We celebrated our first wedding anniversary this December with wedding rings from Hong Kong and a micro-honeymoon repeat of last year’s beach hotel stay in Shenzhen.
Still to come: Chinese family wedding banquet in Jenny’s hometown in Hunan at Spring Festival; Shenzhen friends wedding dinner in Shenzhen some time after Chinese New Year; and an as-yet-unscheduled […]

Special times included a harp concert in the garden, 3 days in France for Dan and a family week in Torquay.  We all enjoyed our tent and campfire suppers in the field like good guides and scouts!
Esther and Dan: Moments we get to do the same activity are rare but the animals like to see […]

This year was the Chinese Year of the Pig, so it was ‘meat’ and right for Applefield to continue rearing piglets!  We love having the little pigs, but then have to think about other things when they go away and     return in freezer bags a few days later.  Sorry any vegetarians!  We also said goodbye […]

My birthday turned out to be rather different to how I had planned, but it was a lovely day.  After a busy half term week of visitors, we had an empty day so had decided to go to the Brighton Aquarium – just the four of us.  We set off in the van and got […]