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Moving on - the end of an era #33

...g his own GP2 motor racing team, iSport International, who became world champions: see link.  He also takes amazing photographs of wild animals and birds for a hobby – check out his website: see link Piers stayed with my dad and used the large workshops at the new house to renovate cars and sell them, following in my dad’s footsteps, as this is what he had done many years before, amongst other things, when we were all very young.  He also carried on with his biking and even now follows the trails at Morzine every year! As for Kev and I, as mentioned in last week’s blog, we started our own business which ran for a few years then he went into selling and...

Moving On - the end of an era #32

...g his own GP2 motor racing team, iSport International, who became world champions. He also takes amazing photographs of wild animals and birds for a hobby – check out his website and click here Piers stayed with my dad and used the large workshops at the new house to renovate cars and sell them, following in my dad’s footsteps, as this is what he had done many years before, amongst other things, when we lived in Derbyshire. He also carried on with his biking and even now follows the trails at Morzine every year! As for Kev and I, as mentioned in last week’s blog, we started our own business which ran for a few years then he went into selling and eventual...

Moving On #33

...g his own GP2 motor racing team, iSport International, who became world champions.  He also takes amazing photographs of wild animals and birds for a hobby – check out his photography website Piers stayed with my dad and used the large workshops at the new house for renovating cars and selling them, following in my dad’s footsteps, as amongst other things, this is what he had done many years ago when we were all very young.  He also carried on with his biking and even now follows the trails at Morzine every year! As for Kev and I, as mentioned in last week’s blog, we started our own business which ran for a few years then he went into the music busines...

Moving On #35

...g his own GP2 motor racing team, iSport International, who became world champions. He also takes amazing photographs of wild animals and birds for a hobby – check out his website - click here Piers stayed with my dad and used the large workshops at the new house to renovate cars and sell them, following in my dad’s footsteps, as this is what he had done many years before, amongst other things, when we lived in Derbyshire. He also carried on with his biking and even now follows the trails at Morzine every year! As for Kev and I, as mentioned in last week’s blog, we started our own business which ran for a few years then he went into selling and eventually...

Moving Out #32

...And so the day arrived a month or so after our wedding when my dad had to leave Hoar Cross Hall. Ten years after moving in he was now moving out, leaving his dream home for my mum to live in alone. Gavin moved with him and Piers was away at school most of the time. It was a mammoth task as he had so much stuff to move, especially from the basement. He had some heavy machinery too that he’d brought with him from his alabaster days, including a band saw which we used to saw up logs for the huge fireplaces in the main rooms. He had bought a house in nearby Burton-on-Trent which had some outbuildings for a workshop and there he moved to start afresh. He carried o...

Moving On - the end of an era #33

...g his own GP2 motor racing team, iSport International, who became world champions. He also takes amazing photographs of wild animals and birds for a hobby – check out his website here Piers stayed with my dad and used the large workshops at the new house to renovate cars and sell them, following in my dad’s footsteps, as this is what he had done many years before, amongst other things, when we lived in Derbyshire. He also carried on with his biking and even now follows the trails at Morzine every year! As for Kev and I, as mentioned in last week’s blog, we started our own business which ran for a few years then he went into selling and eventually into t...