We’ve had a lovely summer, maybe not the sizzler predicted but very pleasant, dry and for the most part sunny. We’re now nearing October and people are still walking around in shorts and t-shirts, which is wildly different to what I was expecting. After 13 years away I’ve been asking our neighbours ‘is this normal?’, which apparently it sort of is (which is good news!).

It is now getting distinctly autumn, with the leaves turning, the mornings cooler and conkers on the ground. When we were in Spain we always used to tell the kids about going conkering so it is nice to be doing just that.

There’s a good rope swing in the park where these photos were taken, all the kids had a go and these pics (of our neighbour Ella) were the best of many attempted shots to capture it.

I’ve updated the site now to block all the Spam, so any comments now welcome

I’ve moved www.dougandrews.net to a new host and taken the opportunity to update the theme and also upgrade WordPress. This means that I can now block out all the spammy comments – for the record I have just delete 19,888 comments which I have not read, apologies to anyone who genuinely sent me a message. Once the new spam system is in place I will be sure to post/answer any messages that come my way!

The new theme isn’t that great but it is something to replace the old one which was ‘oh so Vilanova’ that I had to do something. I liked it actually but it doesn’t really reflect Market Harborough. For the record, this is what I’ve been using for last few years: