the families concerned, bad enough for that to happen, let alone at this time of year.

On a lighter note, we had a nice family chritmas catchup, nice food, snow etc. And had a chance to try out a longbow, never knew they were:

a) So difficult to fire.
b) So hard to draw, and this one was 'only' a 48lbs draw over 29", the war bows of old has a 120lbs draw!

Good fun though. ]]> chazhead https://www.sparkyslider.co.uk/entry.php?b=4 https://www.sparkyslider.co.uk/entry.php?b=1 Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:59:24 GMT ....and I have a hangover and an ill child. Joy of joys, Scarlett has the Novo virus and has been throwing up all last night. Me turning up around midnight in a very sorry state probably did not add much to the experience for Em as she was looking after her so I decided retreat was the best... ....and I have a hangover and an ill child.

Joy of joys, Scarlett has the Novo virus and has been throwing up all last night. Me turning up around midnight in a very sorry state probably did not add much to the experience for Em as she was looking after her so I decided retreat was the best strategy and spent the night in a drunken stuper on the sofa.

Saw Uncle Spider today, Jules and he were up visiting relatives in the area so I was able to finally pick up the tent he has kindly been saving for me since the summer. Very nice it is too, 6 berth two room job, cheers Spider.

And, don't worry I'll be bored of blogging long before christmas is over. ]]> chazhead https://www.sparkyslider.co.uk/entry.php?b=1