We were all very taken with The BBC's adaptation of Just William so much so that Big Girl and Big Boy seemed to have formed their own band of outlaws. They have found a good place to create a den-like-camp (behind our house in the field) and set about getting thoroughly muddy whilst threatening to light fires (as there is lots of wood there ...and trees...and other flamable items. Its great to see them so enthusiastically embracing the outdoors in all this grim January weather.
This weekend we meet up with a real life William (from next door) and took to the muddy fields to explore the flooded ditches and swollen river which surrounds our village. The kids had a great time and, much to their delight, we found a group of ancient Land Rovers testing their four wheel driving skills to the max on the steep inclines of part of the river which cuts through the Roman Fosse way. Lots got stuck, engines failed, some nearly tipped over, one had to be towed out of the river. The Big Boy's main interests, along with the other outlaws we aquired along the way, are mud and things with engines... so it goes without saying that our grimy rabble really were in their element. The rain lashed and the wild winds blew, it really was bracing and fantastic to blow away the cobwebs.
When we got back and the outlaws (thoroughly knackered from the expedition) were tucked up in bed I set to with another creative pursuit...my sketchbook. Unlike calligraphy, sketching is very easy to do a little bit of, to pick up and put down. I'm doing some designs to send off to Phoenix Trading. I'm hoping I might get one published. Fingers crossed!
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