Northampton Balloon Festival cancelled Wednesday, 18 February 2009 What an enormous surprise! Northampton takes another faltering step towards being just another faceless boring town as the Balloon festival goes the way of St Crispin's Street Fair and the Northampton Show in Abington Park and gets cancelled by the Council to apparently save an astonishing £3 per council tax payer. So this leaves us with ... yes, the Carnival is the only fun to be had in the town now unless its just snowed or you're out for a curry on the Wellingborough Road. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/northamptonshire/7895364.stm My New Years Resolution not to moan on my blog is going badly. But my other one not to just use the blog to mention which child has which tooth is going better (Toby has two, and he can give a right nip with them...) 0 Comments Snow finally arrives and nearly destroys civilization Monday, 2 February 2009 Thanks to the weather for providing the first proper snow since about 1870 and the chance for me to play in the snow. Sorry, I meant for Harriet to play in the snow, with proper parental supervision. She made a couple of lovely snowmen - okay, so I made them, she is only three and it would have taken ages. Its only a shame that the wet and dull weather has returned and the snowmen have disappeared, leaving their carrots behind of course. 0 Comments   Subscribe to this blog    Previous Posts I am a Web Octopus Toby's Christening Rice Cake eating as a social ill Alternative Cutlery Snowy Britain Prophecy Generator First attempt at pumpkin carving Naming bath ducks 15 months of baby insomnia Films with no women in.    Archives December 2005 August 2006 September 2006 August 2007 October 2007 March 2008 April 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 October 2009 January 2010 February 2010