https://richardherring.com/warmingup/ en robs@notbbc.co.uk Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:03:51 +0100 https://richardherring.com/warmingup/27/8/2026/index.html Thu, 27 Aug 2026 12:34:00 +0100 8666/21585Back home today and Catie and I had a date tonight. We were going to the Hitchin Priory to see the Human League, Toyah and Roland Gift on an outdoor stage.I don't go to many music gigs, but this one was right on our doorstep and I thought it would be fun to see these musical artists from my youth, even if I could only recall about one of each of their songs. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/26/8/2026/index.html Wed, 26 Aug 2026 16:33:00 +0100 8665/21584Goodbye Cornwall, hello Somerset. Another flying visit to the aged Ps before returning home tomorrow.My dad has recently celebrated his 90th birthday and proudly told us that the local MP had unexpectedly turned up on the day to personally give him his birthday card. He is a man who has done much for Cheddar and the surrounding area in the last 51 years and there should probably be a statue to the man in the town centre or a Keith Herring world at the end of Cox's Cave.I discovered something that I did not know before. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/25/8/2026/index.html Tue, 25 Aug 2026 16:07:00 +0100 8664/21583We decided to have a lazy day in for the last day of the holiday. I was the only one who left the house, when I popped out for some milk and bread from the local Post Office.I was glad to have a relatively quiet day as I was feeling pretty crappy after eating too much at the pub last night. You know you are old when food gives you a hangover. Not because the food was bad (it was really good) but because you had too much of it. I am sad to report that all the weight I lost on chemo has returned. Fingers crossed for a bit more cancer. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/24/8/2026/index.html Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:48:00 +0100 8663/21582Dragged the reluctant kids to the Lost Gardens of Heligan, (I bet I made the joke about finding them on my last visit, but am not going to check or repeat it here) but managed to keep them there for over four hours, even though they largely claimed not to be enjoying themselves.We went on our second rope bridge of the holiday, but this one was more sturdy and the kids kindly didn't try to shake it and I got across without any vertigo or pant-wetting (I didn't wet my pants on the first one and anyone who says I did is lying).W https://richardherring.com/warmingup/23/8/2026/index.html Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:45:00 +0100 8662/21581To Porthpean Beach today for a proper day by the sea, which to be fair is all the kids want. It was busy but there was space for us. Ernie quickly made friends with some kids with a dinghy and attempted to take it out to sea, before their mum intervened and they all came back to navigate the small river. I had wanted my parents to get me a blow up dinghy when I was a kid and they had wisely refused. No way would I let Ernie have one of these either, so I was impressed that he'd managed to wangle his way into one and so quickly. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/22/8/2026/index.html Sat, 22 Aug 2026 18:16:00 +0100 8661/21580We drove across to Newquay today, a town that I'd holidayed in in the 90s and Catie had spent a bit of time in in the Noughties. I didn't recognise much.After a tricky couple of months where I haven't got to spend so much time with the family, due to recovering from treatment and being in Edinburgh I am loving spending lots of time with everyone. I am a very patient parent and though occasionally even my patience is tested (whose idea was ti to buy Ernie a recorder at the Eden Project?), I am enjoying nearly all of it. https://richardherring.com/warmingup/21/8/2026/index.html Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:25:00 +0100 8660/21579Our Air BnB in Cornwall is pretty good. It's attached to the house of the people renting it out, but completely separate and the hosts are playing it exactly right. They said hello and told us to get in touch if we need anything but have otherwise left us to it. We've been at other properties where the owners are next door and get overly involved. If you want to be friends then let us stay in your house for free!There are a couple of locked doors that presumably connect with their property.