John Swindells and Family

Daniel

Daniel Modelling a Wireless Headset

This is Dan wearing a new pair of Sennheiser headphones, with built-in microphone.

Going Karting

Dan and Dad have been going round in circles at the Cromer Karting centre. The track was wet, so handling was tough on the slippery asphalt. We had our fair share of spins and near misses, and it was

Isabel

Caterpillar Watch

With camera work like this, she could get a job filming dental commercials... Isabel was fascinated by these caterpillars crawling all over a patch of nettles, but probably got a bit too close in to

Loose Tooth

There goes another! This tooth has been wobbling for ages, so time for it to get a wider audience. Please forward this to the tooth fairy. Warning!! NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH OR TOOTH-SENSITIVE!

Tristan

When Oscar Came to Stay

Tristan's class orangutan has come to our house for the weekend.

The Spots Are Out

Out of the blue, Tristan has become infected with the irritable chickenpox. He's getting through it for the most part by resting, which is most unlike him. The spots aren't very prominent, but he has

Rats

Rat Sprites the Dust

Our most friendly pet rat, Sprite, has died. We don't know how old she was as she was a rescue rat, but she developed a large tumour and went rapidly downhill over Christmas. She was given a lethal injection

Hungry, Biting Beasties

Our new rats have revealed extremely varied personalities. Teggs, the clearly dominant rat, will stash food away and attack any rat who comes close to it; as a result she is much heavier than the others

Family

How Our Family Photo Was Done

Here is a slideshow of cousin Martin's efforts at taking our family photo. One of the photos is actually good enough to use; can you find it?

Family Photos - October 2008

Here we all are!

US Family

Grandma and Grampa Visit Norfolk

After a trans-Atlantic cruise and a stay with family in Southern Italy, Kath and Larrie ended up in North Norfolk for a week-long stay with us. The weather was pretty unappealing, but we all made the

Visiting Ely Cathedral

Julii's Dad and Kath visited us for a few days, during their European Tour in October.

The Bacon Family History

1880-1900

Finetta; Netta and Bertha

Stouts

1890, 1897

California 2005

Views from Seaworld Tower

This tower is enormous, and you are carried up it by slowly rotating upwards. Once at the top the views are pretty amazing.

Seals at Seaworld

These guys are cute, and like to do silly tricks!

Animals

I Like Turtles

White Grub in Bacton Woods, Norfolk

This is a largish white grub we saw on a rest break whilst cycling through Bacton Woods. It was around an inch and a half long.

John's Family

Uncle Jim

In loving memory of Uncle Jim Wadley, who died on Sunday December 2009. I've created a Donations page supporting Jim's chosen charity, the British Heart Foundation:

Gran with the Family

Here is Gran, sitting with everyone at Skeyton Road. Photo taken by John's brother Simon.

Wind Turbines

Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) for existing installations

Early adopters of electricity micro-generation are set to be kicked in the teeth, will miss out on decent new tariffs. If you feel that this is wrong, please sign the petition: We petition the PM and

Saboteur Gets Knife In Back

The saboteur that viciously brought down the Unity Wind Weather Mast at the end of last year must be really, really gutted now. Their actions have meant that a weather mast is no longer required, and

Michael

Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat!

New: Michael's Maniac Laugh!

Probably influenced by his dear brother Tristan, Michael has developed a laugh that sounds positively raucous: