Dave Fouracre

Nappy Snapping

There isn't much to writing an article when you're single, free and unimpaired by small humans. But chuck a child into the mix and difficulties arise. What new parent hasn't sat down for a five-minute break on a Monday afternoon, smiling as their son roll... Read >

Hero in the House

Tom loves wicker. To be fair he finds himself irresistibly attracted to anything that appears to be sharp / splintery / hard / rocky / pointy / attached to our cat. Give him a plastic, gently flashing toy and he scuffs his knees clambering over it to get ... Read >

Poo Sticks

I've ridden vertiginous swells in the Eastern Ocean returning from scuba diving on the Great Barrier Reef, felt weightless as an angel as our six-seater dodged the sheer cliffs of Milford Sound and seen the mauve twilight drain across the glorious ruins o... Read >

From There to Here

So there we were, rambling very nicely through out egocentric lives when we had a baby. Well, it won't change much, we thought. Just means that we'll have to stop swearing at home as much and occasionally shut the bathroom door. This, we discovered, was... Read >