Catching up with the family

We're doing well on weekends away the moment: this time we went to Stow, as did Rachel, David, Andy, Sam and Isabel. It was lovely to catch up with the littlies again. Sam is full of his own thoughts and opinions these days, while Isabel has just started to talk and tries to copy everything Sam does. Meanwhile Rachel and Dave were introduced to the delights of Apples to Apples in a hard fought match on Saturday night.
Among other things this weekend we went to the playbarn, where Sam and Issy tried out the slides:


And a roman villa, where there were snails:

Tim captured lots of photos of everyone - there are more on his Flikr page. This was a stray shot, which made me smile:

Another Welsh weekend

Another camping trip, this time to our usual campsite in the brecon Beacons. but this time we had company:

A mother duck and her ducklings came to say hello on the first morning we were there. It was a perfect opportunity for Tim to play with his new camera - more photos are on his flikr page.

After the ducks had gone we were joined by Andy, Catriona, Ian, Will and Emily. Here we all are Planning a Walk:

This is the Walk Tim and I did on Friday, and this is the group walk on Saturday. It was all topped off with a trip to a cave/dinosaur park on the Sunday - bizarre but good fun!

All in all a good weekend. Next stop will be the Peak District in two weeks time for another camping extravaganza...

A new arrival

Congratulations to Trish and Cory on the birth of their son, Fraser. A month or so ago, Trish asked if Tim and I would be godparents to their new arrival, and we were delighted to accept! Now all we need is a free weekend to head up to Aberdeen and meet him in person...