Morpeth has been all over the news the last few days because of the devastation caused by the floods. The above picture (click to enlarge) on the right was taken about a week ago when me and Jen took Abigail to feed the ducks and for a walk along the river. The picture on the left is from one of the BBC news videos, and by my reckoning we were standing about where the red dot is!!
There's actually a path under the bridge which is hard to believe when you look at the height the water had risen to.
I work in Morpeth and when I left there on Friday I had no idea of what was about to happen to the place. Strangely enough we were actually out drinking in Morpeth with friends on Friday night, which must have been less than 9 hours before the river burst it's banks!
We crossed one of the bridges whilst running between pubs (due to the rain!) and I remember pointing out how fast the river seemed, but of course with drink on board I didn't think much of it.
It's been more than 40 years since Morpeth last had a major flood. Just makes me wonder how much the place is going to change as a result of this weekend....
Wonder if the place will ever be the same
And so it begins....
After 6 weeks of using 'Cruisers' until she was comfortable walking properly, it was time yesterday to take Abigail for her first pair of decent walking shoes. Some thing's haven't changed from when I was a bairn, in that 'Clarks' is still seen as the place to go.
Hardest part seemed to be finding a pair with a proper buckle. Erm hello! -what's the point of Velcro on babies shoes?! Surely it obvious they'll just constantly take them off. Or at least Abigail would!
Anyway we got there in the end, and the staff pulled out a Polaroid camera (never seen one of them in a while!) to make a presentation card of the occasion....
Having a whale of a time in Mothercare breaking in the shoes..!
How to save spending a tenner on a cheap Teddy Bear
Normally I get absolutely no where with them and just walk away about a fiver out of pocket. On that occasion I was lucky and Abigail got a cute little Dog which has now been aptly named 'Tara' after the Craig Tara caravan park.
Anyhoo, I came across this video this morning and realise that's the way to do it! This must be every kids dream....!
http://view.break.com/536276
Go Go Gadget Legs...!
Abigail is on the move! She's gone from 2 steps on Tuesday to this earlier on tonight;
Another chapter in the Cornell family Album
The photo's are from two different cameras - mine and my Dads, and the difference in quality between the Digital and Digital SLR is massive in some shots! Details on the bottom right of each photo screen;
We bought Abigail various toys whilst on holiday including a Baby Walker from my parents which we brought home with us!! Another of these was a rubber football which she loved to chase around the villa on her hands and knees doing her infamous sniper crawl. I couldn't help but notice on one of the photos how much her kicking pose resembles that of Beckham's when lining up a free-kick....!!
"We're all off to sunny spain...."
"We're all off to sunny spain...."
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Abigail ended up with her own seat between me and Jen on the way here, as plane wasn't full. The pic is of her buckled up (attached to my seat belt) ready for take off. The whole flight thing didn't seem to bother her at all. She was awake the whole time taking it all in.
Happy Birthday Jefna
Happy Birthday Jefna
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Chilling in a bar on Javea Beach, Spain having a Birthday drink with Jen. Glass is definitely half full :-)
