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Out and about on a #gbwalk at Ickworth House.

September 11, 2013 By Jax Blunt Leave a Comment

Late breaking decision last night was to meet up with friends for a day at Ickworth. It nearly didn’t happen when Tigerboy sleep in till after 9 and I then had to wake up the others at 10, but they all liked the idea so we scrabbled together a packed lunch and headed out. There’s […]

Filed Under: It's where it is Tagged With: #GBWalk, #NTbloggers, geocaching, ickworth, National Trust

Pointless education and missing caches.

September 5, 2013 By Jax Blunt 5 Comments

You can take the boy out of the school, but can you take the school out of the parent? There’s a constant balancing act here, to discharge our legal duty under Section 7 of the 1996 Education Act 7. The parent of every child of compulsory school age shall cause him to receive efficient full-time […]

Filed Under: how we do it, Jonny had two apples, places we like, Where did you say you were going? Tagged With: geocaching, home education, mathletics, maths, quadratics

A #GBWalk at Wicken Fen with the National Trust

September 3, 2013 By Jax Blunt 6 Comments

Last Sunday we went to Wicken Fen nature reserve, to join a National Trust #GBWalk bloggers event. I love Wicken Fen. It’s just at the limits of my drive for a good day out, but it’s completely worth it. It was the first nature reserve the National Trust owned, back in 1899, and at that […]