Sunday, May 24, 2026

And we're off! - Disney Here we come!

An extremely early start (1am) to catch the coach to Dover. Arrived with the sun just appearing. Boarded the ferry. Perfectly smooth crossing and relaxed breakfast.  Only 90 minutes and we were in Calais.  

Chance for a bit of sleep on the journey through France.
A 4 hour drive through to the Santa Fe Hotel on the Disney Paris Estate. 

Clear skies and beautiful green countryside.
Arrival at the hotel. The Hotel is 'Cars' Themed, we were based in the McQueen Section.  Love the Traffic cones for lights. 


 
A quick unpack of cases and then off out to the Park. 



Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Cricket


School cricket match today against TPS (The Petersfield School). Ormiston won by 7 runs. 

Solar Panels are being installed

 



They're now up and working.  Already providing us with free electricity.  Now need to wait for the paperwork so we can start selling any extra back to the grid.  Hopefully this will then help to pay for our gas in the winter months. 


Thursday, May 14, 2026

Science Work


Mya was asked in class to produce a poster on heart disease.  The teacher loved it so much that she laminated it and put it up on the wall. 

Diggers out in the Field

Sadly they have really started working on the field out the back of the house.  So sad to be loosing this green field to more houses, luckily the end of the field by us isn't going to built on but will be a walking area.  They are starting to move the soil and diggers are working each day, moving the dirt around.  This morning they nearly had an accident as a dumper truck nearly rolled down the hill, saved luckily by one of the diggers. 


Barnham Opticians Open Day

A fabulous day yesterday at work's Open Day which they hold each year.  So much buzz and excitement and so many gorgeous frames on offer.  Very lucky to work with such a fabulous team of people. 





Pushing his ankle too hard!

John has been back at work on shortened hours but he has been coming home each afternoon with a very swollen ankle.  On Tuesday he came home and as well as being swollen it was also extremely red and angry looking.  We spent 7 hours down at A&E getting it checked out, blood tests and X rays showed it looked out and no infection so has been sent home to rest and elevate his foot.  Signed off work for 2 weeks and having a serious discussion about how to move forward with work, maybe a longer period of gradual introduction to work and foot elevated once he gets home each day.