tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50473779613499940772024-03-13T04:53:26.812-05:00David and Amy HandysideWe Say YesThe Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047377961349994077.post-85461049709520794312016-03-21T12:36:00.001-05:002018-04-18T06:20:39.729-05:00New WebsiteOur website is up and running! Check it out...<br />
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<br />The Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047377961349994077.post-23171316426826494542014-04-12T10:22:00.001-05:002018-04-13T03:33:10.101-05:00Why the silence?It seems like we have been off the radar for a little while now... and that is because we have! Amy has been really ill since we returned from Africa. She had an inner and outer ear infection, which triggered loose crystals in her ear (causing bad vertigo) and then to top it all off a dose of shingles! So we have been to a specialist and had treatments and now she is starting to feel almost normal again! Praise God!<br />
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So where are we now? Well, I have been working on the house (and it always seems to multiply jobs that need to be done!) and attempting to get it sale ready. We did not have much outside paint left that matched the color we have on the house and so I had to carefully brush it on, which meant a lot of tender loving touches to the entire outside of the house...haha. Needless to say I didn't always have happy thoughts towards the house:) I do now as it looks good and it gave me opportunity to fix issues and seal windows etc... Today we get to meet with a real estate auctioneer to see what he offers and if it is a viable route for us to take. It does offer a quicker sale, is sold "as is" and we can put a minimum amount. So please pray for wisdom and favor.</div>
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As far as paperwork is going. We have our Zimbabwean police clearance processed, which is absolutely miraculous as it was done very quickly...even quicker than us getting the funds there (thank you Gwynn)! We are reminded of His favor in this because this was done in a day and others have to wait much longer times to get it processed. He is good! We had a struggle getting the funds there, but the Lord has provided a way and so that has finally been sorted! When we get those in hand we will be doing our physicals and chest x-rays. Then all that is left is a couple of letters; health insurance from SA; tickets and proof we can support ourselves there.</div>
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Thank you for all your prayers, interest and support. Please begin praying for favor with the visa and for the rest of the provision needed for it to be granted.</div>
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The Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047377961349994077.post-59885381570770651092014-03-03T15:09:00.000-06:002014-03-03T15:09:27.216-06:00Police ClearanceLast week we got back our approved finger print papers from the Zimbabwe Embassy which allows us to send them to Harare, Zimbabwe, to get a police clearance certificate done for Amy and I. This is one of the requirements for applying for a volunteer visa to South Africa. It seems the best method of having this completed, is to send it to a friend there and have them personally take it in to the police to be done. Please pray that this opportunity will open up this week and that it can all be done quickly and without unnecessary cost. <div>
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Also this week, we will be booking our medicals and chest x-rays (another requirement for the volunteer visa) and as we have been sick of late we are praying that we will be fit and healthy by the time this is done as well!</div>
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We have a number of things in the pipeline and so wait patiently to be processed and returned. In the meantime we are fixing up the house; sorting through our things and trusting God to meet our daily needs... of which He has been and so much more! Please feel free to comment or message and we will try to be diligent about replying. David.</div>
The Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047377961349994077.post-18573601881419529772014-02-22T19:51:00.000-06:002014-02-24T11:58:25.997-06:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Lord was good to give us a sabbatical in South Africa December 2013 - January 2014. We spent three weeks in Empangeni, near Richard's Bay, with Dave's brother and sister-in-law. We had such fun spending time with family for the Christmas season. Dave's mum came from the States and his dad had come from England so they were both there to share in our time together.</div>
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Soon after Christmas we left Mike's and Nicola's house to drive to Cape Town to visit with our second family, the Jenkins. We spent a couple of weeks there while God worked in our hearts in major ways, leading us and guiding us. Over that period, He was opening us up to the possibility that Cape Town could maybe fit for the next place He had for us. Soon we were almost certain that He was to bring us to Cape Town. We went back to Empangeni for a few days with Mike, Nic, and baby Benjamin before heading back to the States.</div>
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Once we were back stateside and spoke with the co-pastors we were absolutely certain that God was taking us to Cape Town..... and so our story begins....</div>
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Here are the photos from our sabbatical.</div>
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We had lunch at The Fat Cat, Mtunzini, South Africa with Grandpa then went down to play at the beach on December 12, 2013</div>
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Grandpa tried very hard (usually successfully) to keep up with an energetic Daniel.</div>
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The guys all tried to enjoy the surf even with the fierce wind.</div>
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The wind was sand-blasting us so we drove around the Mtunzini Nature Reserve. Not long into our drive we came upon a snake trying to eat a Blind Worm. We sat watching them for ages.</div>
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The boys enjoyed the sand dunes. They used it as a slide.</div>
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The were some Vervet monkeys. This is a mother holding a tiny baby.</div>
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We walked along the river where there were thousands of crabs in there holes.</div>
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First family photo of the Handyside siblings for years and years! So we took lots. lol</div>
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All of the Handyside grandchildren together for Christmas 2013.</div>
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Daniel, 5; Joshua, 11; Benjamin, 7 months.</div>
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Two boys very excited to open stockings.</div>
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Benjamin enjoyed opening his presses with the assistance of Mummy.</div>
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Daddy helps Daniel discover his gift.</div>
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Joshua had big eyes for every gift.</div>
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Our resident gecko, Charlie</div>
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David changes the flat tire like a beast. Praise the Lord for a full spare!</div>
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The boys take a little time to stretch their legs.</div>
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We stopped for the night at River Destiny Lodge on the Orange River just outside of Colesburg.</div>
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Dave was excited to be in the African bush. He said he was, "Starting to feel African again." hahaha</div>
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The next day this was our view for hours.</div>
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Chapman's Peak Drive is stunning!</div>
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We spent New Years Day with some fellow Zimbabweans.</div>
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Doing what Zimbos love to do... be outdoors.</div>
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The men played a few sporting games of volleyball, we had a terrific braai, swam, watched some of the children ride horses, played soccer, and had an all around great day.</div>
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Uncle Urban is always up to tell a good story.</div>
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We had a great day at the Jenkins' with some of David's past students from MCC, Gweru.</div>
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Peter Jenkins, Mark Anderson, Daniel Green, Michael Jenkins, David, and King.</div>
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Daniel played a game with Grandpa Ogden.</div>
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(Pastor Ogden was the founding pastor of David's church in Gweru. God has used him mightily and is still using him to this day. He is Vivian Jenkins' father and a dear man.)</div>
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David found a setting on the camera that would take a picture when it recognized someone smiling. The following pics are the result of us testing this out...</div>
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We think it must have picked up Rose's smile here.</div>
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We ate one evening on the Hout Bay harbour. The seafood was delicious and we had a server from Zimbabwe.... what could be better?!</div>
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Vivian 'Nana' Jenkins took us all to the Scratch Patch to "scratch" for beautiful semi-precious stones.</div>
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We all had a ball searching through all the stones for our very own gems.</div>
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The view of Noordhoek Beach never gets old.</div>
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Rose took us one day up the coast from Hout Bay to Sea Point. We walked along the coast and stopped for some ice cream. It was a fun day spent viewing God's lovely creation.</div>
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If we got to a high place in the dunes we could look to our right and see the Atlantic Ocean as well as look to our right and see the Indian Ocean.</div>
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Joshua and Daniel monkeyed around while Daddy and Mommy met for lunch with Uncle Mickey J.</div>
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We took a day to drive to Simon's Town to see the penguins on Boulder's Beach, Simon's Town.</div>
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We saw other unexpected wild life.</div>
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These are called the Jack-Ass penguin because they have a bray that sounds like a donkey.</div>
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Many of them were sitting on their eggs.</div>
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Grasshopper.</div>
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We made an impromtu trip down to Cape Point and got pooped on by birds while we ate and watched for whales.</div>
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We took time to pray and thank God that He is our Good Hope. We are so blessed to be His children.</div>
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On our way back to Empangeni we stayed the night at a lovely place in Grahamstown right up on a hill with spectacular views.</div>
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Thank you, Lord, for an amazing time with You, an amazing time with friends and family, and an amazing time enjoying the beauty of all You created. You are so good.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For those of you who have received our letter and are following the link here - <b><i><u>welcome</u></i></b>! We will shortly be starting to blog and sharing this part of our lives and what God is doing! I am both excited and from time to time terrified (and have to remind myself of the truth) as things are developing. It is much easier talking about faith than having to walk it out! Please pray that we will keep our trust in Him and for a peace that He will continue to supply our needs. Love you guys and keep checking back for updates! - David</span>The Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047377961349994077.post-14764197251847339772009-07-22T05:50:00.017-05:002018-04-18T06:22:15.511-05:00July 22, 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOy9sXScNrmTrOk0hpbXkmixKlbw8pftVUNQiIxeOwzKVcpY9n-oWZPvzfLf3MToYaq6yfzQ2N2OO4Z-_T3vH0Znn30mPQqP8o1Ni2v-UzqjYaSCZXVxY28k9XzP136IC3CMAIo3cZNPI/s1600-h/P7210121.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Sunday, July 12, we left Newcastle to head down to the south of England. We first drove to Coventry. For any of you that are old, British sit-com fans, you will appreciate this. A show that we really enjoy is called 'Keeping up Appearances'. The main character is a loony lady named Hyacinth with her husband, Richard. They have a neighbour named Elizabeth and Hyacinth has a sister named Daisy that is married to a slouch named Onslow.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hyacinth's house is on the outskirts of Coventry at 117 Heather Road in a little area known as Binley Woods. Her neighbours across the street, the ones she is always trying to impress, have torn down their old house and are building a completely new one.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgLyAA7vSCuK04_3_2GWA3XGZABoCPBjughfQPHj_fRAzUAV56FJIvxyETSLBv4ZI4yHTe-_Toqt4-CNuwTTuV29ajKWB0NVdCsaZXk2SzrdDDvSUw-UCg8R6zto94W58j2dZxbjcShDc/s1600-h/P7120005.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Daniel, Amy, and Joshua hiding in front of Hyacinth's house. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Hyacinth, in her attempts to keep up with the neighbours, changed her front door!</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgLyAA7vSCuK04_3_2GWA3XGZABoCPBjughfQPHj_fRAzUAV56FJIvxyETSLBv4ZI4yHTe-_Toqt4-CNuwTTuV29ajKWB0NVdCsaZXk2SzrdDDvSUw-UCg8R6zto94W58j2dZxbjcShDc/s1600-h/P7120005.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgLyAA7vSCuK04_3_2GWA3XGZABoCPBjughfQPHj_fRAzUAV56FJIvxyETSLBv4ZI4yHTe-_Toqt4-CNuwTTuV29ajKWB0NVdCsaZXk2SzrdDDvSUw-UCg8R6zto94W58j2dZxbjcShDc/s320/P7120005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361244187980125554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is next door in front of Elizabeth's house.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGIzBQhW76n6H9c0NTp6K5fPr0nPPzTVwQNmCVEOB8_rzZjvPfl6E7yfQoEbNZ52zvnS6-qQS8mRyRus9JESHY2IvsRqG0E-uDYNFaZk0JxUNBLtAnDQR4wKCZ0Bbo8MAFwd90p0WZHo/s1600-h/P7120007.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGIzBQhW76n6H9c0NTp6K5fPr0nPPzTVwQNmCVEOB8_rzZjvPfl6E7yfQoEbNZ52zvnS6-qQS8mRyRus9JESHY2IvsRqG0E-uDYNFaZk0JxUNBLtAnDQR4wKCZ0Bbo8MAFwd90p0WZHo/s320/P7120007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361244185693648242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">We drove from Hyacinth's over to her favourite brother-in-law's, Onslow's house.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is Onslow's street. We quickly saw why Hyacinth did not enjoy taking a trip to Daisy and Onslow's house... Dodgy area!!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpm2YRkHm9JzzR72RKV8PcWG90BzvNit2OZacDawe2pths9MZ7qpsz8FYTypSbwA_CLLd7AIeZWESTzWU7lsEOfR0BmBXz3LN2XWVP_ipNs7N7gRAgPEtAhZ7LiIIUjnWPbNz9AG8fKOs/s1600-h/P7120009.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpm2YRkHm9JzzR72RKV8PcWG90BzvNit2OZacDawe2pths9MZ7qpsz8FYTypSbwA_CLLd7AIeZWESTzWU7lsEOfR0BmBXz3LN2XWVP_ipNs7N7gRAgPEtAhZ7LiIIUjnWPbNz9AG8fKOs/s320/P7120009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361243865634856562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Can you believe Onslow has cleaned up his act!</div><div style="text-align: center;">One would not even recognise it for the transformation!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7-7FoCPgH_PgKialSXZ2X62qFXl5PEnOxWsUGnsIKhsK4Bjb9_hUK7OZCQDqAcvW99HdDRpSKA6bdqHJt8PmBjHSWLycksm6APY8H0a_W0svoNmiBR_B8tGzonwuBYFtiRMe59GymwE/s1600-h/P7120010.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7-7FoCPgH_PgKialSXZ2X62qFXl5PEnOxWsUGnsIKhsK4Bjb9_hUK7OZCQDqAcvW99HdDRpSKA6bdqHJt8PmBjHSWLycksm6APY8H0a_W0svoNmiBR_B8tGzonwuBYFtiRMe59GymwE/s320/P7120010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361243859185432706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">We left Coventry and drove a short way down to Warwick where we went to Warwick Castle.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Warwick castle,</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> sited on a cliff above the Avon, was founded by William the Conqueror in 1068 and has been the seat of the earls of Warwick from the 11th cent. It began as a motte and bailey castle, a stone castle from at least the 12th cent. The present castle owes much to the major rebuilding under the powerful Beauchamp earls, Thomas (d. 1369) and his son, also Thomas (d. 1401). The domestic range, above the river, was extensively remodelled as was the front towards the town, which was provided with an elaborate gatehouse and barbican and two wall towers, known as Guy's Tower and Caesar's Tower. The work, begun by the first Thomas, is dependent on French models, parallels work being carried out at </span><a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Windsorcastle.html" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Windsor</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> by Edward III, and reflects closely the power and wealth of a man who was a hero of </span><a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Crcybattleof.html" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Crécy</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;"> and </span><a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-Poitiersbattleof.html" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Poitiers</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">and a founder member of the Order of the </span><a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O110-GarterOrderofthe.html" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Garter</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">. The new towers demonstrate the integration of domestic accommodation and fortification, each being elaborately defended but having also several self-contained apartments for important members of the household.</span></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;">First, we went to the play-ground where Daniel had fun on the swing.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtmMnSf0uPlyRitSWCH571sZ33FJhHinokD1PElvg5aTg1LExGAeBcxnEL86itNAEbXztI-5aSgpklWiuGMWtwLvcOdKb55KdPBJK77YDVK9BtZcsHjepRTuSLR0we7uS9H7cORRkrq8/s1600-h/P7120013.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtmMnSf0uPlyRitSWCH571sZ33FJhHinokD1PElvg5aTg1LExGAeBcxnEL86itNAEbXztI-5aSgpklWiuGMWtwLvcOdKb55KdPBJK77YDVK9BtZcsHjepRTuSLR0we7uS9H7cORRkrq8/s320/P7120013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361243853435803682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua had a blast on the tire swing as Daddy pushed him around.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3UxNkvDzdUbBPQLlM7UxdDnRwSeTqblzmtoFdo1gs1V25aJ_CVjIFl-K0-DBompjHePxjJGhNj6VZR_WwBl1r6SURYY0pWP1rDVC4oCJCWYzRnj5JiweuyTatpu5BekjXNXasC1IlHI/s1600-h/P7120014.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3UxNkvDzdUbBPQLlM7UxdDnRwSeTqblzmtoFdo1gs1V25aJ_CVjIFl-K0-DBompjHePxjJGhNj6VZR_WwBl1r6SURYY0pWP1rDVC4oCJCWYzRnj5JiweuyTatpu5BekjXNXasC1IlHI/s320/P7120014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361243850103307458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We walked out from the play-ground onto the grounds in front of the castle.</div><div style="text-align: center;">There was much activity happening here!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZh1rvj3MIQBUL_xegQ_bGt0RGTmi_rCUz_GntpmBblDUuhM3o8P8thzzf7BJjmpQnnYsCb43lc5s5sVseA9T8orjTqImRSMDOZR5oI4ojbwT02v3mmSd-wc58iZOvWMmX_EMfgy2-u4c/s1600-h/P7120016.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZh1rvj3MIQBUL_xegQ_bGt0RGTmi_rCUz_GntpmBblDUuhM3o8P8thzzf7BJjmpQnnYsCb43lc5s5sVseA9T8orjTqImRSMDOZR5oI4ojbwT02v3mmSd-wc58iZOvWMmX_EMfgy2-u4c/s320/P7120016.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361243846121050114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The cook was preparing the evening meal.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLtyjmwQmrIheixMBA1u0ehnfcSeN-NAM6RrUW0ToDsBhvOo5aDAic6Ysp703bG5YTVV4AqtLHsF0kFhnM-sCi0P-OStN8QW5tRBubVtjAxC-iFAGGbL_FPf4PT0ywCkPlKbNpBabj30/s1600-h/P7120017.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLtyjmwQmrIheixMBA1u0ehnfcSeN-NAM6RrUW0ToDsBhvOo5aDAic6Ysp703bG5YTVV4AqtLHsF0kFhnM-sCi0P-OStN8QW5tRBubVtjAxC-iFAGGbL_FPf4PT0ywCkPlKbNpBabj30/s320/P7120017.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361243252519046098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">An archer was demonstrating his keen skill.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlpbKVhsw72K5rta9ehCCG24sEtIYVSXZAMTREm1JhYUC3vM8M2GJxb_E87gvfHMLgWBCwsTVYWz5tR2b8K87pUihhX0FtJ7rMABQFt9EgteYYwztsM4RFvx8YFll75G-8UgjFKYtsWM/s1600-h/P7120018.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDlpbKVhsw72K5rta9ehCCG24sEtIYVSXZAMTREm1JhYUC3vM8M2GJxb_E87gvfHMLgWBCwsTVYWz5tR2b8K87pUihhX0FtJ7rMABQFt9EgteYYwztsM4RFvx8YFll75G-8UgjFKYtsWM/s320/P7120018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361243250100991970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Inside on the courtyard, Joshua found some tools interesting.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSpjekj3d_LRvMzbHSh03FhKs7LHPmbvC__CIcUyxH3Xe309AaqljOYkBVml3TDGRGDafzbHpTBKcKKEj5AB7XBFgxkpZmM7JubZP4t7H1ukpCNot4HLaKAkCAjiI3tJlgIYAlgVkpzY/s1600-h/P7120022.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSpjekj3d_LRvMzbHSh03FhKs7LHPmbvC__CIcUyxH3Xe309AaqljOYkBVml3TDGRGDafzbHpTBKcKKEj5AB7XBFgxkpZmM7JubZP4t7H1ukpCNot4HLaKAkCAjiI3tJlgIYAlgVkpzY/s320/P7120022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361243243267967746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Outside the castle was an interesting ballista.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrbHsZzMyGE2LHikx_udN2yTMi2L9JHjAwUO69Erl5mmuOCcRPzJQSB6Ynx0uQY29Y6W5dpwAh4ZZ0BrQMnp_mLjkZOYIgJRID97krejVAhnSjC0RvvQwZTR9P8zwSkqqUk2L1WqTSVNo/s1600-h/P7120024.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrbHsZzMyGE2LHikx_udN2yTMi2L9JHjAwUO69Erl5mmuOCcRPzJQSB6Ynx0uQY29Y6W5dpwAh4ZZ0BrQMnp_mLjkZOYIgJRID97krejVAhnSjC0RvvQwZTR9P8zwSkqqUk2L1WqTSVNo/s320/P7120024.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361243242453659570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We saw some birds of prey, including the bald eagle.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NjsDCg68j1AS70Ft3Nji0I_anvlSmiqLcUFPkMhLeoAunEXYw9tm1ZgZLHHK9w7v7_3RHUdnAuGwoQrucHEC-_UIo0hIcrtjEhN9pYJ1ROeyNO1i0WOMFAGk3g0Xoq7clLu82wxOVaI/s1600-h/P7120031.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4NjsDCg68j1AS70Ft3Nji0I_anvlSmiqLcUFPkMhLeoAunEXYw9tm1ZgZLHHK9w7v7_3RHUdnAuGwoQrucHEC-_UIo0hIcrtjEhN9pYJ1ROeyNO1i0WOMFAGk3g0Xoq7clLu82wxOVaI/s320/P7120031.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361243238363525618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We saw a demonstration of the trebuchet.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here the arm is straight up which means it has not been set yet.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_qWI3cyIDOtWitPwaxn-ftGi-nbwpR8B-_wOqiYTEeb73w-aM7gIEY4St7acXbgsdkWom84BqNYNb8zykEDLtF0uJxuOrxrxWOfS7cqIOJ7ponffGgx5OUiaVKqRvJZPw6y7o6zBS3k/s1600-h/P7120032.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_qWI3cyIDOtWitPwaxn-ftGi-nbwpR8B-_wOqiYTEeb73w-aM7gIEY4St7acXbgsdkWom84BqNYNb8zykEDLtF0uJxuOrxrxWOfS7cqIOJ7ponffGgx5OUiaVKqRvJZPw6y7o6zBS3k/s320/P7120032.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361242471103162034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here they are setting the trebuchet.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-fPeClb5xb-xQH22_l1ByXXeuBXZ9Nxe4dAlb1H_fYKFj6GualglQVnqdzFKl3OgFT6vjOKPy51B72VdazjMKc4_DLWWEix1bU3kOGc2g3U1QMTRtkMMPTNPxyxEE7Pl8dhyphenhyphen_sP5W1HY/s1600-h/P7120035.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-fPeClb5xb-xQH22_l1ByXXeuBXZ9Nxe4dAlb1H_fYKFj6GualglQVnqdzFKl3OgFT6vjOKPy51B72VdazjMKc4_DLWWEix1bU3kOGc2g3U1QMTRtkMMPTNPxyxEE7Pl8dhyphenhyphen_sP5W1HY/s320/P7120035.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361242467172372066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It is set by four people turning the large wheels that raises the counterweight which in turn, lowers the arm.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFLlo31vzxgYtBucxTlr80M4ymEOOLgSnv5TcmuF_muP6pJMmWXwV2IU3PGtCYAmYH9jCMUaLZI-hOHi-GhjrHk0g9GBv_bROwVlyOwfTMDuBlXq_eGvBRBK_chqMHe1Li7fymF-qGzA/s1600-h/P7120041.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFLlo31vzxgYtBucxTlr80M4ymEOOLgSnv5TcmuF_muP6pJMmWXwV2IU3PGtCYAmYH9jCMUaLZI-hOHi-GhjrHk0g9GBv_bROwVlyOwfTMDuBlXq_eGvBRBK_chqMHe1Li7fymF-qGzA/s320/P7120041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361242459499748322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The arm is now lowered and set and the sling is loaded with a large stone covered in muslin.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqDl9L3ShX5-JP2qXow-LmmSltfpkPm2j3rXG1edcDY2C6aqTJxK_vPS-t0rVgTFIXlbG2Ro-otdL9F_A5csKy8NOTTf3yv-T2yWA86PriEr1QGjpCXtZk4p-uRKpLsGoj2-Mz1K_kjc/s1600-h/P7120042.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqDl9L3ShX5-JP2qXow-LmmSltfpkPm2j3rXG1edcDY2C6aqTJxK_vPS-t0rVgTFIXlbG2Ro-otdL9F_A5csKy8NOTTf3yv-T2yWA86PriEr1QGjpCXtZk4p-uRKpLsGoj2-Mz1K_kjc/s320/P7120042.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361242458112756818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The muslin is then set fire.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wait for it.....</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbDV98ns5uahb-b3oHwlGrFNTpYHqJeCDKVAf9gQc2dLdIXSkyRGBANeQuEWzA5KMryoz5sxDmqd5FiouKhFJPy5QVfK686575rxCO4-ACmf3WH07216YBbM58Op3a3-XW_ZLEMehHxM/s1600-h/P7120043.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAbDV98ns5uahb-b3oHwlGrFNTpYHqJeCDKVAf9gQc2dLdIXSkyRGBANeQuEWzA5KMryoz5sxDmqd5FiouKhFJPy5QVfK686575rxCO4-ACmf3WH07216YBbM58Op3a3-XW_ZLEMehHxM/s320/P7120043.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361242454059238610" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">RELEASE!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtFPbsZSU0u55Uvl_FHIn3wjeGfXfnYl8v6fPLym_yMmX0YJcN-KTdnpfGd1KVXc3IFYQY4RlnS5KAu3a78AIWCcif0GtrdGzEjwDhhDbZfo41dfb_W2NP77gfc8VsedTeQXYpMB_tKc/s1600-h/P7120044.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvtFPbsZSU0u55Uvl_FHIn3wjeGfXfnYl8v6fPLym_yMmX0YJcN-KTdnpfGd1KVXc3IFYQY4RlnS5KAu3a78AIWCcif0GtrdGzEjwDhhDbZfo41dfb_W2NP77gfc8VsedTeQXYpMB_tKc/s320/P7120044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361241575542102946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fhHET2mlyCwPhZHjHxhFihaTMLdlmUa6XnbunpCh5BeyIy1k7JBTi9Dbv2bByyejs6Zp8TCGBBE6YlB3BbfaaN2b1IWtnG5raSMmzIpBnVU3YpyDB99XqkjNkhMm0T5IBCFf9TbTjMo/s1600-h/P7120045.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fhHET2mlyCwPhZHjHxhFihaTMLdlmUa6XnbunpCh5BeyIy1k7JBTi9Dbv2bByyejs6Zp8TCGBBE6YlB3BbfaaN2b1IWtnG5raSMmzIpBnVU3YpyDB99XqkjNkhMm0T5IBCFf9TbTjMo/s320/P7120045.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361241565689513474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It lands behind the tree in the middle.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jhyPwL-qLPEdJM_uC2_zSdjGAoygOrD-T1ytPxYGYFQfHSp-2A_uj2yP7Rxcg1U523JN_N1e8I2n6EQbLIm-QRsxGqFsch-clj-fouf4EJzQgqdf9wd8zMTMMtxsLfe_Ov5bkZsiwJM/s1600-h/P7120047.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jhyPwL-qLPEdJM_uC2_zSdjGAoygOrD-T1ytPxYGYFQfHSp-2A_uj2yP7Rxcg1U523JN_N1e8I2n6EQbLIm-QRsxGqFsch-clj-fouf4EJzQgqdf9wd8zMTMMtxsLfe_Ov5bkZsiwJM/s320/P7120047.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361241557513357698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A peacock came to see what all the commotion was about.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRyGrcvpgoVdhS0u9dvmngdMoT7bn0jHT-lHAhauqb9QTcbm18T-WUSUAtfwz1TocTUp7JAjmCua33zNEV6jYER2hEOSgr__GIl4ZG8KUiMhZQsZh7ktEf1ZJINXzb6ThrdhF36kpCXE/s1600-h/P7120048.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuRyGrcvpgoVdhS0u9dvmngdMoT7bn0jHT-lHAhauqb9QTcbm18T-WUSUAtfwz1TocTUp7JAjmCua33zNEV6jYER2hEOSgr__GIl4ZG8KUiMhZQsZh7ktEf1ZJINXzb6ThrdhF36kpCXE/s320/P7120048.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361241549885331314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We went back to the courtyard where Joshua and Dave walked up to the towers.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFM7k6S7dz7-sVXHgv_srcSvMEsYy7AnxJQd6dqjlhQEPM9NVphJ9BAtnsdrqhsTiQ15NAO3bZEBg-jaRKO_tC-I-jgRtnU8vPzS49pRFhc0ownuYTf-MAQpZD-NBMoxY3AP6s5GqBb8/s1600-h/P7120053.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJFM7k6S7dz7-sVXHgv_srcSvMEsYy7AnxJQd6dqjlhQEPM9NVphJ9BAtnsdrqhsTiQ15NAO3bZEBg-jaRKO_tC-I-jgRtnU8vPzS49pRFhc0ownuYTf-MAQpZD-NBMoxY3AP6s5GqBb8/s320/P7120053.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361241544114566098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here they are at the top, waving at us.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNxiAriiAIVur7IQeT_N2BDA74aEizYlsEfnwN_zX8LeasBg0Y3MP65gEHV1OvqrHrgGc71ugyCKRGBbAXpwCXxSL0ls9dmr8MP2mhpLXtCo4ZUfBUlJhVOSJTFDk14KhCuPcfwVD9W0/s1600-h/P7120056.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPNxiAriiAIVur7IQeT_N2BDA74aEizYlsEfnwN_zX8LeasBg0Y3MP65gEHV1OvqrHrgGc71ugyCKRGBbAXpwCXxSL0ls9dmr8MP2mhpLXtCo4ZUfBUlJhVOSJTFDk14KhCuPcfwVD9W0/s320/P7120056.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361240778173125154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This was hanging from the ceiling in the Gaol.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdnoUftNK7bPMhPGtcpJ6I3x-KCl5NboDZp-7Jk8C6wkDUqBc-KetTKARDT927_OFEEkJCmfjnMPZ9sGRZxRCjpb-WBIaYWXfD6xwO59nC-v_7yD-9NpKA8AwdfRYPVfoW6ieC8jxeFY/s1600-h/P7120058.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdnoUftNK7bPMhPGtcpJ6I3x-KCl5NboDZp-7Jk8C6wkDUqBc-KetTKARDT927_OFEEkJCmfjnMPZ9sGRZxRCjpb-WBIaYWXfD6xwO59nC-v_7yD-9NpKA8AwdfRYPVfoW6ieC8jxeFY/s320/P7120058.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361240774190340882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dave poses by a powerful knight.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiL0KzxSkwbWlhONb2sMpSEpS3XB3Rqo2N6yXYQ4xhEQT5hi7tJ4FdMk3L4-G11QHknYSmO4VpnyhEOupbco2D66pNePxeCiHDHvbIndA-uOcku5_vEa5pgHSNu1JvtESOSYOWafVO2A/s1600-h/P7120059.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLiL0KzxSkwbWlhONb2sMpSEpS3XB3Rqo2N6yXYQ4xhEQT5hi7tJ4FdMk3L4-G11QHknYSmO4VpnyhEOupbco2D66pNePxeCiHDHvbIndA-uOcku5_vEa5pgHSNu1JvtESOSYOWafVO2A/s320/P7120059.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361240772388248050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the bird's-eye view of Warwick Castle.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhduMpDWrAkpSspNYsR9lkJoVnXyR4mi0hZ-QrvRikWhwEIHYkykmBk8n8T-Mje-5501K6kUtZPRzpbl8b-LX__XVwv35gSPuv8njI4nxVTS-BZFP5bgABq8HVFgpp8EZqsyBVpnMItqCI/s1600-h/P7120063.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhduMpDWrAkpSspNYsR9lkJoVnXyR4mi0hZ-QrvRikWhwEIHYkykmBk8n8T-Mje-5501K6kUtZPRzpbl8b-LX__XVwv35gSPuv8njI4nxVTS-BZFP5bgABq8HVFgpp8EZqsyBVpnMItqCI/s320/P7120063.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361240762924804706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We left Warwick and stayed at a Days' Inn on the M40.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel had a good time with his 'friend' in the mirror.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjri2lk6h5O4HreG7eLnR7ouPouQPNEWhvJDC1H1yC_bWOab6vQqv2LhkYfqF2_d-Dd9ZcPi9tB0Koeg2-u9xtKdL0Ag2LFvY-8-VZSMn_tOHBxGzRTjJX0X9wjWrwevlgMt6msi1D2YBE/s1600-h/P7130069.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjri2lk6h5O4HreG7eLnR7ouPouQPNEWhvJDC1H1yC_bWOab6vQqv2LhkYfqF2_d-Dd9ZcPi9tB0Koeg2-u9xtKdL0Ag2LFvY-8-VZSMn_tOHBxGzRTjJX0X9wjWrwevlgMt6msi1D2YBE/s320/P7130069.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361240756801513874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Monday, July 13, we left Days' Inn pretty early to travel down to Bournemouth on the south coast of England. We passed the River Thames where Mole took a boat trip with Ratty in "Wind in the Willows". We also passed through Oxford, the home and burial place of C.S. Lewis.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As we drove into Bournemouth, we had to stop at an ASDA to get Joshua a white shirt and black socks for the wedding. After that we headed down to the beach to find the Marsham Court Hotel, where the wedding and reception were to take place.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">When we arrived, Liz came down to the car-park and took us up to Sally's room, where Amy helped steam the dress and Daniel and Joshua played with Katie and Dave changed clothes in the loo with Dad.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Soon Amy was dressed and walking around taking pics.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5NhaXR9q5zTBRqsP5oX7mvc8vJzVApLD5QUC20Ukc8zyLBXX7Ogxgo5qg30e19-0xagXr0VRF1rUXf9tCnInH-NwsFNtWPoDmSmq9zcO0YlPBLoKIgwZ7-Lhh67iDJSU5y9HizINTx0/s1600-h/P7130004_2.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5NhaXR9q5zTBRqsP5oX7mvc8vJzVApLD5QUC20Ukc8zyLBXX7Ogxgo5qg30e19-0xagXr0VRF1rUXf9tCnInH-NwsFNtWPoDmSmq9zcO0YlPBLoKIgwZ7-Lhh67iDJSU5y9HizINTx0/s320/P7130004_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361268487247187362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Sally's colors were black and white... my personal favourite.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWgZCDdpOtGWnnW06hkBA_tNOm5KBNNj-dP_PKD40z035UtrdYM_NqGchld-mtE-8NAaHLjKhJ_v71RqAep6qDZ9jxq2f-3yVxOV22WoYf3Nn-YFfI4Xhuc-O5DJhYBaWzDXNrDmUz2LY/s1600-h/P7130007.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWgZCDdpOtGWnnW06hkBA_tNOm5KBNNj-dP_PKD40z035UtrdYM_NqGchld-mtE-8NAaHLjKhJ_v71RqAep6qDZ9jxq2f-3yVxOV22WoYf3Nn-YFfI4Xhuc-O5DJhYBaWzDXNrDmUz2LY/s320/P7130007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361268481800316674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The children walked sweetly down the aisle.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rM6AIUIo5UjKewIZ1H2Ow5pM2Db9WIZte0DKNhR1zTQ3tUT-TaqtBlgd2sOpeANFnFnJIdw3dXnUTWuviatyIfE5VXargcA6tOTHEPLN0vVyqNo62PdIUx7_c_uaYEyHENPcM6LKNZ0/s1600-h/P7130022.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rM6AIUIo5UjKewIZ1H2Ow5pM2Db9WIZte0DKNhR1zTQ3tUT-TaqtBlgd2sOpeANFnFnJIdw3dXnUTWuviatyIfE5VXargcA6tOTHEPLN0vVyqNo62PdIUx7_c_uaYEyHENPcM6LKNZ0/s320/P7130022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361268479960488978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">"I do"</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3TLtT1QCCHEfrfp1Kz7U1NP1RzTO8z6lIjwwefqeatRV6JRbZ9oOX3ecMbohZJ8TZiKvbKv7SHJokgGXoJHCbaTKQSNgzFzlyz58iicrBsd5o_mFfwNiDsCti732amnO_8ZHwq_taZg/s1600-h/P7130052_2.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik3TLtT1QCCHEfrfp1Kz7U1NP1RzTO8z6lIjwwefqeatRV6JRbZ9oOX3ecMbohZJ8TZiKvbKv7SHJokgGXoJHCbaTKQSNgzFzlyz58iicrBsd5o_mFfwNiDsCti732amnO_8ZHwq_taZg/s320/P7130052_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361268472589711234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua prepares his bubble wand.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRC8URm9MV93d2vTdYQQ-tetHkiXp0U4r6T1xX9kP_VTajEvYJsgNmYWR7VADKSVnWZFKBr2iyBnK0ckaMOvWDWAK4J9pxEqVw1fHDYyFK0BQoWUv3pBwJ42anBDKzDwsfPxiCmq0aC4/s1600-h/P7130115.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRC8URm9MV93d2vTdYQQ-tetHkiXp0U4r6T1xX9kP_VTajEvYJsgNmYWR7VADKSVnWZFKBr2iyBnK0ckaMOvWDWAK4J9pxEqVw1fHDYyFK0BQoWUv3pBwJ42anBDKzDwsfPxiCmq0aC4/s320/P7130115.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361268465645603298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Happy, happy, joy, joy.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqeYzSIldfWHT8fH_zAR8tEtNEUA844Wq5a4Qy4z0k8E0bQJQpFBS_8VSZx_4rtgjY4TRNaUUOK7ENuvAFKzyOxN654KIMyn_mXHk5ew0P37Zk2LnWOTzL2XJTvGVyzM4rWdhc_2XPgoA/s1600-h/P7130116.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqeYzSIldfWHT8fH_zAR8tEtNEUA844Wq5a4Qy4z0k8E0bQJQpFBS_8VSZx_4rtgjY4TRNaUUOK7ENuvAFKzyOxN654KIMyn_mXHk5ew0P37Zk2LnWOTzL2XJTvGVyzM4rWdhc_2XPgoA/s320/P7130116.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361263349976314498" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dave readjusts Dad's pen flower.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrjmfMswlt1VxHR8Lg5Wi3WK9ng8zKLmCbyYzF02cbs_xNz7SpZ19ujDTovkIRyCUB8duhNItlWPGmfrVl0a43toiPHMNsVPH0Gmx7i8CjqwU0PgoTfsmvDjTnwx3q-sy29xMpwMIf1s/s1600-h/P7130126_2.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwrjmfMswlt1VxHR8Lg5Wi3WK9ng8zKLmCbyYzF02cbs_xNz7SpZ19ujDTovkIRyCUB8duhNItlWPGmfrVl0a43toiPHMNsVPH0Gmx7i8CjqwU0PgoTfsmvDjTnwx3q-sy29xMpwMIf1s/s320/P7130126_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361263345891789938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua studies the bride's dress.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTmx0Sbdkq8msz8N6V3QPhQa_UoX4r1d1Q_6eUq_MhqbDM0tlwyzc7A8Cxj5tR2bRzZ5GmE6l_7AIzqMPDb8Za4QqX2VUuryutKnAVQAJtKHWz-knWJ0-wP11NNJtIrrEdB40nBb_qXg/s1600-h/P7130131.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTmx0Sbdkq8msz8N6V3QPhQa_UoX4r1d1Q_6eUq_MhqbDM0tlwyzc7A8Cxj5tR2bRzZ5GmE6l_7AIzqMPDb8Za4QqX2VUuryutKnAVQAJtKHWz-knWJ0-wP11NNJtIrrEdB40nBb_qXg/s320/P7130131.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361263342135456818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Katie looks like a proper little girl!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwBKL7D8P_-34Kw44b8Y4l9f_dAMSGNCiYBfSdePSDNcDik3vvtMLDsWEZ6yYzkrArsDHNM8ZFrre443DFXGUX2CqXnsWZBmBh0EKqwk4pN-cZJKA0J4zoyaPi5lWMLSL6YpDlVs132P8/s1600-h/P7130152_2.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwBKL7D8P_-34Kw44b8Y4l9f_dAMSGNCiYBfSdePSDNcDik3vvtMLDsWEZ6yYzkrArsDHNM8ZFrre443DFXGUX2CqXnsWZBmBh0EKqwk4pN-cZJKA0J4zoyaPi5lWMLSL6YpDlVs132P8/s320/P7130152_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361263337399117794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Ryan and Sally with their futuristic five children.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnj_55Yf2M364Cq_kLwlkIHqfg4Ho1HoxIjaCnU_SBS_xChtLSIUqnziFKUu1-k5T0gqLptbA7bjOlBExABMYD2HuJ1X21sVeczS074VUKQelxwP30S9bW2fun-jF6Lk9HjZuCc47vyk/s1600-h/P7130154.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifnj_55Yf2M364Cq_kLwlkIHqfg4Ho1HoxIjaCnU_SBS_xChtLSIUqnziFKUu1-k5T0gqLptbA7bjOlBExABMYD2HuJ1X21sVeczS074VUKQelxwP30S9bW2fun-jF6Lk9HjZuCc47vyk/s320/P7130154.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361263333941913778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The brothers grab a quick cuddle time before the reception begins.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJatyB-8RqIQdrMHqdz_jaZh7J5bvJYftZ9c_3Wdle_5LNxOwvgyXufTrWFX_PHtq1Hox5ZnQxkNPn2C3sOJNNkXH7-jHAI7H5bY154M5O3w7d0LNv1fzqUmJrKRuGfEa4omAvEHhc7SA/s1600-h/P7130172.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJatyB-8RqIQdrMHqdz_jaZh7J5bvJYftZ9c_3Wdle_5LNxOwvgyXufTrWFX_PHtq1Hox5ZnQxkNPn2C3sOJNNkXH7-jHAI7H5bY154M5O3w7d0LNv1fzqUmJrKRuGfEa4omAvEHhc7SA/s320/P7130172.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361259116052747906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Two very good looking guys!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnr2oeZlhbHEWxzCL0G175K0Roz1MqCHQ3JNpC0P5aSmAmyXJOqEINFFVvTInmqi8tbKbsT2mymcYRrykF50uRESv0tkgUlkTpS6aP7zdxYCVrDroX7KAtIwG1nqmBvgpDu6HmgjATtQ/s1600-h/P7130184.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwnr2oeZlhbHEWxzCL0G175K0Roz1MqCHQ3JNpC0P5aSmAmyXJOqEINFFVvTInmqi8tbKbsT2mymcYRrykF50uRESv0tkgUlkTpS6aP7zdxYCVrDroX7KAtIwG1nqmBvgpDu6HmgjATtQ/s320/P7130184.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361259110925280306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The reception is lovely.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6xMROQqyfBpP0LB5P6LN3dx69i7YgJbOWx7vPZYxDpliouq6hBO4uu13hEUK0a1TU8NFeCbx5h_FpfSVt3AZgwDFDdMlnurCaHI_tl4YlKpkfTDoIIS5K8AHRV1LW5etb5JqAgufMTdg/s1600-h/P7130208.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6xMROQqyfBpP0LB5P6LN3dx69i7YgJbOWx7vPZYxDpliouq6hBO4uu13hEUK0a1TU8NFeCbx5h_FpfSVt3AZgwDFDdMlnurCaHI_tl4YlKpkfTDoIIS5K8AHRV1LW5etb5JqAgufMTdg/s320/P7130208.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361259106874059906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 229px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Yummy food!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBO28JiOQFA2_1EoEG1yoHHJqNE1wpQcTT2MzAtkfcd4q9ka-oktG0mJdnQIQi_1pFlNDx1re_h_qfpTzD-KO760aC4ln8QoEtQPNg8z7_ZoZlZId4jrwTbdkZnQzG7HLnodT3IZJzIY/s1600-h/P7130218.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWBO28JiOQFA2_1EoEG1yoHHJqNE1wpQcTT2MzAtkfcd4q9ka-oktG0mJdnQIQi_1pFlNDx1re_h_qfpTzD-KO760aC4ln8QoEtQPNg8z7_ZoZlZId4jrwTbdkZnQzG7HLnodT3IZJzIY/s320/P7130218.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361259095728747842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">At our table was a lovely couple, Gary and Karen Brent, and their two children. They are from Zimbabwe and now live in England in a town named Rugby, the place where the game of rugby began.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After we ate, Amy had to take Daniel to the car and get him settled down a bit. By this time it was already after 5pm and he had not had a nap the whole day. Amy, in her efforts to console Daniel, accidently locked the keys in the boot (trunk) of the car. Luckily, the doors were unlocked and the seats fold down in the back seat so Dave was able to unlock the boot that way and reach the keys that were tucked neatly in a crevasse.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Amy couldn't resist the photo opp. It's not everyday one sees a David Handyside sticking out of a car trunk! He looks like he's been shot or something!!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBf456HAIrIJaTuwK0kWgJCD4Q6BE8FDwC9GYuL3KubNvXxJmB9PcP1SqYYkCuoLJQzfNIqnWfcckU76EqCzQuI7yOCVH4ln8mhp4RmSlzFTP2-rYJ_w6qw3xh9hGZ3kEbUNGvEDVX0I/s1600-h/P7130222.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBf456HAIrIJaTuwK0kWgJCD4Q6BE8FDwC9GYuL3KubNvXxJmB9PcP1SqYYkCuoLJQzfNIqnWfcckU76EqCzQuI7yOCVH4ln8mhp4RmSlzFTP2-rYJ_w6qw3xh9hGZ3kEbUNGvEDVX0I/s320/P7130222.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361259093512720754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">After that we went straight to Heathlands Hotel where we stayed the night. Once we got completely settled, Dave and Joshua went for a walk to the store to buy milk; and some goodies as a surprise for Mommy (Chocolates, coke, scones with jam and cream... yum!). When they returned, they presented their gifts along with a card Joshua had made all by himself and then we all partook of the delicacies.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dave and Joshua returned to the reception, that was still going on, where Joshua boogied down with his Gogs until late in the night.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tuesday, July 14, we woke to go down stairs and have a full English breakfast... bacon, sausages, eggs, fried tomatoes, croissants, fruit, yoghurt, oats porridge....</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After filling our bellies and checking out we went down to the beach. Joshua was crazy excited!</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzLGobOe3zbpYqsePRnZRMZxCY5dT8DGGIvzgszRWvI5Mq0wgZ5DZW_EP-ylfAP4UqmegWFlMyi9-aDszIgQy_R8ErS6L5YrEYyWr4nBWqlZPmj1UftGFF8-pHA_Y68-UJMQ1-ymffEs/s1600-h/P7140001.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzLGobOe3zbpYqsePRnZRMZxCY5dT8DGGIvzgszRWvI5Mq0wgZ5DZW_EP-ylfAP4UqmegWFlMyi9-aDszIgQy_R8ErS6L5YrEYyWr4nBWqlZPmj1UftGFF8-pHA_Y68-UJMQ1-ymffEs/s320/P7140001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361294289349925346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">He couldn't wait to get into the English Channel.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnZ3GtVmQYHO48FLhDqONXLLX4vzuHtoyCq5SIeqVNKYf2ZuCOOhyphenhyphenVPwn6HFzjmiEnwTbtJg8V5hiMypGOOVsf3SH6Iwu6WZBDg3saVoiY7Q72xRR2TQikY-SOyRKqRTKYd4fbfoHK2I/s1600-h/P7140003.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnZ3GtVmQYHO48FLhDqONXLLX4vzuHtoyCq5SIeqVNKYf2ZuCOOhyphenhyphenVPwn6HFzjmiEnwTbtJg8V5hiMypGOOVsf3SH6Iwu6WZBDg3saVoiY7Q72xRR2TQikY-SOyRKqRTKYd4fbfoHK2I/s320/P7140003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361285355694280722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dipsy had a great time playing in the sand.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDBXZIlJpzZmGf7LWhR6h4m5o28sfpbMW5ZbTFEITETNVamoIOKnlN8Vj6ZnRCjgiXKvjdOFa-5rkI2fmyoyfBXyAN7y3PoJNwx1IKauWOP5GgWbGmS6W81HBTxXohbCdsHHjdLhCems/s1600-h/P7140004.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDBXZIlJpzZmGf7LWhR6h4m5o28sfpbMW5ZbTFEITETNVamoIOKnlN8Vj6ZnRCjgiXKvjdOFa-5rkI2fmyoyfBXyAN7y3PoJNwx1IKauWOP5GgWbGmS6W81HBTxXohbCdsHHjdLhCems/s320/P7140004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361285350422340066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">SUCH BLISS!!!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJuHlYtpZ1wScR59HOYdwrgpc2mX_qx0_kUDn9SUv0uqvaemXqf7UhzR3e4XaulbAK9j_BrKD_nmQY4qZcUz0zE2QBH4X6YykyvG7lzJ_7AD-dfaCZRUaWEo12atRsmXqL_L6L225vPg/s1600-h/P7140006.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJuHlYtpZ1wScR59HOYdwrgpc2mX_qx0_kUDn9SUv0uqvaemXqf7UhzR3e4XaulbAK9j_BrKD_nmQY4qZcUz0zE2QBH4X6YykyvG7lzJ_7AD-dfaCZRUaWEo12atRsmXqL_L6L225vPg/s320/P7140006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361285344722593362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The water was freezing, but it didn't take away from the beauty or Joshua's enjoyment!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFG-qmziQjYwNODHVX5FUv0J02aA2QzIS0Dqcl6NDaadrMNMBNd_onNQS-MYInKSv5LnChd7_5ZwCv-reHIEdeRs4Ts3yiCaRhwF-8pR2S-bupWQzp772-ndHrM3YRV1cgF6Rz_CVj94/s1600-h/P7140009.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLFG-qmziQjYwNODHVX5FUv0J02aA2QzIS0Dqcl6NDaadrMNMBNd_onNQS-MYInKSv5LnChd7_5ZwCv-reHIEdeRs4Ts3yiCaRhwF-8pR2S-bupWQzp772-ndHrM3YRV1cgF6Rz_CVj94/s320/P7140009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361285339725534482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy chasing Turny.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8DL_XRmxOL0oNe_bq2j5kj26OUkSERS-Qi_cat2ejAEWznJ2kfh6XuCy04xF_Yh7_NINvtjnH1GSgapiOmzh2GxCntIz_ERrSttLQIW5sFviZuFzMsfMOJiOFGO_wwcJBBSiVMXT0LqQ/s1600-h/P7140010.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8DL_XRmxOL0oNe_bq2j5kj26OUkSERS-Qi_cat2ejAEWznJ2kfh6XuCy04xF_Yh7_NINvtjnH1GSgapiOmzh2GxCntIz_ERrSttLQIW5sFviZuFzMsfMOJiOFGO_wwcJBBSiVMXT0LqQ/s320/P7140010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361285329278887458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">We walked down to the pier and then back up to where our car was parked. Dad and Liz met us there and we all said a quick good-bye before we headed up to Stonehenge.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">On the way we passed through Salisbury, the Bermuda Triangle of GPS. We passed by a church that had a sign posted stating, "Worshipers needed: no experience necessary". We liked that sign. This pic is not of that church, but of the Salisbury Cathedral in the centre of the medieval town.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41SDJt_CTXmhROBpAk_rvDdgrcWU1pKCjomA2jaXHk72S7LufiRKM3VZg8Ty9DtVj4fMYqipJmeb7wlE3WekjSyCFBimbOVxGR-ubVBQpqjiUVW3Zj1q95hbFbgshFk4h0BK5UmuXH1I/s1600-h/P7140011.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi41SDJt_CTXmhROBpAk_rvDdgrcWU1pKCjomA2jaXHk72S7LufiRKM3VZg8Ty9DtVj4fMYqipJmeb7wlE3WekjSyCFBimbOVxGR-ubVBQpqjiUVW3Zj1q95hbFbgshFk4h0BK5UmuXH1I/s320/P7140011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361283755273160594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Soon we found our way to Stonehenge.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtbUovZJuebbck9dkPg7Y6mwH-1qYJVPb7k3QlpmhlEBtdUX-lzw9P9Fzs1lHuA3UGWVhFBrchuKmeiQ4mDTRHB768LbSiznCG25_aQGsO4hS1zMyEB-8nvFhg45PZmK973Pe0O7rYGE/s1600-h/P7140016.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmtbUovZJuebbck9dkPg7Y6mwH-1qYJVPb7k3QlpmhlEBtdUX-lzw9P9Fzs1lHuA3UGWVhFBrchuKmeiQ4mDTRHB768LbSiznCG25_aQGsO4hS1zMyEB-8nvFhg45PZmK973Pe0O7rYGE/s320/P7140016.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361283750408098514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua concentrated on the audio tour.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWsu9edc7IjuGssSFpeV5MPm7Fj_o8EjkohC8HPI-VTcEmx4Tsc4KMihY1dRr497MfyC-A7Tiay1l_OJH1WkLg2D9E1IoetBi7kXuakkZJDQJYCI1n9Nu3w8PP15KBdXDr7Cu-DpaayCs/s1600-h/P7140022.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWsu9edc7IjuGssSFpeV5MPm7Fj_o8EjkohC8HPI-VTcEmx4Tsc4KMihY1dRr497MfyC-A7Tiay1l_OJH1WkLg2D9E1IoetBi7kXuakkZJDQJYCI1n9Nu3w8PP15KBdXDr7Cu-DpaayCs/s320/P7140022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361283741832073378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It was a little surprising how wide-spread the rocks were.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFw0CkqelU6U7wYpT1sRSFrfugy8CVd3z3z6yvlC7BY3V0mNPGwH0vlZGzDlsz32qWqOt1y555klnuL-Top2hWKJ1afyhU8cf6WQBct1bze2uXblUcuiP3T5AakmLkG2Ah0N9N2S6oVWA/s1600-h/P7140030.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFw0CkqelU6U7wYpT1sRSFrfugy8CVd3z3z6yvlC7BY3V0mNPGwH0vlZGzDlsz32qWqOt1y555klnuL-Top2hWKJ1afyhU8cf6WQBct1bze2uXblUcuiP3T5AakmLkG2Ah0N9N2S6oVWA/s320/P7140030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361283737027586226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Stonehenge also means "hanging stone" which we found interesting because Handyside originates from "Hanging Side".... hmmmm.... interesting.... maybe even a little political.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFNbSLKkfif5umpTaWSFwPp983Wm4FfIIYAGGTeTFckk-yJ_4zYjwk-gyrD1lMaDlv1xddKkrYoZyjV7mAEB2pGR_kf4zKRZci8XoMXOYCx28YJeMjcoIf4aP8tzzJl5eaSBhCXmpHLp0/s1600-h/P7140038.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFNbSLKkfif5umpTaWSFwPp983Wm4FfIIYAGGTeTFckk-yJ_4zYjwk-gyrD1lMaDlv1xddKkrYoZyjV7mAEB2pGR_kf4zKRZci8XoMXOYCx28YJeMjcoIf4aP8tzzJl5eaSBhCXmpHLp0/s320/P7140038.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361283728443004114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Soon after this pic was taken Joshua shouted out, "Mom, your back is all wet!". Sure enough, it was wet.... Daniel had piddled all down Amy's back so we had to quickly make a mad dash to the car to get changed. Then, we were off to Dave and Sarah's house again in Copthorne, near Crawley, which is just near London Gatwick Airport, south of London. One can visit the Copthorne Prep School web site to get a looksie at the school and what it is all about at www.copthorneprep.co.uk</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once we got there, Dave messaged them, "We awaiteth your assistance to enter", after which Dave J. replied, "We cometh". Then we just chilled out with Dave, Sarah, and Daniel, made pizzas, and chilled some more.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5NhaXR9q5zTBRqsP5oX7mvc8vJzVApLD5QUC20Ukc8zyLBXX7Ogxgo5qg30e19-0xagXr0VRF1rUXf9tCnInH-NwsFNtWPoDmSmq9zcO0YlPBLoKIgwZ7-Lhh67iDJSU5y9HizINTx0/s1600-h/P7130004_2.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That night as Amy was putting Joshua to bed, he asked about the room in which we were staying, "Mom, what is this place where we are sleeping?". "It is a boarding school dorm", his Mommy replies, "That is where the children that are attending this school live when they cannot live at their own home". Of course, Joshua being his inquisitive self this led to a full blown discussion of why children would not be able to live in their own home and the exact workings of a boarding school. "I am sad", said Joshua. "Why are you sad?", his Mommy asked. "I am sad for the children who have to stay here and don't get to stay with their Mommies and Daddies", Joshua expressed feelingly. So, we prayed for the children that have to live in a boarding school; we prayed that they will feel very loved and that God will take away their sadness from missing their Mommies and Daddies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Wednesday, July 15, as the Daniels slept, the Daves, Sarah, Amy, and Joshua chatted. Then after lunch we went into East Grinstead to see if the Martell's store had a 'Settlers of Catan' that we could purchase. We had no luck finding the game, but the boys had a blast playing with the playmobil toys.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeekiz5c-pdReYqSb7ujghBT90flqvXBlC82Kc_lYKk0TdJRLO9W41E-3uZ4ioxwTAQ-t546gBHdbcdmAve_v86LD5bKi78e7r5AGWWd-n-mIu_IefnwRAMzSxFa0QCtagD8eEyNug0I/s1600-h/P7150039.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeekiz5c-pdReYqSb7ujghBT90flqvXBlC82Kc_lYKk0TdJRLO9W41E-3uZ4ioxwTAQ-t546gBHdbcdmAve_v86LD5bKi78e7r5AGWWd-n-mIu_IefnwRAMzSxFa0QCtagD8eEyNug0I/s320/P7150039.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361341513440489346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0SDckU17glaigELTpl3BJVoKGNgsCIuV34VGZ4xZ9YYmsTfKKBKp9KuLYD_0Y1__i8RM6sJtQDc4iAm7lo5ABCCS6d2hIMk2A6vVxqp6fxL-I92Q9AaVhl5roTkxM-s30wbQqWR43aDA/s1600-h/P7150040.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0SDckU17glaigELTpl3BJVoKGNgsCIuV34VGZ4xZ9YYmsTfKKBKp9KuLYD_0Y1__i8RM6sJtQDc4iAm7lo5ABCCS6d2hIMk2A6vVxqp6fxL-I92Q9AaVhl5roTkxM-s30wbQqWR43aDA/s320/P7150040.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361341511615879186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">We left there and headed to Ashdown Forest to walk to a windmill, but when we arrived it was beginning to rain so we went on to Uckfield to a South African shop to purchase some boerevors for the braai we would be having on Saturday. Then on the way back we stopped at the windmill as the rain had subsided.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7LfLkFUb-WwuYuUisq8sJAwy5RVp7AjlotB-WkxLeS6DHFLrroKxPHbB-ESgzgX4CeSD6cFL5c5wiXdzJU34NLjywtDLXLSqhpEnIAt_seo_To6XgX54mhw-Vp2abqn_wWbhyphenhyphen2fKwgw/s1600-h/P7150047.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7LfLkFUb-WwuYuUisq8sJAwy5RVp7AjlotB-WkxLeS6DHFLrroKxPHbB-ESgzgX4CeSD6cFL5c5wiXdzJU34NLjywtDLXLSqhpEnIAt_seo_To6XgX54mhw-Vp2abqn_wWbhyphenhyphen2fKwgw/s320/P7150047.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361341505799895330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We walked down the valley.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaBMInuRkfE83Ox90RWreM5Nr7zuqEJLpcto5HLamePVDHtOBdL3OLK1waXxqO6F2CEW2YOROwvzssF_BEkVG28kFTRbgeAcuJQluEnraPhLQNnjVa1TbcOJ8N_pkJlglmCEh3vaAqBto/s1600-h/P7150041.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaBMInuRkfE83Ox90RWreM5Nr7zuqEJLpcto5HLamePVDHtOBdL3OLK1waXxqO6F2CEW2YOROwvzssF_BEkVG28kFTRbgeAcuJQluEnraPhLQNnjVa1TbcOJ8N_pkJlglmCEh3vaAqBto/s320/P7150041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361341502345155346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel J wanted to join in the walking.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fUYrjON6fKy643ICvWQ4nYnlfOUN1em7Vs2ZxUi2xwGz66KE9PC9LoVaG1Zr6XiQXLct4jP7jGueeR8_ce8QP0cSx0VNM61UY01CqMcqnkE_LZUgNqxb-3jX-oHymH7XEm7o2kTeG7c/s1600-h/P7150042.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_fUYrjON6fKy643ICvWQ4nYnlfOUN1em7Vs2ZxUi2xwGz66KE9PC9LoVaG1Zr6XiQXLct4jP7jGueeR8_ce8QP0cSx0VNM61UY01CqMcqnkE_LZUgNqxb-3jX-oHymH7XEm7o2kTeG7c/s320/P7150042.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361340395803008530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mummy was not ABOUT to allow him to cross the stream by himself!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3Mia9NQQSVNpOXspGJLFx_6I5KxokxKprKt_GWMbwK5SDdzxRinNtFrgBADJT8pAR4mK_zw6h_agBqi-Vn9OvyWWqc43E-NLXc1u0s-4PsUTHGvRvY5v5TIoNTnjhgc5_7ogya0UGb8/s1600-h/P7150043.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3Mia9NQQSVNpOXspGJLFx_6I5KxokxKprKt_GWMbwK5SDdzxRinNtFrgBADJT8pAR4mK_zw6h_agBqi-Vn9OvyWWqc43E-NLXc1u0s-4PsUTHGvRvY5v5TIoNTnjhgc5_7ogya0UGb8/s320/P7150043.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361340394463978722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">When we got to the stream we turned around and went back up to the car park since we had a couple of squawking lads we thought ice cream was in order.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYKhWfmiOy9puwA9Jy9hyphenhyphenyK-Ge24MaV8xdtxWKnoORU7v1pkMO87UTMFUKHkzzocsfo2VOm14oGO1QsoTzR8UKPNv7yJ0RV1WKG14r_7QSVmgvIbsacCwM4GXTpJkZbEG9qNyabCYxl4/s1600-h/P7150044.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYKhWfmiOy9puwA9Jy9hyphenhyphenyK-Ge24MaV8xdtxWKnoORU7v1pkMO87UTMFUKHkzzocsfo2VOm14oGO1QsoTzR8UKPNv7yJ0RV1WKG14r_7QSVmgvIbsacCwM4GXTpJkZbEG9qNyabCYxl4/s320/P7150044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361340388951949426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Everyone loved their ice cream.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqstkO_5MmWUEMuOgwOYn9BtsMZqGIrRlLNIiShBJRshsl8jnMHHKgPMuutP1VwSPnJ4RmKPti1_UDq-tlGTwZ3sx7Vi_dx9wA7MeT9VJIEsPA7Li74y_-ST1zBt3oEIcK_8g8yjsYAQE/s1600-h/P7150046.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqstkO_5MmWUEMuOgwOYn9BtsMZqGIrRlLNIiShBJRshsl8jnMHHKgPMuutP1VwSPnJ4RmKPti1_UDq-tlGTwZ3sx7Vi_dx9wA7MeT9VJIEsPA7Li74y_-ST1zBt3oEIcK_8g8yjsYAQE/s320/P7150046.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361340379449698674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel was happy with a rusk we had purchased at the South African shop.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHeDLfupTaDlDyFZywaDaW2XAHUh40gzLTGaYTPexObA5QCZkaLTzuwtkrOVRf79K7KA0Z7gweVioXA4dLzhPgtF7NXHF5jotXgCYFKrzXEpfjuM8IXpmty6b9bQ7NlJvYjv4Aj4tta1Y/s1600-h/P7150048.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHeDLfupTaDlDyFZywaDaW2XAHUh40gzLTGaYTPexObA5QCZkaLTzuwtkrOVRf79K7KA0Z7gweVioXA4dLzhPgtF7NXHF5jotXgCYFKrzXEpfjuM8IXpmty6b9bQ7NlJvYjv4Aj4tta1Y/s320/P7150048.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361340376203161810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Thursday, July 16, we lounged around all day with the Jenks while watching the British Open. We took the kids to play on the playground for awhile and then were back to the flat to lounge some more. Then we took the kids to play some more while Amy took Daniel for a walk trying to get him to sleep, to no avail. After that we all went for a swim in the school pool and then went up and played charades while waiting for supper to cook.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdzLGobOe3zbpYqsePRnZRMZxCY5dT8DGGIvzgszRWvI5Mq0wgZ5DZW_EP-ylfAP4UqmegWFlMyi9-aDszIgQy_R8ErS6L5YrEYyWr4nBWqlZPmj1UftGFF8-pHA_Y68-UJMQ1-ymffEs/s1600-h/P7140001.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Friday, July 17, while Dave and Sarah were spending some time with Sarah's folks before they flew back to Zim, Dave H, Amy, Joshua, and Daniel drove down through the Kent District to the white chalk cliffs of Dover and Dover Castle.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">One of the largest castles in the country, strategically located at the shortest crossing point to continental Europe, Dover Castle has played a prominent part in national history. Its origins lie in the Iron Age, and a Roman Lighthouse and Anglo-Saxon church can still be seen within the grounds. William of Normandy strengthened existing Anglo-Saxon fortifications here in 1066, but it was Henry II who set the blueprint for today's castle when he had the fortifications rebuilt in the 1180's, adding the massive keep and a series of concentric defences. Over the centuries, the defences were continually enlarged and improved, with the castle retaining a military role into the mid twentieth century. An underground hospital and the command centre used for the Dunkirk evacuation are a legacy from the Second World War.</span></p></span></li></ul></div></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BOidpqYnAnqIMsRBmdQccu8xLmxLMN7onYUEK11GbFiAciOg68PPyBTCW7YZ53cHdstg-ppzsGYJNnQEGbadw56fC9a3XpHMeg4AovCDD15VJd8n68R71ywD48XshU1nFEydCRJAPE0/s1600-h/P7170049.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BOidpqYnAnqIMsRBmdQccu8xLmxLMN7onYUEK11GbFiAciOg68PPyBTCW7YZ53cHdstg-ppzsGYJNnQEGbadw56fC9a3XpHMeg4AovCDD15VJd8n68R71ywD48XshU1nFEydCRJAPE0/s320/P7170049.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361376693290808882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It was a windy day with 35mph winds coming off the sea.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysMIhbGe_8DKjkRARsVpmhgj6wj-CU7A66xqz4Gzw1ddS1O-dvBul3kCQj_AXgeIf6nf-aFThAcTT_mfN4eOZmGLrQums9t9KbnzP1MnB4gxaFVab0lPV3eFD-qDyzzGS7c8CIxYT9Xg/s1600-h/P7170051.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgysMIhbGe_8DKjkRARsVpmhgj6wj-CU7A66xqz4Gzw1ddS1O-dvBul3kCQj_AXgeIf6nf-aFThAcTT_mfN4eOZmGLrQums9t9KbnzP1MnB4gxaFVab0lPV3eFD-qDyzzGS7c8CIxYT9Xg/s320/P7170051.