A few days in Wales

We spent the end of half term at the caravan.... 

.... we snuggled and cuddled when it was chilly...

.... we read books in Waterstones 

(and sat in their cafe with coffee and cake - favourite cherry bakewell or Al) ...

.... we saw a beautiful rainbow over Llandudno ...

 ... we went to Glasfryn Parc ...

... where the "Mini Stigs" went go karting...

... and Megan Hood....

... and the Merry Men had an archery competition!

Miss Megs and Mr Ben went tobogganing on the Orme...

... and threw stones into the sea...

.. it was a beautiful high tide in Llandudno - blue sky - blue sea! 

 

We drove up to Penllyn to see Judy and Peter - 

through the beautiful valley full of autumn colours...

 ... and we sat by the river to eat  a take away tea.

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  Today we said good bye to the caravan ....

We'll be back next Spring!

The Night Before Halloween.....

Back from a half term break in Wales 

(post about that to follow when I get a chance) 

Miss Megs is off to a Halloween party .....

.... and the pumpkins are ready.....

.... just everything else I have left to do beofre school is back tomorrow..... planning ....marking.... washing..... NIGHTMARE! :)

Miss Megs and the FMC scouts....

 

after completing their Transport Challenge Day to Liverpool - how many forms of transport can you use in one day?

Half Term Biking

Monday morning riding to Crow Wood Park

Sunday Afternoon @ Tatton Park

After church we drove down to Tatton Park for lunch (Venison Sausages!)...

.... a play on the adventure playground...

..... a pumpkin hunt around the gardens....

..... and through the maze ....

... until we found the pumpkin tree!

Then it was time for a ride on the carousel before hone time.

Super Swimming @ the Cub/Scout Gala

Mr B wins the 10 years old  backstroke ...

and is 2nd in the breaststroke...

... while Miss Megs is 2nd in the 13 years crawl.

And best of all both the cub and scout group won the overall trophies!

Long term friends

Friends since they were little....

...Miss Megs and Miss Charlotte mucking around after Scouts!

Another sunny afternoon...

... on days like this I always wonder if this will be the 

last lovely afternoon until the spring...

..we made the most of it and went to the park where 

.Mr Ben spent his time driving his remote control car...

   

... and Miss Megs spent the time chilling!

Blue Sky Morning

Such a treat for the middle of October - 

blue sky a and warm(ish) breeze!

Then I found this printable on cheepideas

Whatever things are lovely..... think on these things.

Driving Miss Daisy

On Saturday - while Mr Ben was off at Forest Camp for the day and Miss Megs was busy revising and shopping - My Mister and I had a day trip to London!

Deciding to avoid the tube, we walked through the UCL to The British Museum.

I am ashamed to admit that I hadn't been there since my early teens -  this aborted visit doesn't count - and my only memories were of feeling that Greek statues weren't a patch on dinosaurs - and that the baked beans we ate in the rather grotty cafe were definitely not heinz!

The museum proved to be just the thing for a wandery morning -

I loved the Assyrian Wall reliefs and the Maya carvings - 

and was strangely excited to see the Sutton Hoo objects!

The Great Courtyard was quite inspiring - and we had our lunch there soaking up the atmosphere.

We walked down to Leicester Square, via a little bit of shopping in Covent Garden and visits to St Pauls Church and St Martin in the Fields, 

where we loved this window  ...

.... this sculpture "Victims of Injustice" ...

 

.... and this beautiful baby carved from a huge marble block!

After all that walking and expoloring, we finally arrived at Wyndhams Theatre for the REAL reason we were in London - to see Vanessa Redgrave and James Earl Jones in Driving Miss Daisy! 

It was short - just and hour and a half with no interval - but it was just delightful! 

 Then it was off to Al's favourite - Steak & Co for tea....

.... before we trekked back to Euston up the Tottenham Court Road, 

for the train ride home.