I think we could easily have had another day in Monterey but we had The Plan to obey. And today was going to be a drive down the Big Sur! Continue reading “An Englishman in California, Day 8: Monterey To Cambria”
An Englishman in California, Day 7: Yosemite To Monterey
Another driving day, this time off to Monterey. Continue reading “An Englishman in California, Day 7: Yosemite To Monterey”
An Englishman in California, Day 6: Yosemite
Up and into Yosemite at 6.45 AM! Continue reading “An Englishman in California, Day 6: Yosemite”
An Englishman in California, Day 5: San Francisco to Yosemite
Off for the next leg of the trip, from San Francisco to Yosemite First, we needed wheels…. Continue reading “An Englishman in California, Day 5: San Francisco to Yosemite”
An Englishman in California, Day 4: San Francisco
Our last day of exploring San Francisco. Continue reading “An Englishman in California, Day 4: San Francisco”
An Englishman in California, Day 3: San Francisco
More exploration of San Francisco! Continue reading “An Englishman in California, Day 3: San Francisco”
An Englishman in California, Day 2: San Francisco
The first full day in California! Continue reading “An Englishman in California, Day 2: San Francisco”
An Englishman in California, Day 1
We’d been planning a road-trip through California for a long time and finally we got a chance a do it. Here’s what we did, day-by-day. Continue reading “An Englishman in California, Day 1”
More Family Board Games
Sometimes I’m pulled away (struggling / screaming / whimpering) from my PC to interact with my family in the real work. Of course, ‘real’ is relative and it’s cool to play board games when the mood takes us. I’ve got a lot of games but most aren’t really suitable for family play either because;
A) The game takes 3 hours to even set up the board. By the point one or more family members have lost the will to live and have gone back to something more interesting like counting floating dog hairs or squabbling with siblings.
B) It involves the kind of cut-throat competitiveness that would make Machiavelli look like the Dalai Lama.
I wrote about some cool ones in another post. Here are some more; Continue reading “More Family Board Games”
My Daughter’s Guide to Gaming With Me
I had a great time on holiday with my family to the Brecon Beacons. A key part of any extended family-time is the opportunity for me to be ruthlessly mocked by my children.
This holiday was no exception. Continue reading “My Daughter’s Guide to Gaming With Me”