Author: Steve Lucas

New year is be a strange time, full of hangovers that last too long and resolutions that fade away too quickly. Luckily for me I have grown up into a smart man and only had to deal with one of those issues this year. I’ve never liked resolutions anyway.

It’s been a long three weeks since my wife and I first entered the doctors surgery and asked for help to give up smoking and the last week has been particularly strange.

So the plan had been to update this a little more regularly than has been the case. The truth is though, there have been very few major changes really worth showcasing up until now.

Maybe the title is a little extreme and more than a little tongue in cheek but one week after many of the more severe restrictions were lifted in the UK, I’m really not sure if this lifestyle is any better.

You may have read earlier this week that my wife and I have taken the decision to quit smoking. If you didn’t read that post then don’t worry, that last sentence has brought you right up to date!

Life is made up of achievements and goals. Everyone is where they are today through a drawn out succession of completed aspirations as well as a few failures along the way.

Lockdown has been tough on us all but one of the few silver linings of it all is that many of us are now spending more time outside and enjoying the beautiful walks and country parks nearby. We spent the day at High Woods country park in Colchester and wanted to share some of the amazing sights we found.

I had planned to write a post this week all about our favourite place to visit as a family, Pudney woods. Unfortunately this is a late replacement for that post, which will hopefully follow soon.

It’s that time of year again. Robbie returned home from his nursery yesterday bringing with him a gift of easter nests that he had made with his teacher. Then it struck me, I actually had no idea how to make them but my two year old son did. Scary.

We’ve nearly made it. I’ll admit I have no clue how long we have actually been in lockdown for nor how long it has been since I saw certain family or friends.