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361376686043120402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We toured through the medieval underground tunnels.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwH2pQxZhcmEBy0QbT_1Ydl6SfAaaZKcuObq7S8579JDhqcSIE8e4izn4SBCSdtQCbgIWE-LpZP5MoUqfMKCHRcWhgPHXGvO9w7aGcgkm2Ojp4Vgk0dRiqMx6IeQ2_kuHsBO79Ve6zLq8/s1600-h/P7170052.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwH2pQxZhcmEBy0QbT_1Ydl6SfAaaZKcuObq7S8579JDhqcSIE8e4izn4SBCSdtQCbgIWE-LpZP5MoUqfMKCHRcWhgPHXGvO9w7aGcgkm2Ojp4Vgk0dRiqMx6IeQ2_kuHsBO79Ve6zLq8/s320/P7170052.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361376679060685362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">They were quite extensive.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikiCFFxfIZusiXNR2pFFyvRACmjgR-ZC_QnyYCvk-SoEzY3juwLXWiQFcOSXiN-izjGSPHZrRTP4w3hYM_IeDClkE7p3SebqE_Cj9wx1v9n1R5ctm1Cq0FmtEVH0ZEEoMQRBiVsYy-xQw/s1600-h/P7170054.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikiCFFxfIZusiXNR2pFFyvRACmjgR-ZC_QnyYCvk-SoEzY3juwLXWiQFcOSXiN-izjGSPHZrRTP4w3hYM_IeDClkE7p3SebqE_Cj9wx1v9n1R5ctm1Cq0FmtEVH0ZEEoMQRBiVsYy-xQw/s320/P7170054.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361376676044605666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">We toured through the war-time tunnels. As we came out from them we were getting cold from the wind so Dave put on his coat even though he had Daniel on his back. Dave's coat covered Daniel which Daniel found, at first, very funny, but after a time he was ready to look around; we kept seeing a little hand poking out of Dave's collar as if to say, "I'm still in here, guys!".</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBjYfQstVvS1s2QmPKxbvHjj4dKL1r7tZ_gDNDIUkzy8xGaE_z0t31RR2m3gBhCaa0mgmZsL4of_XubJspw26vutD-k7-SUwaxCDUgW76DFY2IfS35-zoz4PWueuJyud7DZfUNE7GDws/s1600-h/P7170055.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIBjYfQstVvS1s2QmPKxbvHjj4dKL1r7tZ_gDNDIUkzy8xGaE_z0t31RR2m3gBhCaa0mgmZsL4of_XubJspw26vutD-k7-SUwaxCDUgW76DFY2IfS35-zoz4PWueuJyud7DZfUNE7GDws/s320/P7170055.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361375437859578482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dave, Joshua, and Daniel posed in front of the entrance to the war-time tunnels.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTC2v23K2Q1lnZ4jqvuK9PgrsUeZQ4V_vxQqXL2YE55FRRH1ibtzPwPuJTZN3WP3I7LuVF1i9msHF-t5lSj-LOgUDE3j9iayUv2cbJmzIUHlgMKacpjYz_4j5EOwRoJ4j0mP9_7wN2mY8/s1600-h/P7170056.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTC2v23K2Q1lnZ4jqvuK9PgrsUeZQ4V_vxQqXL2YE55FRRH1ibtzPwPuJTZN3WP3I7LuVF1i9msHF-t5lSj-LOgUDE3j9iayUv2cbJmzIUHlgMKacpjYz_4j5EOwRoJ4j0mP9_7wN2mY8/s320/P7170056.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361375437197045506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL92eCPcQheEztr_cwVFuFhT0dmHFcKb8nVadz0XlgsExmC-S1SahgYYpsZQxWcbgqFihNZBQrh4WPXwxhjyA27baHaQQ8qtQ01mY1U8ifGnR-cPO4MfVfeGKZBhhRcE3xljTEQ4Oa7b0/s1600-h/P7170057.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL92eCPcQheEztr_cwVFuFhT0dmHFcKb8nVadz0XlgsExmC-S1SahgYYpsZQxWcbgqFihNZBQrh4WPXwxhjyA27baHaQQ8qtQ01mY1U8ifGnR-cPO4MfVfeGKZBhhRcE3xljTEQ4Oa7b0/s320/P7170057.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361375433189721794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mommy and Joshua pose in roughly the same place,</div><div style="text-align: center;">just a different view to show the sea on the right.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4777vE9vwcVVcaDzSf6ZjTiGDQ6-eMsYoZV9r1QcTpcqQoTCpRcwJSkeOMbT3NB4qtPPpnN43fVdf-Jiy-LgNnKAB2uj2RZ9XlHeqdStXUzXDcgqJo_9iO1oqcfgadFB955u4521pyzI/s1600-h/P7170059.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4777vE9vwcVVcaDzSf6ZjTiGDQ6-eMsYoZV9r1QcTpcqQoTCpRcwJSkeOMbT3NB4qtPPpnN43fVdf-Jiy-LgNnKAB2uj2RZ9XlHeqdStXUzXDcgqJo_9iO1oqcfgadFB955u4521pyzI/s320/P7170059.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361375428562329586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy and Joshua turn around for a quick pic before loading into the car.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIu0Ft3eQK9g-XgbUdf_ejtPN_XCU2HCQA98F2nOuolDZI_V9VCRgZn1kMPNZj0J5y7-bUppdeRS_Sgd8tCf6D3OEnJ4d83m_Rkst3JjHLn5L9subD9NDIXHAtcEQ5oGJ4LJWl-WJXio/s1600-h/P7170061.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioIu0Ft3eQK9g-XgbUdf_ejtPN_XCU2HCQA98F2nOuolDZI_V9VCRgZn1kMPNZj0J5y7-bUppdeRS_Sgd8tCf6D3OEnJ4d83m_Rkst3JjHLn5L9subD9NDIXHAtcEQ5oGJ4LJWl-WJXio/s320/P7170061.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361375418968212354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>We left the castle and headed down to the beach. We passed a lot of huge ships on the way. We came to a place where we would be able to walk down to the beach, but because the wind was so strong the paths were all closed, stopping us from going down to the water. Joshua was a little upset as he had been looking forward to going the the beach at Dover and seeing the white, chalk cliffs so Dave took him as close to the cliffs as he could.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Joshua "climbing" the cliffs.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zAShTR7xRGPXVBl5nXKOvzXbelALhtC5KmQigtIxMFSqUawXXhiZsKJDxb5FrkPlqJwZ-XPjpYGMNTyNOtObjGa_uY3wTeFNfucaoA2P_M75jpQT_dspJhoF14k_z3DxVFuSft0j1QI/s1600-h/P7170062.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zAShTR7xRGPXVBl5nXKOvzXbelALhtC5KmQigtIxMFSqUawXXhiZsKJDxb5FrkPlqJwZ-XPjpYGMNTyNOtObjGa_uY3wTeFNfucaoA2P_M75jpQT_dspJhoF14k_z3DxVFuSft0j1QI/s320/P7170062.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361373859244207586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We drove into the tunnel that was dug through the cliffs.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedf1X_Vpt34-r87vQwqYwzKCBJk48KKaSjnLh9K0Md0Ro4IEMnJ5GIktLD3GyFAFqZWJ7uBfame4N8JOJbeQLLnw53pFpR77N6J3bUCtl9R75TUN9ZJHFu5zbusqS7JPWCm3Z5Fa-nv8/s1600-h/P7170067.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjedf1X_Vpt34-r87vQwqYwzKCBJk48KKaSjnLh9K0Md0Ro4IEMnJ5GIktLD3GyFAFqZWJ7uBfame4N8JOJbeQLLnw53pFpR77N6J3bUCtl9R75TUN9ZJHFu5zbusqS7JPWCm3Z5Fa-nv8/s320/P7170067.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361373856958795058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>After we left Dover, Dave and Amy were wanting to pop over to France and have supper there, but they decided it wouldn't be as fun for Joshua to 'dine in Calais' as it would have been for them. So instead of France, we went to Port Lympne Wild Animal Park.
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtELwy825Dotb-GetWltiYT6kPVHdZwWhITpzEokfpJzsEFM2hRICDigAH3Jxd8pZLy-mvORDJpjYML6zOy68psgwQhymGW5QswhlAueEtJsdRk8KPdnvgNzzNEfVFc5Axixjnd1ywQ0/s1600-h/P7170069.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtELwy825Dotb-GetWltiYT6kPVHdZwWhITpzEokfpJzsEFM2hRICDigAH3Jxd8pZLy-mvORDJpjYML6zOy68psgwQhymGW5QswhlAueEtJsdRk8KPdnvgNzzNEfVFc5Axixjnd1ywQ0/s320/P7170069.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361373850199292578" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We saw lions...</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLJu6P2ROEMBGE3RgRMLW9JGP-TdHG1BEwHw1RITutfOsOki7bPwetient2IIy8XFcxYilOq74pQC4zVSZqhNXTJQgGvrtzrPMDt-OU5MzJto83RcnADqg0R322cJo-Mxv0TgpLJXYu4/s1600-h/P7170071.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjLJu6P2ROEMBGE3RgRMLW9JGP-TdHG1BEwHw1RITutfOsOki7bPwetient2IIy8XFcxYilOq74pQC4zVSZqhNXTJQgGvrtzrPMDt-OU5MzJto83RcnADqg0R322cJo-Mxv0TgpLJXYu4/s320/P7170071.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361373844507519538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">and tigers.....</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVLmIfoH5JvXVcU4idQl0C15CVGikdMj2Z2ci3L15zZ-Ur5ZL9Cmj1gwT_SmcMpKrru17pw9Dx6_5As0iVBQPQJGoEVi63QQPoRenqmYQ-2LkjzyoYnrpAnDsngEop3x68MCtc4WMSj8/s1600-h/P7170074.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIVLmIfoH5JvXVcU4idQl0C15CVGikdMj2Z2ci3L15zZ-Ur5ZL9Cmj1gwT_SmcMpKrru17pw9Dx6_5As0iVBQPQJGoEVi63QQPoRenqmYQ-2LkjzyoYnrpAnDsngEop3x68MCtc4WMSj8/s320/P7170074.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361373838810024658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">and a Pooh Bear.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGmlAUSVl7t33L8uEHIKNjAaUQOUDOh41fd1V_8g5L1zjy92xlWm-WWjO7pedDD9TCvhLuBJXjRXYMlwXl0zBHImhItKTuPWtuIBx00hEEKzSa7bl3At6ezj5gZeCGbblEhMQGU3-xfU/s1600-h/P7170076.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGmlAUSVl7t33L8uEHIKNjAaUQOUDOh41fd1V_8g5L1zjy92xlWm-WWjO7pedDD9TCvhLuBJXjRXYMlwXl0zBHImhItKTuPWtuIBx00hEEKzSa7bl3At6ezj5gZeCGbblEhMQGU3-xfU/s320/P7170076.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361372515408029826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This horrible pic is of a mother with a 4 week old baby monkey on her tummy (so sweet)!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIoACMEFEv6VNxXLNp8IfCxH2EVs53ae6lH6nxFgoPMH0cnYOWytlPVbDaEFvD09BRNOHKlQAmrjGmbicHkjQqykV2j_Hb2_nAc6Yk6pn06x0ZRfk4BhgE963T4XKv3kMVQdt9f3i3qFM/s1600-h/P7170079.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIoACMEFEv6VNxXLNp8IfCxH2EVs53ae6lH6nxFgoPMH0cnYOWytlPVbDaEFvD09BRNOHKlQAmrjGmbicHkjQqykV2j_Hb2_nAc6Yk6pn06x0ZRfk4BhgE963T4XKv3kMVQdt9f3i3qFM/s320/P7170079.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361372512659911794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is a Red Panda which we reckoned looked very much like a racoon.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSt742FRivz9ywSwdyw1a57OCCRREFpnJRUMKTWto69kjVLi77kM5NjpyfdIHS2oiYwE_CFh-9Fzh1AKP9A_bWOncppIi7iX5Volj4uaBG25I5Gpg24GU7y0amnjgLc-PZZqG4o8RPyac/s1600-h/P7170087.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSt742FRivz9ywSwdyw1a57OCCRREFpnJRUMKTWto69kjVLi77kM5NjpyfdIHS2oiYwE_CFh-9Fzh1AKP9A_bWOncppIi7iX5Volj4uaBG25I5Gpg24GU7y0amnjgLc-PZZqG4o8RPyac/s320/P7170087.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361372499843140018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We ran into a very cheeky ostrich.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3FlLMenC7wrRWm86kwINY49h-BeK8YO6UIWKD4H3HJoJELX_FMhxDvKWK7HPV7szW8jnNVhmkjc5E5v4DOld6-XPrJ26p5SqqqBAFZq8MtcnAKqpzSe2JlBQ1zCmrK8Q3Ht4LVkEsUo/s1600-h/P7170088.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe3FlLMenC7wrRWm86kwINY49h-BeK8YO6UIWKD4H3HJoJELX_FMhxDvKWK7HPV7szW8jnNVhmkjc5E5v4DOld6-XPrJ26p5SqqqBAFZq8MtcnAKqpzSe2JlBQ1zCmrK8Q3Ht4LVkEsUo/s320/P7170088.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361372496947007282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2grlnSmX1H0Nizm-ZB0JyncFpy8k11PKKWfgOt-gsgJYL_uuklyXBOz0nneg59hacA2JVMUFIvDwGDdYt9wtnyQO57ZmtU9TKBVFnK8qT8KcBmYy3U9APrsMizsCzdfwro77KNFTM4Ro/s1600-h/P7170090.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2grlnSmX1H0Nizm-ZB0JyncFpy8k11PKKWfgOt-gsgJYL_uuklyXBOz0nneg59hacA2JVMUFIvDwGDdYt9wtnyQO57ZmtU9TKBVFnK8qT8KcBmYy3U9APrsMizsCzdfwro77KNFTM4Ro/s320/P7170090.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361372491826600290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">They had lots of African animals, including the Black Rhino.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Prz2YQrqNgtDx1MnbyiQojsjvUiyFTxf2YdvZAN9mpuqGZAg96_IEDC3vBnxEz4caGOX4a9Qqbczp_0PgTc3JCnQOX-ewOLS9aBxVxzWTNh7hPdrAOHixXUF8NK-wyG2ME5EKGhVqn0/s1600-h/P7170091.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Prz2YQrqNgtDx1MnbyiQojsjvUiyFTxf2YdvZAN9mpuqGZAg96_IEDC3vBnxEz4caGOX4a9Qqbczp_0PgTc3JCnQOX-ewOLS9aBxVxzWTNh7hPdrAOHixXUF8NK-wyG2ME5EKGhVqn0/s320/P7170091.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361371138599253906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dave had dreams of Africa.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj5FIUrXcsiJHmqLNI7kpKFJ0AsyzNkDj_xck9-lWTMtn0Sdndrwh5M8OGxWTItO7jDrdoB0H3ZGWMqUgDeD1cF46zDYLaNzlIv4BWsErDQWpSzDFnYQ4PtWvQNQTjowQlYysWcXhFtfA/s1600-h/P7170092.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj5FIUrXcsiJHmqLNI7kpKFJ0AsyzNkDj_xck9-lWTMtn0Sdndrwh5M8OGxWTItO7jDrdoB0H3ZGWMqUgDeD1cF46zDYLaNzlIv4BWsErDQWpSzDFnYQ4PtWvQNQTjowQlYysWcXhFtfA/s320/P7170092.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361371135879146114" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>We went from Port Lympne to try and get a glimpse of Leeds Castle. (It was after 5 and therefore closed). Unfortunately, the landscape was not in such a way that one could see the castle without getting in the gate. So we settled, instead, for sambos at a local pub, The Ten Bells.
