Good morning, afternoon or evening. Hope you are all well.
Well, after my last post I think I will mention Jess Ennis in every single one from now on, as I have had more visits from different countries than any other day since I have been posting. Hoorah!
Today saw us heading back north after our Olympic Holiday. 😦
DH has to go back to work tomorrow, so it is definitely end-of-holiday-itus in our house tonight. We had a great break. The monsters were upset we were not going to France this holiday, but we explained to them that the Olympics was our holiday this year. They then set to, as they do when we go on our Summer holidays, thinking up different things that they wanted to do when we were not watching sport. Moo decided she wanted to see as much of the Olympics as possible, Boo wanted to see castles and Roo wanted ice cream! We tried our best to accommodate them……
(Ignore the man taking pictures of the ducks.)
This is Hever Castle, the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII. As an avid fan of Horrible Histories, Boo was desperate to see Tudor life all for himself. Having been up to London two days running, and being on my own, we opted to go to the leafy lanes of Kent, rather than the Tower of London. Fantastic time was had….especially in the water maze, where the monsters ignored my warning of avoiding getting wet and got soaked through to their underwear! Luckily we went there last….and then three of the four of us squelched their way back to the car!
This is the Belgian television car that was filming us getting soaking wet watching the Ladies’ Marathon……
Notice the soggy microphone. Yes we all got slightly damp!
These girls deserved the clapping and cheering. They were running through torrential rain….I know! I was standing in it.
Luckily we were close to an ‘M and S’ so we nipped in there to buy Moo a new T shirt….she had ‘forgotten’ her coat! Although I can’t talk as I went in my bag for my umbrella at the first spots of rain….not there! GRRRRR! We all squelched our way home!
Unfortunately I don’t have any pictures of Roo’s ice cream. It didn’t last long enough for me to get my camera out!
Sights seen, sports spectated, history lessons taught, meals and laughs shared, fine wine poured, teams cheered on, patches sewn, mini Olympics seen (on the in laws back lawn), car packed…off we set homeward. Boooooooooo!
Never mind. Back to reality and the piggies, who have been in their own hotel since we have been away. I know what I will wake up to tomorrow…..
‘Mum. What are we doing today?’
See you tomorrow. 🙂
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