Author: Tim

… Our treatment of numbers is not like our treatment of the old. It’s hard, except in rare cases, to be outraged by abused statistics. And in truth there’s nothing new here. But we’d do well to remember that numbers often represent people. To be careless of how we describe them in figures is to…

We should not be surprised that schools are the latest instrument for checking up on families, says Bernard Trafford … In the storm of outrage that followed the tragedy of Baby P, fingers were bound to be pointed. Inexplicably, they are now being pointed at home-educators. The estimated 20,000 parents who choose to educate their…

One little job once we had done some basic unpacking was to see if all the bits of my backpacking tent, which has been packed away for years, were present and correct. The tent is pretty much bomb proof. Tested in gales at Wasdale Head and elsewhere. We have been to the little local park.…

I’ve been at the Times again. Two articles that caught my eye: This:- This country’s education system is a betrayal of this country’s children. It blunts their intelligence, narrows their perspectives and blasts their future prospects. How often does that need to be said? Of course it is not universally true; many children defy the…

This problem was caused by Windows, which was created by Microsoft Corporation. There is no solution for this problem at this time.

Then someone stole the scenery.

The pool is the whole point of the place after all. ED: And we have grey squrrels fighting on our roof. Well, I think they are fighting. 🙂

May 2009 bring you everything you deserve. 🙂

Some photos from our walk on Sunday. Bracing would describe it with an icy East wind off the sea. Big and Small loved running on the beach and scampering up and down the groynes. We finished off with hot chocolate when we got back to my brother’s house. Just wondering how old you have to…