By Saturday we have managed to cram most of our stuff back into bags but with the case of wine, extra folding chairs and glasses for the party with Soofia and Nick, Liz and I make the one hour drive to. Southgate in 1.5 back seats of the car!
It is a glorious day in Soffia's glorious garden and we take full advantage of visiting with each of the families who have come to join our celebration. Two of the three teenagers are off to university, Robert to study art in Bristol, Sarah leaving in October to study Bio Chemistry at Oxford. Nell has excelled in her first level of GCEs and still has two years to go at school.
The little girls, 5 and 4, are stars and play well with their 12 year old cousin, the normally serious Frank. We get many lovely photos of each family with us and finally a photo of Ted and I together! And also finally one of all of us before Hannah drives us back through one traffic jam after another around London to Mary & Ivan's in Chiswick. They are away but we have the key and settle in for a couple of nights, first on our own, then with a house full of other guests too.
Ted and I are happy to stroll down Strand on the Green for dinner at The City Barge, one of the three good pubs down there. It has been a river festival and kenners are tramping up through the Thames mud with all their gear. One did catch some fish but says they are pretty toxic from that water.
Mary arrives hmoe Sunday and we all tuck into one of her great suppers washed down by lovely wines. At 10:30 I go off to bed as we have to finally repack and leave by 8:30am tomorrow.
It is a glorious day in Soffia's glorious garden and we take full advantage of visiting with each of the families who have come to join our celebration. Two of the three teenagers are off to university, Robert to study art in Bristol, Sarah leaving in October to study Bio Chemistry at Oxford. Nell has excelled in her first level of GCEs and still has two years to go at school.
The little girls, 5 and 4, are stars and play well with their 12 year old cousin, the normally serious Frank. We get many lovely photos of each family with us and finally a photo of Ted and I together! And also finally one of all of us before Hannah drives us back through one traffic jam after another around London to Mary & Ivan's in Chiswick. They are away but we have the key and settle in for a couple of nights, first on our own, then with a house full of other guests too.
Ted and I are happy to stroll down Strand on the Green for dinner at The City Barge, one of the three good pubs down there. It has been a river festival and kenners are tramping up through the Thames mud with all their gear. One did catch some fish but says they are pretty toxic from that water.
Mary arrives hmoe Sunday and we all tuck into one of her great suppers washed down by lovely wines. At 10:30 I go off to bed as we have to finally repack and leave by 8:30am tomorrow.
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