I just got back the digitized version of all of my dad’s Super 8mm cine film!
What does that mean?
It means we can watch films from my childhood in the 1970s without having to set up a projector!

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Today, it was my turn to introduce another generation of Reeves-Halls (and a Popova) to the wonders of a magical airshow.  Okay, probably more magical to me because of the nostalgia angle (hey, I am 40 now).
Photos, as usual, are in this website’s photos section — better: look at them in our new gallery!

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Every year we get along to Sir Harold Hillier Gardens near Romsey to enjoy their Art in the Garden.  See our full set of photos in our gallery.
Sadly, we were disappointed with the 2008 event; There just weren’t many art installations; and those we saw were either on the same theme as last year or [...]

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Both this morning and evening we went to White Hill, near Kingsclere to walk a part of the Wayfarers’ Walk.  It was a spectacular place for taking photos!
Granny came along for the morning hike up the path heading west from the road. It was quite steep!
Afterwards, we headed over to the nearby National Trust [...]

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Although the weather has cool down to about 16C, its still fine enough for a trip to a garden on the southern edge of the New Forest: Exbury Gardens and Steam Railway. It was about a 50 minute drive, heading south of Whitchurch. The admission was about £7.50 per adult. Kids under 3 [...]

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To round out this May Bank Holiday Weekend we visited a farm park near Stone Henge which we have never been to before, but had read good things about: Cholderton Rare Breeds Farm, also known as Cholderton Charlie’s Farm.
Their website sadly, as of May 2008, wasn’t too inspiring. But that made the pleasure of [...]

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We headed over to the Longstock Park Water Garden in Leckford after a busy morning (again) of football practice [Tosha kept busy by running around the huge field] {I don’t know why I like using different kinds of brackets for these asides}.
The water garden is owned and managed by Waitrose, of the grocery fame (in [...]

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What a day Sunday was for us!
First, the morning was a chance for us all to play in the freshly fallen snow. Then the afternoon was spent in the tropics of the greenhouses at The Living Rainforest, located just north of Newbury. God help you find your way through the A34/M4 roundabout [...]

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Gill, Katie’s mum, gave us a ring this (mostly) rainy afternoon to see if we could join them at the lovely little nature reserve in nearby Andover called Anton Lakes Local Nature Reserve.
Update: now you can read about the place on our kids’ outings page.
Katya was between Gatwick airport and home (Baba flew home today) [...]

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This afternoon, we trotted off to The Vyne, a National Trust property north of Basingstoke. It was our first visit there - and wow! have we been missing out on this local gem. Absolutely stunning river and yard with a wonderful walk alongside the river to a marsh, complete with bird watch hut. We were [...]

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What a wonderful day for a trip to the National Trust’s Montisfont Mottisfont Abbey near Romsey, Hampshire. The kids loved to splash in the freezing cold stream from the font and watch their dropped sticks float down and over the waterfalls.
Update: see the page we wrote about Mottisfont Abbey

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We headed to Hillier Gardens in Romsey to enjoy the nice weather and explore these great gardens. Our last visit was a year ago, wow!
Many of the sculptures for the “Art In The Garden 2007″ show were already in place (it officially opens next weekend). What a treat!
The favourite sculpture by far was [...]

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An excellent spring day with just that right temperature for a family hike up Winchester’s St.Catherine’s Hill and to its MizMaze. There are fantastic views of the city, including Winchester Cathedral. Back down the hill again, and we strode off along the river Itchen path to find a nice spot for some lunch [...]

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Four days off. With the kids. Thankfully, with two grannies too!
Friday: sunburning daddy at Finkley Down Farm Park; Tolii meanwhile shuttled between THE slide and the monkey swing. Tosha took the whole place in, but especially liked his first ride on the monkey swing. Back home we had our first BBQ of [...]

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Last Sunday, we visited London to take Tolii to the slides at Tate Modern. It is (was) an artistic installation of Carsten Höller, a German artist now living in Stockholm. For the record, these “sculptures” were called Test Site.
For Tolii (and daddy) they were just some fantastically huge slides! Tolii wasn’t tall [...]

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