Friends

Thank you to Graham and Megan for visiting. We had a lovely time and it was so wonderful to see them again. We wish them well on their trip back to Australia as they come to then end of this adventure. They now face the new adventure of finding a place to stay and start a new life again in Sydney. We wish them luck and look forward to hearing their tales.

Here are a few pics from their visit. We went around Cambridge, looked in Kings and had tasty treats at the pub called Blue Lion

Swimming

Timothy is going to be a water baby I think and he got to swim with his little girlfriend also, the Lovely Alice. A bit of trivia for you, Alice in the pic is so named after her great grandmother (I think it is) Alice of Alice springs of who her grandfather discovered the spring and called it after his wife. Cool Huh.

Out and about with Nona

Well Nona has made it here safely and of course she lands running. Her first day we are out and about with Timothy at a picnic in the University Botantical gardens in Cambridge. We had lunch with friends of mine with there little bubs. Then it was off to some light shopping and home for the evening. The second Day we went to a national trust property called Ickworth. It had a great old manor whichh as a cafe in it. We naturally had to stop and sample the sweeties :P We then did a walk on the land to spot the deer and squirels and then took a tour of the house, very groovy, no pics allowed though.

here is Nona in the botantical garden with Timothy and then in cafe at Ickworth


Ben with Boy


It was home again for a quick rest before back into Cambridge to see Shakespere in the Trinity College gardens and have picnic dinner. Was excellent as usual.

here is Timothy cooling down for a rest



The cast


Today we just went to church in our village and then we are resting for the remainer of the day. Dinner will be pepper steak with fresh veggies from the garden.

To Timbucktoo and Back Again

Yes that's right our super baby takes to the travel with his folks like a trooper though if you were to ask his father he would promptly tell you that he didn't travel well at all :P. We started our week with a trip to the airport to collect his grandma and grandad and then it was off to Cambridge to try out the Cam river on a punt. I was terrified as I felt like we were going to be tipped in and it was super windy but we survived. After that we went to the various pubs, naturally.



Monday was a quick trip around Cambridge and Kings College. Tuesday we headed off to Stradford Upon Avon to check out Shakespeares beginnings and of course the amazing Christmas shop. Wednesday was a wee bit of shopping and resting while the folks went off to London and then Thursday the real adventure got underway. We headed off in the direction of Bath, stopping at Stonehenge and Long Leat.



We spent two nights in Bath. The second day we went and saw the Roman Baths, the Abbey and other Bath like stuff. Saturday we were off to Wales, staying in Pembroke. We drove along the coast line and looked at amazing church built right in the cliff face. Next day, Sunday we went off to Cheltenham via the Glouster catherdral and then on to the Cotswolds. The last day, Monday saw us visiting Oxford on our return.

Wales


Bath


Cotswolds

Lunch with Friends

We are getting out and about and of course our lovely boy is already making friends with the ladies. Here we are at lunch at our friends Gillian and Timothy, (an adult Timothy) and little Tim and Alice are chilling out on their super size bean bag. (It is wicked comfy).



And here we are all tuckered out.....

Congratulations Simon and Erica

On the birth of your new daughter Stella Maureen.

Our best wishes are with the three of you.

Typical Parents

Ok so yes we have become the normal over enthusiastic parents with the camera but really this was so cute I couldn't resist.

The Great Flood

We went for an adventure last night after I falled to catch the bus, (it didn't turn up). Ben came home from work and took Timothy and I out to the library, shopping and then dinner at the pub. We sat there watching the rain, remarking on the amount coming down but not really thing about it. Then on our way home we discovered that all roads were flooded. there are three roads into our village but it did take an hour and a half to work our way in. Two of the roads were inaccessable with one of them taking a poor ladies car, the water had come up over the roof of her car and it was pushing the vechicle down stream.

Here a few shots from it....

Note from Ben: I'd like to thank Renault for the quality of their door seals. There were five times we had to ford through rivers across the road, and four of those would have been above the door level :-P

Various Timmy Noises

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Country Party

The weekend before last we four, Ben, Timothy, Terry and myself went to the country fair. It was a wonderful experience with show horse, braiding. Tractor parade and dogs doing doggy things, trial runs and herding. Of course there was the excellent crafts and arts including many a taste snack such as fudge, home made ice cream and lovely fairyfloss. It was a great day with lots of sunshine and Timothy had lots of fun.

Bath Time

Ooo aren't I cute