Summertime news

In roughly chronological order and in the absence of individual posts about them, here's a roundup of what went on over the 'summer'.

Thomas's birthday party was at Walton on the Naze, rides on the pier, games on the beach, all the usual.





We also helped Jamie and Claire celebrate their wedding at Hedingham Castle





We spent the weekend with Great Britain went gold medal bonkers in Beijing atWaxham Sands.

Rachel, Martha and Thomas rescued a starfish which had been washed up on the beach.





Obviously it rained . . .



There was one sunny day when we went for a sail





That's about it, autumnal updates to follow.

Young at heart

We went and stayed at Rebecca and Rick's on the weekend of the 17th May and gave Nanny Baldwin a bit of a surprise by turning up en masse on her birthday. We all got fish and chips for lunch and went to Blakeney Straights to eat them.



Lunch could only keep the children's interest for so long when there was the competing attraction of a stream to play in.



Thomas found a rock



It didn't always go entirely to plan but no one got really wet



Grace found something to amuse her, she's still a bit little for streams!



After the stream we walked up to some different woods where the last of the bluebells for which the Forest is justly famous were still in bloom.