Week 75 (23 - 29 Dec 2007)
This was a fairly busy “holiday” week with Christmas, a birthday and a wedding. Parts of it were fairly leisurely – such as the coffee with Libby and Brian in Winchester Cathedral coffee shop followed by a stroll through the shops while listening to the Winchester Youth Band playing in the precinct on Monday. Laura set of for Christmas in Manchester and despite the warnings of heavy traffic made the journey in a mere 4 hours.
We attended the United Church service on Christmas morning before having lunch with Libby and Brian. It was a quiet and pleasant day. Laura cooked lunch for Richard – duck and turkey! How the other half live! She modestly described her efforts as superb. Richard confirmed that it was “very tasty”. We’ve booked Laura to cook for us all next year.
On Boxing Day some of the Merriman (Brian’s family) came from Surrey. The two Mums set the world to rights while the younger generation went for a gentle walk. Although two of this generation are retired, two work part time and two are partly retired and working in Uganda! The youngest of the group is in his final year at University. So young! Laura managed to return from Manchester in time to meet them.
Thursday (27th) would be a good day to avoid the shops. Except that Laura doesn’t get much chance to shop. So our brief visit to town lasted around 4 hours – what “fun”! Having said that, there were some big reductions and we all bought some clothes. Not easy to find light t-shirts and trousers in the middle of winter!
Friday (28th) was my (James’) Mums birthday and brother John & Amanda joined us at Libby’s for lunch before we set off for Romford. Richard arrived from Manchester by train before us and it was good to be able to catch up a little.
Saturday was the wedding day. We have all known Rebecca since she was about two so we set off around the M25 again for Selsdon with a brief stop at Maplin, Lakeside for some electrical bits and pieces. Another playgroup friend, David, conducted the marriage ceremony and Richard and Laura met up with another brother an sister they hadn’t seen for a long time. It was a great, if tiring day and as far as we know, there were no hitches.
We attended the United Church service on Christmas morning before having lunch with Libby and Brian. It was a quiet and pleasant day. Laura cooked lunch for Richard – duck and turkey! How the other half live! She modestly described her efforts as superb. Richard confirmed that it was “very tasty”. We’ve booked Laura to cook for us all next year.
On Boxing Day some of the Merriman (Brian’s family) came from Surrey. The two Mums set the world to rights while the younger generation went for a gentle walk. Although two of this generation are retired, two work part time and two are partly retired and working in Uganda! The youngest of the group is in his final year at University. So young! Laura managed to return from Manchester in time to meet them.
Thursday (27th) would be a good day to avoid the shops. Except that Laura doesn’t get much chance to shop. So our brief visit to town lasted around 4 hours – what “fun”! Having said that, there were some big reductions and we all bought some clothes. Not easy to find light t-shirts and trousers in the middle of winter!
Friday (28th) was my (James’) Mums birthday and brother John & Amanda joined us at Libby’s for lunch before we set off for Romford. Richard arrived from Manchester by train before us and it was good to be able to catch up a little.
Saturday was the wedding day. We have all known Rebecca since she was about two so we set off around the M25 again for Selsdon with a brief stop at Maplin, Lakeside for some electrical bits and pieces. Another playgroup friend, David, conducted the marriage ceremony and Richard and Laura met up with another brother an sister they hadn’t seen for a long time. It was a great, if tiring day and as far as we know, there were no hitches.
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