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Reflecting on Iceland
Selecting 9 moments from this remarkable 2 week trip was not easy!
By Ben Seymour Date: 14th April 2023
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David Gray at Blenheim
Last night’s David Gray concert at Blenheim Palace was sublime. We saw the original White Ladder tour 20 years ago.Best of all was David playing ‘Be Mine’, which was our first dance song at our wedding ❤️
By Ben Seymour Date: 17th June 2022
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Stonor park
Supercars and Classics day - but the Spitfire stole the show
By Ben Seymour Date: 21st May 2022
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What have you been up to since we last met - reflecting on the last...
Planning to catch up with friends I've not seen in 3.5 years, I was trying to think about the answer to: 'what have you been up to since we last met'.
By Ben Seymour Date: 5th October 2021
Eurotrip, IL visits, Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Michael Macintyre, Six Nations, Supercars, Astrophotography - it's all about the experiences.
Plus building Storyus, new conference talks, and Em launching Haktive.
Oh my, and how the kids have grown!
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Reflecting on the night sky
With the covid precautions greatly restricting where we could go - we decided to invest instead in something that would bring more of the universe to us - and so got a Celestron Edge 8HD.
By Ben Seymour Date: 29th December 2020
We got to enjoy so many amazing things that I think otherwise we might not have spent the time looking for, or at: Comet NEOWISE, the Whirlpool Galaxy, (numerous nebulae), the Milky Way, the planets, including the amazing Jupiter/Saturn conjunction, and a heck of a lot of midnight moon-gazing... what an amazing universe we live in :)
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Saturday in San Francisco
My hotel room had one of the most absorbing views I have ever have - facing West, with the GG bridge in the distance - two amazing sunsets and sunrises and I spent many hours just watching the city and the ever changing colours and tones.
By Ben Seymour Date: 13th January 2020
Uber electric bikes and scooters have a new degree of freedom, and being able to explore greater distances, further of the beaten track which still very much within the environment rather than passing through it.
Alcatraz, Coit Tower, Cable Car museum, Salesforce Park weee all new firsts, while also enjoying old favourites like the Samovar tea room in Yeurba Buena gardens.
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Reflecting on my own 2019
Lots of new experiences: kite-landboarding, SUPing, printing at the Bodleian, new road bike, trackdays with AMGs, Porsche, Jaguar and a tank! Work travels to Boston, SF, Napa, Holland, and Israel. Em and I even managed a night out
By Ben Seymour Date: 31st December 2019
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Reflecting On the First Weekend of September ‘19
Thruxton track day and the start of the Hockey and Rugby seasons.
By Ben Seymour Date: 9th September 2019
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Reflecting on Summer 2019
I love how trips enable us to leave our routine: Zoe choosing us a different ‘cake for breakfast’ each morning; no tv or media but loads of books and playing.
By Ben Seymour Date: 21st August 2019
Immersing ourselves in the glory of nature, from amazing sunsets, lightning storms, swimming in, and paddling on, the seas and lakes.
Absorbing some of our incredible heritage: Hadrians Wall, Beatrix Potters, the Victorian Industrial Age, plus our own family history.
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Sunday in Boston
Working in Boston for the week, I had Sunday to myself to explore a little, and I really really like this city.
By Ben Seymour Date: 7th July 2019
Vintage Baseball on Boston Commons, the Cheers bar, waterfront, MIT, the Linotype and Waltham Watches at the Charles River Museum, before Fenway Park, micro breweries and Chinatown!
6 miles walked, a couple of Uber’s and loads of lovely people.
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Reflecting On our Woolacombe trip
Nearly 15 years after we first stayed at a B&B on this same location in Woolacombe, the four of us stayed at a lovely flat called Gull Rock, up on the steep side of the edge of Mortehoe with an amazing elevated and tranquil view over the hills and the sea.
By Ben Seymour Date: 22nd April 2019
With the car holding a boot load of fun (body boards, the new inflatable SUP and wetsuits) we also booked ourselves into a surf school and for kite buggy and land boarding lessons.
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Reflecting on the weekend of March 23rd 2019
Sunny days, Jack’s expedition including 23 mile hike, long overdue date night, 1st motorbike ride if the year, and strolls by the river.
By Team Storyus Date: 25th March 2019
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Reflecting on the weekend of March 15
Science fairs, sketching, hovercrafts and browsing some silly cars.
By Ben Seymour Date: 18th March 2019
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Reflecting On Feb Half Term
Laser questing, Oxford trips, popping in the the British Museum, foggy hikes, lambing, cycling and the sunniest and warmest weekend with first dip in the brook of the year :)
By Ben Seymour Date: 25th February 2019
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Reflecting on weekend of Feb 9th
Amazing time at iFLY with Em and the kids all flying unaided now, then Bletchley Park. Sunday hockey tournament was brilliant, with Zoe’s team winning the whole thing! (And England beating France in the 6 nations)
By Ben Seymour Date: 11th February 2019
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Reflecting On 2018 by Ben
The EuroTrip was a phenomenal experience for the family - 34 days, 7 countries, 5200km, and imeasurable memories .
By Ben Seymour Date: 1st January 2019
Additional highlights being Zoe karting, Jack on the Young Driver programme, and a proper snowfall.
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Ben Reflecting : on Eurotrip 2018
During the summer of 2018 we embarked on a Eurpean family roadtrip, travelling 5205 km across 6 countries. I loved being free of gadgets and our usual schedules and patterns, and it was a truly wonderful time together.
By bseymour Date: 1st August 2018
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Zoe (8) Reflecting : on Eurotrip 2018
It was amazing travelling around Europe, and going to so many places that I've never been to before. It was funny trying to speak the languages, like when Dad was trying to say 'please' and got bitter chocolate ice-cream.
By zseymour Date: 1st August 2018
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Jack (11) Reflecting : on Eurotrip 2018
Looking back on 36 days worth of travelling and exploring Europe we saw so many amazing things that picking just 9 was really hard.
By jseymour Date: 1st August 2018
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Em reflecting on Eurotrip 2018
The biggest and strongest factor for me was the quality time spent together, it built our bonds of ‘family’ of what we could do and how fun it was and can be. We were not bound by time constraints or obligation. We chose what to do and that was liberating.
By Emma Seymour Date: 1st August 2018
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Ben Reflecting on 2017
Incredible to look back on what was a pretty significant year for the family. After 40 years in the Welsh Valleys, Mum moved 15 mins down the road from us in Oxfordshire. Dad had his 5 minutes of fame being on the BBC at prime time. Wonderful family holidays to Swanage, Rome, Holy Island and The Lake District. First motocross lessons and first flying lessons!
By bseymour Date: 1st January 2018