Family
This was held in a dedicated open area inside Centennial Park in central Sydney . It was a bright, sunny, windy day and Jess and Aidan had arranged everything for family and friends. Jess' brother Toby even came back from a European holiday for a few days, to be there.
Family
In the same week that we celebrated grandson Harry's first birthday , we also celebrated granddaughter Jessica becoming recognised by the High Court as a lawyer. 25 year gap between cousins. As if that wasn't enough--Jess held a Bridal shower for wedding in September!
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Our offspring and spouses decided to organise a celebration for nearby family members for our Anniversary, which fell on the correct day of the week -Saturday, this year. Although new Covid restrictions suddenly came into play, the invitation list was just below the limit of 20 and reduced a bit
Family
We could only 'attend' this via Zoom, which didn't work too well for us, but we got the video straight after. The ceremony only allowed for 5 fixed people, celebrant, wedding couple , two bridesmaids and roving photographer . It took place in the historic Sydney harbour quarantine
UK Holiday 2018
A train trip to Exeter and hire car to Stoke Gabriel and we arrived at the very quaint 14th C house of a cousin Sally and husband Robin. The, next morning after a walk by the river Dart with Robin and labradoodle, we drove to Kingston Estate for the splendid
Mary
On Saturday we attended a truly happy and splendid wedding of friends Jabish and Amy. The church was packed with young people and the Indian sari's were stunning. It was a great service. Behind Jabish's parents, Ravi and Glada, Amy's parents can be seen
Family
A visit to some of Tom's relatives at Whitstable today, reminded me of when,as a student, I crewed in a firefly class yacht from nearby Tankerton, in the National Championship series --50 years ago! The yacht owner won the comp the year before but sadly not with
Spectacles
A day of terrible weather for the wedding of a friend -Dayna--of our eldest daughter and husband, Alison and Craig. The civil service was conducted in a nice restaurant called the 'Nun's Pool' after a local sea pool. The groom is Jose, of Chilean origin.
Europe 2013
Ever keen to be different, having walked two daughters down a church aisle, Jacqui had me walk her 15 minutes down Islington High Street from the hotel to the town hall! It looks as if Jacqui is inspecting my shoes! Islington town hall, it must be said, is a splendid
Birthdays & Anniversaries
The Eurostar was amazing--the speed and ease of use. Mary tucked in to her Waitrose salad sold by a French lady in the dining car. We hit bank holiday traffic on collecting our AVIS car at Ashford, spent a night at Emsworth (picture shows our red Vauxhal hire car)
Family
A mini heat-wave (35Deg C) hit today and drew the beach crowds--as well as what looked like an Indian wedding on the shore nearby and a lot of yachts. I went for a swim and it was 'refreshing' at 20.6Deg C !
Australian Holidays
Friday morning, all eight of us, Caryl and Will, Alison and Craig with Jessica and Toby set off via Qantas and partner airline Alliance, for Brisbane and Rockhampton, making sure we were 'coffeed' and fed at both airports before final arrival, where we collected hire cars. Queensland is