Leon Paul Junior Series Linlithgow Scotland
After the Leon Paul Durham tournament, I felt like I had unfinished business to do. So that’s why, when I heard of the Linlithgow tournament, I signed up right away. We […]
Category Archives: Joshua’s Posts
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Leon Paul fencing tournament
I am very sore today as a nation wide fencing tournament was yesterday, sponsored by the biggest fencing company in the U.K. People attended from Scotland to Spain. I’ll post and […]
The mad man with a box
One of the things that Joshua and Rob have enjoyed discovering this year is the British TV series, Doctor Who. I must admit that I, myself am a bit […]
The marvellous sport of fencing
800 years ago, fencing was a way of settling your differences. Now, fencing is an Olympic sport. Additionally there are hundreds of fencing clubs in the USA and well over […]
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday! Robot Fight!
As you may have guessed from the title, 1 I was at a robot fight, 2 It was on Sunday. Technically, it’s was a robot war. Not a fight. Anyway, […]
The magical world of Lego
In 1932 the Lego group was founded by by Ole Kirk Kristiansen in Denmark. Since then it has grown to hundreds maybe even thousands of sets. There is also a sub […]
English Footie
Wednesday evening my dad and I got to enjoy a football match with another family from Carrville Methodist. On the way there my dad was asking all of the important […]
9 Lessons and Carols service at Durham Cathedral
On Christmas Eve we headed to the Cathedral for the Lessons and Carols service and as explained in the title, there were 9 lessons and carols. We decided to walk […]
Field Trip Friday #9 The Science of Glass
Yesterday was quite the adventure. We had a delicious breakfast of butter milk biscuits and bacon rashers. We then set out with Mr. Ray to the Sunderland National Glass Centre. […]
A Tour of Durham Castle
Today’s post is a student-led tour of Durham Castle. Stay tuned for another student-led tour tomorrow.
Joshua’s adventures in cooking
Recently, I have taken to cooking. I don’t know when, but all of a sudden I want to cook. So the other night, I made tacos for my […]
Things I want to do
The extensive list of things I want to do in England grows longer and longer as we prepare to leave. I’ll try to put as much as I can on […]
The Road Not Taken
The Road not Taken The poem written by Robert Frost is a good example for our family for the past few weeks as we prepare for a move to Durham […]
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