Yurt Lush: A Ger Glamping Adventure

We recently went on Holiday to Ivy Grange Farm, in Suffolk, where we stayed in a Mongolian Yurt (Ger)... and explored the local area and the two nearby towns of Beccles and Halesworth. This style of camping is known as "Glamping" and Ivy Grange definitely falls under the eco-tourism umbrella too... it was a lovely site, but sadly the weather wasn't great and so it was really windy and thus a little cold (the Yurt was nice and warm especially once we got the hang of the wood burner --- the secret being make a big fire!)

Here's a few photos from our trip...

... for some reason the number 9 features on the packing list... 

.... en route, doing a little sketching of the views out the train window...

... outside the Yurt...

... tucked up in bed in the Yurt...

... playing table football.... concentrating hard...

.. the cob oven for pizza cooking...

... more than 3 hours of constantly feeding and moving the fire later... ready for action...

... pizza on the peel... the oven was amazing, cooking a pizza in about a minute and a half...

... Teddy and Rose, off on an adventure (or possible for breakfast in the Barn)...

... Teddy eating breakfast in the barn... 

... Teddy and Rose meeting a horse...

Following Paddington to the Canalway Cavalcade

After reading "Paddington Bear at the Carnival", and having a slight obsession with boats, it seemed only fitting that we should attend this year's Canalway Cavalcade, in Little Venice.

... there were of course plenty of boats to see..

... here they all are parked around "The Pool", all decked out in their flags...

... we saw Mr Mylo the Children's Mime Artist... who was amusing...

... and we watched the opening ceremony from the Bridge on which it is hosted, and the very same bridge that features in the final page of the Paddington book...

it was a fun day out... and best of all we got Ted a badge from the IWA that reads "Captain".  

The Men Who Stare at Boats

Drawing influence from the Stargate Project, Teddy has begun a series of experiments on London's waterways.... Teddy is the first in the new intergalactic battalion of Men Who Stare at Boats.

...this mostly involves walks along the southbank in Rotherhithe to look at boats between Tower Bridge and the Peninsula...

... in the rain...

... or

... nice weather...

... and even walks down onto the foreshore beach to see the boats from their level....

... and a spot of sketching from time to time...

... sometimes with a vehicle... 

... this has earnt Ted the local nickname... "The Captain".