Henry's Cornish Adventures

Henry has been posting about his September Cornwall Adventures over on his blog.  He visited:

Lydford Gorge

Cotehill Tudor House and Mill

Tintagel

Tintagel Post Office

Colliford Lake

and Monticute House

Henry in the USA

Henry has posted about one of the places he visited while in the USA over on his blog 'Holidays with Henry' here.  Hope you enjoy!

Portsmouth Historic Dockyards - Part Two

Henry at Portsmouth Historic Dockyards - Part Two posted here.

Henry has a Day out in London

Henry has posted over here about his day out in London yesterday...

Advent 2015 - Day Twenty Two.

Junior, my mate, I am so glad you are able to come and stay - and just in time to open one of the Advent Calendar windows!  Henry says as Junior arrives to have a Holiday with Henry.

Me too!  Junior agrees.

The boys search for window number 22.

It proves elusive for a while...

...finally....Junior spots it.

He excitedly opens it.

While Henry watches.

Oh, wow!  Looks like treasure!  Junior exclaims.

Excellent!  Henry says.  I thought today might be the day for treasure. It goes in the little treasure chest down there.   Henry points.

Junior gets down on the floor to put the gold coins in the chest.

I wonder how much all this gold is worth?!  He ponders....

So what do you think Henry? Junior asks.

Looks good, but I don't think the gold is probably worth much...  but it would be fun to imagine it was worth millions!  Henry says.  Come on let's play.

The boys get down on the floor to play.

Wanting a Holiday?

Henry has posted a blog calling for an Intrepid Adventurer over here.

Henry at Changi Airport

Henry has posted over here today.

Down Under in New Zealand - Pataua

Henry has blogged over here. 

Henry's photo books have arrived.

Yeah!  My Year Book and my Down Under book have arrived.

One of these will be printed as a hardback and donated to the Sasha Festival in Fort Worth, Dallas in July this year.  Not sure which one yet though!

A few pages from my Year Book....

and a few pages below from my Down Under book of my adventures in Australia and New Zealand.

The photo on the bottom right hand side isn't really faded - it is just the light reflecting in from the window.

We are so pleased with these books.  

What else did Henry get up to when he went 'Down Under' ?

You can read about it here....

Henry in Wales

Henry has just enjoyed a week away in Wales and has posted the first of his holiday photos here  (Click on the word 'here' to be taken to the page.

Henry's Adventures in Arizona

Henry is posting about his Arizona adventures over on his blog which can be found here.  Helen is also featured on these posts.

Sedona 

The Grand Canyon - Part One

Down Under in New Zealand: Whangarei

Henry has written another New Zealand post over here. (Click on the word here)

Two new blog posts on Henry's blog

Two new blog posts of Henry's time in Australia on his blog.

Down Under in Australia: 27th February: Ipswich

Down Under in Austrlia: 27th Febuary: Kookaburra Queen along the Brisbane River

Down Under in Australia - 24th February

Our first day dawned bright and early with the cacophony of bird sound.  While Mum sat out on the verandah drinking a cup of green tea I went and introduced myself to the natives...

Mum's friend Tania had several things planned for us today, but unfortunately two of them, the Japanese Gardens and Animal Park were closed.

We went to see the Woodlands of Marburg which is a beautiful old estate that is now a conference and wedding venue.  It has beautiful gardens with lots of photo opportunities.  When I heard the words conference and wedding I was a bit dubious, but actual it was lovely there and I enjoyed exploring.

Here I am at the entrance way to the grand house.  Inside were lovely wood panelled rooms and pretty tea services...or at least Mum thought they were pretty, me, I wasn't bothered one way or another, but did hear that they did yummy food there sometimes...unfortunately the tea room wasn't open today.

A bit too pink for my liking but I am sure some of my sisters and friends that are girls would like it...oh and maybe Frances would as well as he is into all that fancy stuff...like poetry etc...

The gardens were great for exploring in.

The chapel was sweet.

Cool cart - you could imagine using these back in time when horses worked the land.

Lots of rocks and plants to investigate.

Unusual seed pods.

They were huge!

These plants collect and hold water.

More carts adding to the rustic air about the place.

I wanted to explore in this ramshackle old building but I wasn't allowed!

Although the Animal Park was closed we did get to see the bats - they were really noisy!

On to Ipswich River Heart Parklands.

We enjoyed a walk along the river bank.

I spotted a white Heron in the river.

Information board showing the history of the area.

The old town road bridge...

The new one

An amazing lizard that was as big as me!  There were lots of these just lounging around.

This was a water feature, but the water doesn't show up in this photo.

Mum's school friend and riding buddy Tania.

A pretty house in Ipswich that Tania thought my Mum would like as she loves blue and white things.

Later in the afternoon we took Peppi to the park...

Just sitting around with friends.

Riding Peppi...

Oops, hang on there Peppi, I am nearly falling off!

Oh Rory, look at this, a frog!  You would have loved riding this.

In the evening we went to see if we could see some kangaroos, we were not disappointed.

The evening ended with a lovely roast pork dinner at the local pub.