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8s-jTEC4JwejG0DQeDcTup5nAvUc6ODnX4eKcP-zocFFMd98aSZbiHBYU1ye7X1jsCMbC0OlMDRDxylqMHXATG7rDw4t9uBPxTY9gwYrAUZ9InUp61l2iKLukixyDc0bs0ruIoZwzj6E/s1600-h/P7170094.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8s-jTEC4JwejG0DQeDcTup5nAvUc6ODnX4eKcP-zocFFMd98aSZbiHBYU1ye7X1jsCMbC0OlMDRDxylqMHXATG7rDw4t9uBPxTY9gwYrAUZ9InUp61l2iKLukixyDc0bs0ruIoZwzj6E/s320/P7170094.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361371131295067074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel insisted on being walked around the horseshoe shaped pub over and over again.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOygwz_wZIrWVgUYu42HBxgZg1-BvjZwCkjG3Q3NwK3yMOgzbGyw_DPwkZSRbKiYq7EfQzcRwm0qVYi0Nlxnof_-TFTTBITrH6ZwOw_-c3xr6Nt2aWqzh-lfzIqwYKWp3j5OUVup7T74s/s1600-h/P7170095.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOygwz_wZIrWVgUYu42HBxgZg1-BvjZwCkjG3Q3NwK3yMOgzbGyw_DPwkZSRbKiYq7EfQzcRwm0qVYi0Nlxnof_-TFTTBITrH6ZwOw_-c3xr6Nt2aWqzh-lfzIqwYKWp3j5OUVup7T74s/s320/P7170095.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361371129010102978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">and again.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6U7JjUd8zKluPJUTt79zgghGGRGNvZiOOHJNvIIgX15WSOo53YAVX5FL5_E8c5wfc0u4tFSb035mnL9kZuDfhwst4YPvHzYU5GZN2QNe5MlEhuP48bOMy-5EcdJyTFcX-PpSd8E8irao/s1600-h/P7170096.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6U7JjUd8zKluPJUTt79zgghGGRGNvZiOOHJNvIIgX15WSOo53YAVX5FL5_E8c5wfc0u4tFSb035mnL9kZuDfhwst4YPvHzYU5GZN2QNe5MlEhuP48bOMy-5EcdJyTFcX-PpSd8E8irao/s320/P7170096.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361371125041867266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>After our tummies were full, we were eager to get back to the Jenkins and sit with them with tea and nice fellowship.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeekiz5c-pdReYqSb7ujghBT90flqvXBlC82Kc_lYKk0TdJRLO9W41E-3uZ4ioxwTAQ-t546gBHdbcdmAve_v86LD5bKi78e7r5AGWWd-n-mIu_IefnwRAMzSxFa0QCtagD8eEyNug0I/s1600-h/P7150039.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Saturday, July 18, was spent lounging around, watching more of the British Open, swimming, and lounging some more. The Daniels played and played.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGLkbp7RjiC_goG1IBkIqmuXsblMD9tKwPQpILcCe8JeeHIy41aHdMggxb5Wbve4Io719C8EcS8eHhGD0Usr-54kXfORoIasOP-D4xf-gD2ggXp-evvgIpmkzttjstHmAYBkuEsBxwF8/s320/P7180098.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361386762025676258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">That evening, Sarah hosted for us a braai with some friends from Zim.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here we are with our friend from Gweru, Yvonne (Steyn) Turner,</div><div style="text-align: center;">with her British husband, Dean.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjp0X2xaUBNbAwcAk7s7o939uFMGEyB-MgRGwyd5BCIsrpUrIJwB7LFu1lToocVdtBCbctilWEwuu2mQ1noIBKKGk3GIS5eY8_wOENpeyJwdk9pyZuheZgnW8bSCLWcW2Nji5eR6k0mxJ/s1600-h/P7180100.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjp0X2xaUBNbAwcAk7s7o939uFMGEyB-MgRGwyd5BCIsrpUrIJwB7LFu1lToocVdtBCbctilWEwuu2mQ1noIBKKGk3GIS5eY8_wOENpeyJwdk9pyZuheZgnW8bSCLWcW2Nji5eR6k0mxJ/s320/P7180100.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361386752066636738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here we are with Bradley Deysel. He is a cousin... which doesn't actually mean that he is Dave's cousin... I think there is a relation, but being a 'cousin' is more of a status.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2cMN8wJUHvj67OTnH-AOXESfMOy7iAF39-_Y7Qc6M9gtU8eDWSXUnWzwODz4R6ooBiCoEeJEqm0x_5FyRiw0W1nkH9zRUZ0X8UmFY2cIBlkXt8Fe1qIV0V4QoCPH6eIc_HnCJwvvPOg/s1600-h/P7180101.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh2cMN8wJUHvj67OTnH-AOXESfMOy7iAF39-_Y7Qc6M9gtU8eDWSXUnWzwODz4R6ooBiCoEeJEqm0x_5FyRiw0W1nkH9zRUZ0X8UmFY2cIBlkXt8Fe1qIV0V4QoCPH6eIc_HnCJwvvPOg/s320/P7180101.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361386748351431714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>We were so thankful to Sarah for having our friends over (they are Dave and Sarah's friends as well). We really had a fantastic time reliving past escapades.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0BOidpqYnAnqIMsRBmdQccu8xLmxLMN7onYUEK11GbFiAciOg68PPyBTCW7YZ53cHdstg-ppzsGYJNnQEGbadw56fC9a3XpHMeg4AovCDD15VJd8n68R71ywD48XshU1nFEydCRJAPE0/s1600-h/P7170049.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sunday, July 19, we all went to Dave and Sarah's church, New Life, in East Grinstead. We had a great time worshipping with that fellowship. Daniel had a great time in the crèche pushing around a baby-doll in her pram (stroller). After church we had a quick lunch of sandwiches and then napped, swam, had supper and chatted like crazy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Monday, July 20, Dave J was fortunate enough to attend the Lord's Cricket match. While he was away, we got ready to head out somewhere. We thought we would allow Joshua to decide between either going to Hever Castle, where they had jousting and other fun things like that, or going back to the Hundred Acre Wood and finding some more Winnie-the-Pooh sites.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Joshua declared loudly,"Well, that is no decision at all because 1. you know I love Winnie-the-Pooh and 2. I am all castled out!". So off we went to Hartfield and Ashdown Forest.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This time we were able to go into Pooh Corner where Joshua purchased "Now We Are Six" and a bookmark. We thought we were going to have to buy a 'My First Piglet' doll because Daniel grabbed hold of it and would not let it go for the longest time!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RQk0A2cnIjRrnjoA0KYYiS-5FyTxk9rZYN-Xl7ga_RBqayWmoAxG3YBzgFOHR9SoD8NWIi4hEmOY-g3Z-7TBhJCpgnfoBkxOJDU9dAM8r6AeuCpafCT-6YuLdrXyN0YHDgs2FenHS68/s1600-h/P7200102.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RQk0A2cnIjRrnjoA0KYYiS-5FyTxk9rZYN-Xl7ga_RBqayWmoAxG3YBzgFOHR9SoD8NWIi4hEmOY-g3Z-7TBhJCpgnfoBkxOJDU9dAM8r6AeuCpafCT-6YuLdrXyN0YHDgs2FenHS68/s320/P7200102.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361397121736751746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here we are in Galleon's Lap searching for all our favourite Winnie-the-Pooh sites.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHkQTW9IykAppfUi_aINVWdbKxcEyJfLIuTIZ6I1XxE15cASrGHs7tG7ehyT6sSJzBAVjd7FmOB4l5Heu2OGHx99yENaAikGQDYBWnqRWt8mQ4WPDrHDy_KzR4ZJA2r7eBw5tvijdYe0/s1600-h/P7200103.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHkQTW9IykAppfUi_aINVWdbKxcEyJfLIuTIZ6I1XxE15cASrGHs7tG7ehyT6sSJzBAVjd7FmOB4l5Heu2OGHx99yENaAikGQDYBWnqRWt8mQ4WPDrHDy_KzR4ZJA2r7eBw5tvijdYe0/s320/P7200103.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361397115292165314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We think we found the 'Heffelump Trap'.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ83W4454wSDkcVvzxxEHtb2r530rfvBRKv55LAiqexHrWGVqV39Ux9WaMr-uY3Sk8Dg9zbE0huuF4eNgNxADBcFHFmHrXA9HgN6uQBdY8IWUbrAd2B4u38V7Kj90VDrhT1yVtrDhtg2I/s1600-h/P7200105.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ83W4454wSDkcVvzxxEHtb2r530rfvBRKv55LAiqexHrWGVqV39Ux9WaMr-uY3Sk8Dg9zbE0huuF4eNgNxADBcFHFmHrXA9HgN6uQBdY8IWUbrAd2B4u38V7Kj90VDrhT1yVtrDhtg2I/s320/P7200105.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361397106847261906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dave, Sarah and Daniel J met up with us at this point, which made Joshua excited!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhSWKcvuNlDAxZCSKs7PM9WYgJsG8-U2-_Ko5oJ0fs9iJE0sEmzcbgjiySZGA2_AtsRHUjjk9Z1qZx8R0ayQKuHB4olc3J5L1vHgYOqfaCVjadAAytgG3VCRLTouKMZCLmkRjwT7px84/s1600-h/P7200106.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhSWKcvuNlDAxZCSKs7PM9WYgJsG8-U2-_Ko5oJ0fs9iJE0sEmzcbgjiySZGA2_AtsRHUjjk9Z1qZx8R0ayQKuHB4olc3J5L1vHgYOqfaCVjadAAytgG3VCRLTouKMZCLmkRjwT7px84/s320/P7200106.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361395914220293714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua was the first to find the 'Enchanted Place'.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRZG2kUiZKhDelzMxMxR-jHGwL8_WBCvsB2-uLVnKK3LMcNnAKPCliWsZxVtbzLOrmeRHJtoXldp_UBP4nQqAN_vmyPEXW-yP4BgHTVIw3cacCPDIiOPk8s3nZI-R1c2x0pt8NJXxgN0/s1600-h/P7200107.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRZG2kUiZKhDelzMxMxR-jHGwL8_WBCvsB2-uLVnKK3LMcNnAKPCliWsZxVtbzLOrmeRHJtoXldp_UBP4nQqAN_vmyPEXW-yP4BgHTVIw3cacCPDIiOPk8s3nZI-R1c2x0pt8NJXxgN0/s320/P7200107.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361395907151801650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXx48DENTgy55F7PvJff_y94JFo9t5OhCgo6LCUtLnmSFxrutiK7fCboteTCdS33xzfr8M2aFJHpZU_pn_ozHDLIx9p55rLo-SF57Ir6P3YG0uYeezTC2pXTXM_zAmqvQTVx0BWCTwC6c/s1600-h/P7200108.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXx48DENTgy55F7PvJff_y94JFo9t5OhCgo6LCUtLnmSFxrutiK7fCboteTCdS33xzfr8M2aFJHpZU_pn_ozHDLIx9p55rLo-SF57Ir6P3YG0uYeezTC2pXTXM_zAmqvQTVx0BWCTwC6c/s320/P7200108.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361395899688770242" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is the view one will see while standing in the 'Enchanted Place', minus the Daniel.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5HMTncmUy9giAsPwbJrxTXLkXKUg-C9vo_wtPgAQG2RGLAbvr63AA4zP0yqo_GUKWDH_tmOxeShoU2ZuJvvJjfhIaAVuIjCtlqr92FJkSNqbgfFFyc5AW8E_HSI98fXpdj4Uje4BJRs/s1600-h/P7200109.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje5HMTncmUy9giAsPwbJrxTXLkXKUg-C9vo_wtPgAQG2RGLAbvr63AA4zP0yqo_GUKWDH_tmOxeShoU2ZuJvvJjfhIaAVuIjCtlqr92FJkSNqbgfFFyc5AW8E_HSI98fXpdj4Uje4BJRs/s320/P7200109.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361395896556612658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A funny little man and his dog came to visit the 'Enchanted Place' while we were there.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gEdah-tvmVBb7mFhwH7NHw6037G0kyBxmQjq62Boi4KQ8uYX-5QaoQ_AKHhrs3692uRwRBwm_oAdU3K9a_5t3auBXwLTh21vb2PvGNHYwrWSTfw5Du-tzyl2k3ryTmI1nQ48TyF47q4/s1600-h/P7200110.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gEdah-tvmVBb7mFhwH7NHw6037G0kyBxmQjq62Boi4KQ8uYX-5QaoQ_AKHhrs3692uRwRBwm_oAdU3K9a_5t3auBXwLTh21vb2PvGNHYwrWSTfw5Du-tzyl2k3ryTmI1nQ48TyF47q4/s320/P7200110.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361395888349409490" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel H. was "enchanted" by the dog.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHysmGcqtUvCuxSCkPYB8jv9FfYjVxrKXKDAK5hN3qIhfewETxX9I-JX2q8Ne5zi5AuuVuTJnVTz9ImgFCERrX8KUSeQWqvW1K4bEdBBKs5JUYVPIs2-UZ2k6NgKrpVjhg67G3GTEocdY/s1600-h/P7200112.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHysmGcqtUvCuxSCkPYB8jv9FfYjVxrKXKDAK5hN3qIhfewETxX9I-JX2q8Ne5zi5AuuVuTJnVTz9ImgFCERrX8KUSeQWqvW1K4bEdBBKs5JUYVPIs2-UZ2k6NgKrpVjhg67G3GTEocdY/s320/P7200112.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361394332089772162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua thinks this would be the best place to come and read if he lived near the 100 acre wood.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCAWjZTobA6VOsFRDwkJXLjU2jsYHjAxPtXYvG-IDr8-_v4LKe4Z8yBixEPPofl1BAleK3gLww7MHrNdWonEMPaydElAKDmBh69Rgh4D-I83LhojsZGF6ibnRPfKxcc13w7RRfxaOXd4/s1600-h/P7200113.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBCAWjZTobA6VOsFRDwkJXLjU2jsYHjAxPtXYvG-IDr8-_v4LKe4Z8yBixEPPofl1BAleK3gLww7MHrNdWonEMPaydElAKDmBh69Rgh4D-I83LhojsZGF6ibnRPfKxcc13w7RRfxaOXd4/s320/P7200113.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361394329421276034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">He likes to read. He also likes Pooh.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTZMWIhm_XFfa8yU0CKADTi3WVtW23sgrVpEiDi3wWEY_N1IaTefh7y0p_1Qko0LKkWAWH0kXf7nPQuyYLsH1cZKOq5X1Mp3EhLtOE2Xpp8YA5bfcpOuGw_uKU31Pdv9xCvt1Hw52n6I/s1600-h/P7200116_2.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwTZMWIhm_XFfa8yU0CKADTi3WVtW23sgrVpEiDi3wWEY_N1IaTefh7y0p_1Qko0LKkWAWH0kXf7nPQuyYLsH1cZKOq5X1Mp3EhLtOE2Xpp8YA5bfcpOuGw_uKU31Pdv9xCvt1Hw52n6I/s320/P7200116_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361394320450252994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We found Rabbit's Sandypit.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEEzAOFslUSZk6VJKsUSbUyWjRw5TVmRajXRcbrZdd_Hm1fHCKdSkWVCUzD4EHKQ6eHclI27Q-jmHFGQB2sCQdU-5nEOCSDbOQaF4hxw4ooXjyCjobvGWK8qUUZNTUE434Ycm0lg_Hg3g/s1600-h/P7200118.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEEzAOFslUSZk6VJKsUSbUyWjRw5TVmRajXRcbrZdd_Hm1fHCKdSkWVCUzD4EHKQ6eHclI27Q-jmHFGQB2sCQdU-5nEOCSDbOQaF4hxw4ooXjyCjobvGWK8qUUZNTUE434Ycm0lg_Hg3g/s320/P7200118.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361394317076268930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>We left the 100 acre wood and headed back to Dave and Sarah's for a super-fast meat pie supper before heading to Yateley, a small town to the west of London. Yateley is the town where our good friend, Ross Grey lives with his wife Hillary and their baby son, Jude.
