Rempstone Roast

 Whilst in Dorset, Jamie kindly dragged me along to my first duathlon. It was a perfect clear winter's day, and the course ran through beautiful trails, halfway between Studland and Corfe. The race comprised of a 2 mile run + a 10 mile ride + a 2 mile run. As a first timer, I was pleased with bagging 29th out of 74
(Thanks to Jamie's mum for the loan of the bike!)
 

Kimmeridge

 

Here are a few pictures from a fine November's day at Kimmeridge, on the English south coast. James and I caught a few modestly sized waves, followed by van-side soup prepared by the delightful Lucy

 

One Adventure Sunday we drove out to Oxbow Park, just east of Portland, to see salmon spawning. Unfortunately due to rain the water was too cloudy to see them, but we had marshmallows and a fine walk regardless

 

 

 

 

Forest Park Half Marathon

 Lucius and Papa at the start

 

A decent turn-out on a beautiful autumn day

 

 Happy around mile 11

 Lucius sprinting after Papa at the finish line

The Sea & Me

 We took a trip to the coast to visit the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, followed by an afternoon at the beach

 

Salt & Straw

 

 We've been making a weekly pilgrimage to Salt & Straw for ice-cream every Friday afternoon to ring in the weekend

 The goods

 Double-Fold Vanilla

 Alas, these lovely autumn colors will surely bring colder weather, and with it an end to our ice-cream cravings

Short Sands (aka Smugglers Cove)

The trail from the car-park down to the beach carves it's way  through a lovely old forest

Which opens on to the sheltered cove, with mellow, albeit chilly, waves

Battered and blustered

Then on to Camp 18 for a well earned pint

Horsetail Falls

Hummingbird

This hummingbird has been visiting the salvia in front of Anette's house on a daily basis. Long may it last

First day of school!

 Here's Lucius heading out for her first day of school...

...where a nice sign was waiting to greet her

 Home time
(Her amazing teacher Monica is on the left)

Every day ends with a long play in the garden, before we have to drag her away