Christmas Eve

A wonderful Christmas Eve meal courtesy of the kindness and generosity of Anna's parents Chris and Cinny at Poole Yacht Club. Anna's brother David and his wife [the talented seamstress, Mary -see Christmas Day hats] Anna's Aunt Pat, Louisa and Louis, and Mum were all present with the two girls and of course the happy couple [they were to set off to some boring 2 week holiday in Tanzania and Zanzibar on the 27th]...

Fantastic company, fantastic views over the bay and decent food... Thanks to Chris and Cinny for their generosity.

The Wedding of the Year?

Stu (uncle Pid) and Anna got married on the 22nd December 2007, Elspeth was a flower girl - for weeks before we had the "I don't want to be a flower girl" outbursts, which were, to be fair, spaced between an equal number of "I want to be a flower girl" statements...

The day was fantastic, as the wedding was in Poole it necessitated a trip down on the 21st and a night in a Travelodge - pages could be written on this experience - perhaps for some cathartic psychological review in the future- then a week in a cottage in what felt like the back end of nowhere...

[Not entirely sure why the pic of the flower girl is sideways....]

The wedding was fantastic, the bride and groom looked so relaxed, and the venue was fantastic... from the lit grotto into the Romanesque gardens with statues and reflecting pool to the Jazz duo welcoming guests [oh and the mulled wine and almond cake]... and the food - superb.... then dancing the night away... retiring at midnight with Jemima sleeping...

Nearly there...

The kitchen progresses like a slug navigating a pavement spread with salt... to do: tiling the splash backs, [re]painting the walls [to remedy Jemimas "modifications" to the original], painting the woodwork...

It's been a while

It's been ages.... what has happened? Well... Elspeth has started school, although not without a few tears...

What has happened???

Elspeth has started school, the extension is finished [well almost - some painting and tiling to finish off] James came for a flying visit this weekend, which was actually a very lazy weekend with some PS3 and watching Star Wars Episode III on Saturday night. Saturday saw me pull on a pair of football boots and play 11 a side for the first time in a while... ouch... and a 5-0 trouncing from a team of 18-20 year olds from Liverpool, youth won out... the mind was willing, the legs don't go as fast as they used to...

Catch Up

Various pictures... South Africa and others... these are from the bookshop "A is for Apple" which does table cloths to draw on in the coffee shop....

Men and Aerobics and Men and Walking Poles

Seriously, have you ever tried walking with poles [N.B. not Poles], well if you've ever seen men at aerobics, the result is pretty much the same... who'd have thought co-ordination of right arm left leg and vice versa was so problematic....

Men and Aerobics and Men and Walking Poles

Seriously, have you ever tried walking with poles [N.B. not Poles], well if you've ever seen men at aerobics, the result is pretty much the same... who'd have thought co-ordination of right arm left leg and vice versa was so problematic....

Three Peaks

Foolishly [?] I volunteered to do the three peaks, a six month training schedule duly arrived, 5 weeks ago, in the full knowledge that the event takes place on 7-9 September 2007!!! Sore and wet I have arrived back after a mini expedition of 16km in the Hope Valley... the result is that I need:
a) insoles for my boots
b) to take at least 3l of water with me on each climb
c) two pairs of socks worn on each climb
d) Compeed plasters to be bought....

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