Splash and Cool

The boy just enjoying a bit of the water on a lovely warm day.



Splashing with friend

Fete

Wonderful fun at the local fete last weekend. We had our very own in Kingston as well as visiting friends in Shelford for they great feast day. Ben, Timothy and I all helped on the day for Kingston's Fete, I in the book stall, naturally. Ben was with the frames and pictures. We did quite well raising money for the church roof, along with everybody else. There were many lovely stalls with cakes, jams and preserves. They had pony rides, which Timothy just loved. There were games to be played and we even had music, a lady playing accordian and a scotman at the beginning playing the pipes.

The Shelford feast was also quite an experience though much larger. It had jumping castles, trampoline performances, live bands and roasting spit.




Shelford feast pics

York

Wonderful, Wonderful place. Such a lovely little city with beautiful buildings, super shops and miles and miles of History. We got to see the Minster which was of course heavenly, especially when the choir started singing. We shopped until we dropped in the Shambles. There was chocolate, jewelry, tea rooms and beautifully carved wooden toys.

This was all shared in the lovely company of the beautiful Lady Kim. It was made all the more special for having her with us. Timothy just loves her to bits and can't wait the nine months to see her again. In the mean time you can check out the pics of our adventure today...

Few pics of the Minster


Timothy lying around the Minster, it was a long day for little people :P

Here are the Shambles


We also went to Whitby via the moors. So good, the landscape was amazing, even though you look at it and there is nothing there. Its the lack of trees, and busyness that brought the magic. It was raining but that is normal. It did not detrack from the charm so we continued to Whitby and went to the all famous Magpie Cafe. To have naturally fish and chips. Super yummy!

The Moors


One of our dinners...


And Whitby itself...


Here we are ...



Timothy hanging out in the b&b


We finished off the wonderful visit with a trip to St John's College garden where were saw As You Like It, by Shakespeare. Alas no pics but believe us it was excellent. We also were treated to a super tasty picnic created by the fair lady, Kim.

London with Kim

We are all having a wonderful time at the moment as we go around seeing the sights with Kim. She arrived on Tuesday where we started the visit off with a pub dinner, yummy. The next day was shop until we dropped around Cambridge, alas due to weather we did not see too much of it but are hoping to do so on Monday. Today we have been around the lovely and very busy London. Must say the tube system works very well. We didn't wait for a train the whole day. As we got to the platform there was always one pulling in. Anyway here a few pics of our adventure so far. We saw the crown jewels, went shopping at Harrods and looked at the outside of the Abby and Parliament.