So I admitted I had blog fever and in the next breath i don't add another post for at least a couple of weeks - its just not good enough is it?! BUT my intentions have been more than there as I have started to carry my compact camera with me everywhere we go again just in case there is something 'blog worthy' to photograph!!
The night of our epic first family bike ride, my parents came down to the Roses abode to come pick Eli up for a couple of days with the intention that Adam and myself can crack on with some of our personal work as well as going together to work on our house in Derby. Charlie also got babysat so on the Monday evening Adam and myself were actually able to go on a date! How rare, so we definitely made the most of it and went all old skool and decided to go bowling!
Could our night be any more random - our car broke down on the way there, the clutch pinged (ouchie for our bank balance) so we had to leave it at a car valeting place whilst Adams mum picked us up (how teenage!) so we could borrow a car for the night.
The night ended up being a complete laugh a min... it was quite surreal, we used to go bowling quite regularly when we were 'courting' and haven't really gone since then so was really nice to just go out and flirt a lil again!
Can you believe how packed this place is?!
Ball heads
Adam getting his creative camera skillz on
Awww young love!!The Tuesday (day after our date night) was set aside for working on our house, only we were snookered as we had no car anymore to get there...
...we were without Eli and Charlie was getting looked after for us again, so with a little encouragement from Adam, we set out to complete our journey to our Derby house by train and BIKE!!!
In the lift at Nottingham train station - me complete with conjunctivitis eyes (thanks Charlie!)It actually felt like a fun adventure, quite impulsive and liberating without the children (as much as we LOVE them to bits and pieces, its so important to also spend time on yourself to make sure you are the best for them!) and completed 16 miles in total over the course of the day.
It was broken up into 5 parts - (with a couple of train journeys and a Costco stop for a jacket potato!) which meant that it was much more manageable for me and I actually have been looking forward to another bike ride ever since, particularly as I didn't really ache from it - the family ride must have broken me in nicely! Though it was just another stroll in the park for Adam he was quite the motivator up the hills when I needed it!!
It was broken up into 5 parts - (with a couple of train journeys and a Costco stop for a jacket potato!) which meant that it was much more manageable for me and I actually have been looking forward to another bike ride ever since, particularly as I didn't really ache from it - the family ride must have broken me in nicely! Though it was just another stroll in the park for Adam he was quite the motivator up the hills when I needed it!!
Looking like an old pro
Adam doing a spot of emailing
The train back - by then we had completely lost it 
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