Village fayre preservation society

Perhaps dubbing ourselves the village fayre preservation society is a bit strong but we did contribute a bottle to the school tombola and Rachel did the 5 mile 'Fun Run' in under 50 minutes so we chipped in.

Bad weather had blighted the previous two Bocking Village Fayres but this year was different, the sun shone continuously. The Fun Run started at noon so we went a bit earlier than usual and while Rachel made her way round the fields of the Fennes Estate, Thomas and Martha with Nanny, Grandad and Daddy in tow visited Thomas' school, and the other attractions. Here's Martha on the roundabout



Both Thomas and Martha took advantage of the face painting on offer, Martha opting for fairly simple butterfly while Thomas made sure Nanny got her money's worth by opting for a time consuming Spiderman design. Here he is being worked on, the phenomenally loud samba band are just out of shot



The finished article



Martha took about half the time, but she was happy with the results



What better way to round things off than with a pint?

Let it snow

Easter weekend was partly spent in the company of Rick, Rebecca, Amelia and Grace who had braved the arctic conditions to drive all the way from Wales (although white Easters are more common the white Christmases apparently). If it snows, you've got to go out in the garden and make a snowman, it's the law. Of course, it didn't take long before everything degenerated into a snowball fight and no prizes for guessing who started that!







The next day we went for a rather long (3 and a bit miles, it's Rachel's new running route) and muddy walk, as you can see here.



Thanks to Rebecca for the photos