Blessed To Be Home
Time has flown and lots has grown. That is, children, vegetables and chickens!! We now have 6-7 eggs a day from our winged friends. We have built a good grass run for them which keeps them happy and in return we collect eggs every day. The children are doing well- a few under par but …
The week has flown by, and although we have been home, it has been busy and full. We have been very blessed to have food delivered on Thursday and only had to run to the farm shop on Tuesday for milk and fruit. So far we have managed to book food delivery or food collection- …
We decided earlier this year to get a few chickens for eggs. It helps the children to learn to look after animals, to clean up after something else and of course where our food comes from. And we eat a lot of eggs- and there is none better for you, than fresh ones. When the …
The weather is glorious - we schooled outside on the lawn today. It’s funny to think that the whole country is homeschooling at the moment. I’m sure having to follow the school guidelines for curriculum won’t be as much fun as what we do each day - but I hope that the time people spend …
A few years ago, our family went on a very long distance journey. We were five children, two adults, a van full of food, books, clothes and a partridge in a pear tree! We travelled over 4000 miles, visited 5 countries, broke down, faced an Avian Bird Flu epidemic, a snow blizzard and stayed in …
Having a large family can be hard at times. Every second of your day is given to others, you serve without glorious accolade, you learn to push yourself in ways that you never imagined possible, you learn to let alot of things go, you never get everything done, your day never goes as planned …
We are back on British turf! A month after we left, it is hard to believe that we have travelled 4500 miles! We spent our last night abroad in Dunkirk in a hotel which made the Ibis budget seem like a luxury hotel but we needed a bed close to the ferry. We started out …
We have been without WiFi access for a few days now so apologies for no contact. Here's a quick update. The snow in Austria did  limit our travel, and we were advised to wait before making the trip to Innsbruck. When we finally did I saw why. The road is over mountains and very steep …
Before it snowed we had the chance to go into Mittenwald. Home to the famous Klotz family of violin makers and many others.Mittenwald sits just north of the Austrian border in Germany. The town itself is sat in a valley between the huge Karwendel mountains  It is breathtaking and quite a special place. There …
We arrived in Austria on Friday! We were relieved to move on from Fussen, although we loved Bavaria, our apartment was a bit small and we couldn't relax because there were too many stairs and the baby girl kept climbing! When you enter Austria you must display a vignette (a pre-pay toll road sticker) on …
We are in Bavaria. We have travelled 6 hours south toward Austria and are now staying in a very dramatic landscape near the Austrian border. Yesterday we visited a beautiful city called Fussen. Fussen is amazing, definetley our favourite city so far, mostly because of its backdrop of mountains but also the centre is so …
It's mushroom season here and everyone is out with baskets, taking strolls in the misty woods - my hunt for food was not quite so romantic. We changed accomodation on Saturday from near Leipzig, down to Werda in southern Saxony. Its really different, much more mountainous and covered in pine forests. So, so beautiful but …
Homeschool on the River 