Friday, May 21, 2004
The weekend cometh.....
....and we're going to Spain again. The coming week is going to be great - Mark and Susanne are visitng from Australia and are staying with us for a few days. It's also Marie's 21st Birthday, oh and the sun is shining.
Sunday, May 16, 2004
Jays 32nd
Marie organised a suprise party for Jay's 32nd Birthday last night. It was a miracle that Jay was kept unaware of the scheming given how many people attended. Big ups to Mum and Dad for making the trip from Cornwall to be there!
The backdrop to the party was Eurovision. How the hell did the Ukraine win? The song was tripe. Funny though.
Three cheers for Marie for all her hard work.
The backdrop to the party was Eurovision. How the hell did the Ukraine win? The song was tripe. Funny though.
Three cheers for Marie for all her hard work.
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
We apologise for the delay...
Where does all the time go these days? It only seems like yesterday rather than two weeks ago when we were in Spain with Fi’s parents – crazy. With that in mind, here’s my first digital update for sometime.
I’ll roll back the calendar to our first Spanish fling. We flew on Saturday afternoon from Bournemouth airport. If like me, you are have just learned that Bournemouth has an airport, don’t be put off. It really is a wonderfully small affair and from the outside at least, looks like a roadside café. It was fabulous day when we left England and so it continued until we touched back down 2 days later to a rather English drizzle.
Highlight of the trip was Jim and Patsy’s home. It is amazing. Bigger and grander than Fi and I imagined but it is already unmistakably theirs. Jim chauffeured us around the surrounding area and we got a general feel for the place, ready for our next visit which is hopefully is a couple of weeks time. I am ensured that the swimming pool will be finished by then…..
Barely a week later, we were sunning it up in a tent in Farleigh Hungerford. Actually it was raining most of the time. Jess, Marla, Griff, Paul, Rachael, Mark, Jane, Joe, Jenny, Fi and I endured the first camping trip of the year as stage 1 of Jess’ 30th Birthday celebrations. Given that is was a Bank Holiday weekend, we all stayed Saturday and Sunday nights. The rain hid from the sun on Sunday so we all took a stroll to some castle place. Shame on me for not knowing what it’s called, but no matter, I won’t be going back there in a hurry. The remains of a clearly ancient castle were mighty impressive and the chapel had some incredibly old and incredibly impressive ‘paintings’ on the wall, however this was unfortunately diluted by ‘Medieval Fun Day’ (or something). It sounds pretty good doesn’t it? People in period dress, playing period instruments and presenting period games etc… I counted 3 people in period dress, observed seemingly random games on the grass (where were the instructions?) and didn’t hear any period music. Granted, I think we had just missed a ‘performance’ in the chapel, but I for one wasn’t waiting around for it to begin again. We left after being there around 90 minutes. My only regret was that we missed ‘Fun with Medicines’ at 2:30pm..
More fun was to be had back at camp. We had a barbecue with loads of food and drink. Then Joe fell through his chair. Red wine in one hand and hot dog in the other. Sadly for Joe, the wine lost out. It was mighty funny I can tell you.
I’ll roll back the calendar to our first Spanish fling. We flew on Saturday afternoon from Bournemouth airport. If like me, you are have just learned that Bournemouth has an airport, don’t be put off. It really is a wonderfully small affair and from the outside at least, looks like a roadside café. It was fabulous day when we left England and so it continued until we touched back down 2 days later to a rather English drizzle.
Highlight of the trip was Jim and Patsy’s home. It is amazing. Bigger and grander than Fi and I imagined but it is already unmistakably theirs. Jim chauffeured us around the surrounding area and we got a general feel for the place, ready for our next visit which is hopefully is a couple of weeks time. I am ensured that the swimming pool will be finished by then…..
Barely a week later, we were sunning it up in a tent in Farleigh Hungerford. Actually it was raining most of the time. Jess, Marla, Griff, Paul, Rachael, Mark, Jane, Joe, Jenny, Fi and I endured the first camping trip of the year as stage 1 of Jess’ 30th Birthday celebrations. Given that is was a Bank Holiday weekend, we all stayed Saturday and Sunday nights. The rain hid from the sun on Sunday so we all took a stroll to some castle place. Shame on me for not knowing what it’s called, but no matter, I won’t be going back there in a hurry. The remains of a clearly ancient castle were mighty impressive and the chapel had some incredibly old and incredibly impressive ‘paintings’ on the wall, however this was unfortunately diluted by ‘Medieval Fun Day’ (or something). It sounds pretty good doesn’t it? People in period dress, playing period instruments and presenting period games etc… I counted 3 people in period dress, observed seemingly random games on the grass (where were the instructions?) and didn’t hear any period music. Granted, I think we had just missed a ‘performance’ in the chapel, but I for one wasn’t waiting around for it to begin again. We left after being there around 90 minutes. My only regret was that we missed ‘Fun with Medicines’ at 2:30pm..
More fun was to be had back at camp. We had a barbecue with loads of food and drink. Then Joe fell through his chair. Red wine in one hand and hot dog in the other. Sadly for Joe, the wine lost out. It was mighty funny I can tell you.
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