Fun Stuff

This is all the silly stuff we like to play with!

Helping youngsters learn numeracy

21 Mar 2021

Play the "dartboard game" on the BBC website! For help with counting up the right money, try the money payer game! "Castle 2d and ...

It's all go with Pokemon Go!

14 Jul 2016

I see Pokémon Go as a massive opportunity for keeping my kids busy over the Summer holidays! Read on to see how it's going to work... ...

2048: Can you keep doubling up?

28 Mar 2014

2048 is an addictive number-grid game where you have to push numbers together to make the biggest number possible: 2048! Play it at github ...

A shadow of a dinosaur!

27 Jul 2013

My youngest children saw this shadow on the fence, and were amazed at how dinosaur-like it was! It was definitely worth a picture, don't you ...

Drag'n'drop programming with Scratch

21 Jul 2013

This isn't programming in the traditional sense of the word, but Scratch (from MIT - a USA academy) is a colourful way of encouraging people ...

Beware of Leaking Cocks

09 Jun 2012

This sign was hanging in a cafe at Happisburgh, Norfolk, and tickled our fancy. It is from 1864, the golden age of steam engines on the railways ...

Buy the CD - Do the Dinosaurus with me!

03 Jun 2012

Norfolk-based fun music family Dave Mason and the Masonettes has released an amazingly unique and zany music CD Do the Dinosaurus! There are ...

Noisy combine harvester

29 Dec 2011

This is a really noisy combine harvester, filmed for the benefit of Michael (aged 2 at the time):

Why I Hate Tombolas

25 Nov 2011

Apparently Tombola games are an Italian invention (some history). I never encountered them until I came to Britain, and it could even be ...

Blowing up a wetsuit

11 Aug 2011

Did you know that you can blow air into a wetsuit and make yourself look really big? Try it next time you're wearing one - just watch the video ...

The Best Funny Tweets

01 Apr 2011

Here's my compilation of the best humorous tweets I've come across on the web, in descending date order: ) on

Really Dirty Tractors

30 Jan 2011

All these tractors (and other farm-related equipment!) are located around North Walsham. Pictures taken whilst on a walk with tractor fan Michael ...

Very old seaside tractors

11 Dec 2010

These tractors are parked up on the cliff-top at Overstrand, still in regular use for the fishing boats (lobsters, mostly?) that operate from ...

Shoes that go Squeak

12 Sep 2010

We bought these shoes on eBay, as a cheap pair of kids' trainers. They were branded Ben Sherman, but on first use they made the most enormous ...

CatBinLady does Satire

01 Sep 2010

About CatBinLady: Name Cat Bin Lady Location Sent to Coventry Web http://www.rspca.org.uk/ Bio I have momentary abberations. We all do ...