Half Term

Well, a week's break between termlets 3 & 4...to be exact!

After a few days rest and an eventful dentist's appt for mummy, we set off down to London with Tom's tools in the minibus. Although stranded whilst Tom was working, we were with Mamine and Papytail an easy distance away from Wimbledon Common and park for releasing pent up energy!!




Maman and Daddy, thank you for letting me have lie ins and enjoy some uninterrupted reading time!

An early start on Friday saw us make a quick visit mid morning to see Betty and John in Locking near Weston-super-mare, Tom's aunt and Godfather. We kept it short and sweet as 7 Stainsbys descending on anyone even for a cup of tea and biscuits is a feat to be endured!!!
But Matthew managed to come away with a recipe for chocolate squares, and the boys discovered newts in the front garden pond!

We had planned on going over to Wales for a picnic but when we saw the toll charges to cross the new Severn bridge, we opted for a cheaper picnic under the bridge!!!! Matthew was relieved as he seemed apprehensive about crossing the bridge! We will go over it when we plan a proper trip/stay in Wales....

We then made our way to Mark and settled in to Lorraine and Jeremy's house before the hosts got home! At least they didn't see the chaos of unloading the bus!!

At the mearest glimpse of a clear if cool morning on Saturday , we went fossiling on Kilve beach before moving on to a rainy picnic amongst the trees at Ramscombe forest.

Back home and the children warmed up by jumping in to the "warm tub" (It was made back into a proper "Hot tub" for us adults later on... BLISS... a nice long night time relaxation session.....can you bring it up to us next time you come up?!)

Anyway, thank you Lorraine and Jeremy (and Blythe of course) for letting us relax and enjoy your hospitality whilst not being fazed by the upheaval the 7 of us can engender.

An even earlier start back on Sunday morning saw us arrive home in time for the Family service.... see above post!

Overall, a very positive break, with lots of relaxation and lots of "changes of scenery" which I sorely needed!