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFz4xJVB3ASZplcWkZ7jLV-p6J2emIhjseSyORs68fb91cKvWAWqP0Di_L6o3uyQuV__JXX2JFgmtjLC7nkAmB81Z_xBDv2hgIw_orqL46RbJlji3hTYXTU2-PheY-Oqcpj0w5l2cYzw/s1600-h/P7200120.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIFz4xJVB3ASZplcWkZ7jLV-p6J2emIhjseSyORs68fb91cKvWAWqP0Di_L6o3uyQuV__JXX2JFgmtjLC7nkAmB81Z_xBDv2hgIw_orqL46RbJlji3hTYXTU2-PheY-Oqcpj0w5l2cYzw/s320/P7200120.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361394309694660770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>Ross is also a Zimbo. We left his place late and got back to Copthorne even later.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tuesday, July 21, we had to say good-bye to the Jenkins and travelled up to Newcastle. We broke up the trip by stopping in Rotherham at the Magna Science Adventure Centre. It was an amazing place with interactive exhibits based on the four elements: earth, water, fire, and air. We had two good hours there before closing time and then we went the rest of the way back to Newcastle. The Angel of the North is always a welcome site after a long journey away from Newcastle.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOy9sXScNrmTrOk0hpbXkmixKlbw8pftVUNQiIxeOwzKVcpY9n-oWZPvzfLf3MToYaq6yfzQ2N2OO4Z-_T3vH0Znn30mPQqP8o1Ni2v-UzqjYaSCZXVxY28k9XzP136IC3CMAIo3cZNPI/s1600-h/P7210121.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOy9sXScNrmTrOk0hpbXkmixKlbw8pftVUNQiIxeOwzKVcpY9n-oWZPvzfLf3MToYaq6yfzQ2N2OO4Z-_T3vH0Znn30mPQqP8o1Ni2v-UzqjYaSCZXVxY28k9XzP136IC3CMAIo3cZNPI/s320/P7210121.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361408122027606130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>That evening we unpacked and then blobbed out for the rest of the time. Right before bed Dave took his bilharzia medicine that Doc Jenkins had brought him from Zimbabwe. It is nasty stuff and has to be taken all in one go so it's best to take it at bed time.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RQk0A2cnIjRrnjoA0KYYiS-5FyTxk9rZYN-Xl7ga_RBqayWmoAxG3YBzgFOHR9SoD8NWIi4hEmOY-g3Z-7TBhJCpgnfoBkxOJDU9dAM8r6AeuCpafCT-6YuLdrXyN0YHDgs2FenHS68/s1600-h/P7200102.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Wednesday, July 22, Dave spent the whole of the day recovering from his 'killing of the worms' while Amy blogged, Daniel slept, and Joshua chatted Gog's ear off about not knowing the password to his computer.</div>The Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047377961349994077.post-31546869603890845112009-07-11T05:39:00.026-05:002018-04-18T06:22:15.545-05:00July 11, 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEkey0VEZUWheWqAqesILZHsXsaQJehCzgtcyqhMaS3YYV0TmRwjshm5wjX2lKkEtpCDM53om6DxAEtrHTVo-67m7XNELPU51gJ6GUF9Ef6QcK7SM8ZNmVF39CYkQwy-99JjiMtFND3A/s1600-h/P7100094.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">While we were with Dave, Sarah, and Daniel Jenkins, we noticed that Daniel H kept watching Daniel J walk around. Daniel H was finding this 'walking' thing to be most intriguing. It wasn't too long that he began to show us his own skills at the game. I suppose he did not want to be out-done by another Daniel. Since then he has mainly been walking. It's is all he appears to want to do. Dave reckons he walks like a duck since he sticks out his belly and pulls up his shoulders and flaps his arms a bit and waddles a little from side to side.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sunday, July 5, Dave, Amy, Joshua, Daniel, and Rob all went to the church just behind the house together. We had a fun time singing and praising and fellowshipping and hearing the word of the Lord. During the songs Joshua and Amy were called up to help with the motions to a few songs. Daniel, not wanting to be left out, walked up to the front during this time and began to loudly sing and clap his hands and dance around. The congregation found this most enjoyable and asked us to continue with more songs in order for them to watch more of Daniel's celebration. When service was over the leaders made arrangement with Dave for him to preach on the 26th and then we were soon on our way home.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">That afternoon we watched Wimbledon for a while and then Rob and Dave went up to the allotment with Gramps for several hours. The plan was for us all to later have a braai there, but the weather looked a bit dubious so the men came back to the house for food. Good thing they did too, because as soon as they walked in the door in started to rain. They did a good job of giving us an 'indoor braai'.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qLpZ-ZR6ZmmN2wYKUoASHMllvxe0Zfjuz6gLlywb4-P8bzZp1DlVBamTYlDJCatIoHncdt0wi_cGVBS30gmDaG6wqLCD5jW-ubhWJLTMbLAP4g4WQAfSqqejR_2qOPKrRkUJ-iXcovQ/s1600-h/P7050001.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qLpZ-ZR6ZmmN2wYKUoASHMllvxe0Zfjuz6gLlywb4-P8bzZp1DlVBamTYlDJCatIoHncdt0wi_cGVBS30gmDaG6wqLCD5jW-ubhWJLTMbLAP4g4WQAfSqqejR_2qOPKrRkUJ-iXcovQ/s320/P7050001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357156826899807250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>While they were preparing things, Mommy was having to answer a wonderful question. Joshua asked boldly, "Mom, how do babies happen? I mean, what all has to happen for them to be born?". Mommy tried to answer as non-descriptive as possible, "Well, part of the Daddy has to pair up with part of the Mommy and that is how a baby starts". "You mean the DNA?", Joshua knowingly asks. (Obviously, this boy is too clever for the simple answers). Then he goes on to say, "I want you to find me the best doctor in the whole entire world so he can explain everything to me and not leave out even the tiniest bit". YIKES!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Monday, July 6, we went first to Prudhoe Castle. It is located just west of Newcastle.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Begun between 1100 and 1120 to defend a strategic crossing of the River Tyne against Scottish invaders, Prudhoe Castle has been continuously occupied for over nine centuries. After two sieges during the 1170s - the Scots attackers reportedly declaring 'as long as Prudhoe stands, we shall never have peace' - the mighty stone keep and a great hall were added, followed in about 1300 by two strong towers. Passing from its original Umfraville owners to the powerful Percies in 1398, it was again updated with a fashionable new great hall. Even after its last military action against the Scots in 1640, Prudhoe's importance as the centre of a great landed estate continued. Early in the 19th century the Percies restored it, building a fine new manor house within its walls. All these developments are now vividly interpreted in a family-friendly exhibition including site finds, helping visitors to explore and understand the extensive remains of this formidable and long-lived fortress.</span></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfX1t5J89ruEdwoz5gRvUiOO4zlxOpa-lP2wwxs9QQml-5z_hrp7mBg7cVhriD7_eYYD0pwKM3Yra3U_XbHaBsGT1HgdpY8LaRhKhyphenhyphenHIZXWspsUQ8VVU-lpr42toSMm_KFYZC9Gb7qU4E/s1600-h/P7060002.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfX1t5J89ruEdwoz5gRvUiOO4zlxOpa-lP2wwxs9QQml-5z_hrp7mBg7cVhriD7_eYYD0pwKM3Yra3U_XbHaBsGT1HgdpY8LaRhKhyphenhyphenHIZXWspsUQ8VVU-lpr42toSMm_KFYZC9Gb7qU4E/s320/P7060002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357169424685668322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>We really liked Prudhoe. Hardly any people were there and it was in a quiet, peaceful place. The natural beauty was lovely to behold as were the castle ruins.
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx19S5HtyACs8iCqx-PT-2PgsUO9tyqeoZyiqYjQhO3OAwi1oYlCtoOElytSnYFoEKj8SocTL3ZhgwDruGiCF9jKqjhn1BuOGuKk2sGVh16hFlQ5yCHwF8r10ySKrwP7gbZ9cRwABqbtM/s1600-h/P7060008.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx19S5HtyACs8iCqx-PT-2PgsUO9tyqeoZyiqYjQhO3OAwi1oYlCtoOElytSnYFoEKj8SocTL3ZhgwDruGiCF9jKqjhn1BuOGuKk2sGVh16hFlQ5yCHwF8r10ySKrwP7gbZ9cRwABqbtM/s320/P7060008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357169420797661138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityke7NpKeQqKMdEcXLJdBxA-KRDnXTcan2eSCrwuBP6oqwa8uBYDA-bznqCRo4oNMpIMJn5qHGAYCDYQycQ3m7fkSM42y36RBt5Mp3k9Gq_tid5yD779kkZuqpI3OA5ADUdvwlH_Np0Y/s1600-h/P7060010.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEityke7NpKeQqKMdEcXLJdBxA-KRDnXTcan2eSCrwuBP6oqwa8uBYDA-bznqCRo4oNMpIMJn5qHGAYCDYQycQ3m7fkSM42y36RBt5Mp3k9Gq_tid5yD779kkZuqpI3OA5ADUdvwlH_Np0Y/s320/P7060010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357169414130332802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>We had a lot of fun building our own castles. It took much work, but not nearly as much as building a real one!
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnSwv9R1oftIIhYsptOBbquW-TBTX7mOdu3cibeyXaSGUvI0B1ZEi69uxrz3CvwwLeETVcdZ0vO45znxP8WqI47v7zDIMd00i2V1RNBUYZy87azNylpnTpoBymCRkIa1Lfq6-WUkqAVE/s1600-h/P7060015.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpnSwv9R1oftIIhYsptOBbquW-TBTX7mOdu3cibeyXaSGUvI0B1ZEi69uxrz3CvwwLeETVcdZ0vO45znxP8WqI47v7zDIMd00i2V1RNBUYZy87azNylpnTpoBymCRkIa1Lfq6-WUkqAVE/s320/P7060015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357169409583236482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua was incredibly proud of this one because it had toilets that he is happily showing us.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBIrS9up20P_SLKetd4AUy1s0EqvbW-FXZ3C7n4iz_ibBi5mnrdj9Gb1Je-jqOo-ZbsWHW04yrkzPPqt6PWp3c0lDkdNg1YSGGmXHGoRsBPtGKiSwiFcVDfLxvw6TFT8Nh7ZdsYay51c/s1600-h/P7060020.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitBIrS9up20P_SLKetd4AUy1s0EqvbW-FXZ3C7n4iz_ibBi5mnrdj9Gb1Je-jqOo-ZbsWHW04yrkzPPqt6PWp3c0lDkdNg1YSGGmXHGoRsBPtGKiSwiFcVDfLxvw6TFT8Nh7ZdsYay51c/s320/P7060020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357169406030570754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The red one was a beast and took all of our help, including Daniel's.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDu9W2dtzn22D75jMpF2YmDnrkIAkMZ9iVEeHXr7CcpqC1IjvJdZnWsk6Y1j-FDtuRqk1a9BxDCKZZXxH-EFTtary-x51s5PaDmlnpEq9WxNWCGb1DHQCrTAO-uSgc8YmG94lWUZrAgY8/s1600-h/P7060022.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDu9W2dtzn22D75jMpF2YmDnrkIAkMZ9iVEeHXr7CcpqC1IjvJdZnWsk6Y1j-FDtuRqk1a9BxDCKZZXxH-EFTtary-x51s5PaDmlnpEq9WxNWCGb1DHQCrTAO-uSgc8YmG94lWUZrAgY8/s320/P7060022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357167219761697026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_df9-xMvF8J4jRBzeraU6Hqz5l1Sb6SWWpicgWEd9DX0E6XlMgtfD-Gmp98qm4Hr-z2uK1uELM0jb_1NXhC_DWx4CfLLmf0u5oVh3CM4GHOhF_95r2lLjjec9EhggV-fLOfYPffKx18/s1600-h/P7060025.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_df9-xMvF8J4jRBzeraU6Hqz5l1Sb6SWWpicgWEd9DX0E6XlMgtfD-Gmp98qm4Hr-z2uK1uELM0jb_1NXhC_DWx4CfLLmf0u5oVh3CM4GHOhF_95r2lLjjec9EhggV-fLOfYPffKx18/s320/P7060025.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357167211863716146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>We walked out of Prudhoe starving, so we stayed in the car park long enough to have a picnic out of our car boot (trunk).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Our next place of choice was Aydon Castle.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">One of the finest and most unaltered examples of a 13th-century English manor house, Aydon Castle stands in a secluded woodland setting. It was originally built as an undefended residence, but almost immediately fortified on the outbreak of Anglo-Scottish warfare. Nevertheless it was pillaged and burnt by the Scots in 1315, seized by English rebels two years later, and again occupied by Scots in 1346. In the 18th century Aydon became a farmhouse, remaining so until 1966.</span></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEike-Tztvl8Sza49n9SoXSXf9CQ9qP22gO6G7UDcXKaVf140qH-RU14XtDHhv7FfgxYnlhLC02azca2KeJGlfJMAuXdFNgp45igrVh-O3QIX4zCMq-B0RxU_qbkSlTd76P4iZpL8TlwZjE/s1600-h/P7060031.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEike-Tztvl8Sza49n9SoXSXf9CQ9qP22gO6G7UDcXKaVf140qH-RU14XtDHhv7FfgxYnlhLC02azca2KeJGlfJMAuXdFNgp45igrVh-O3QIX4zCMq-B0RxU_qbkSlTd76P4iZpL8TlwZjE/s320/P7060031.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357167209705569026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>One thing Dave and Amy really enjoyed about Aydon was the inner courtyard just off the Lord's private wing.
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQVPGc8BItmLiLtEm0Acyhvfriyb38Y4MObDUrXsbKQGqJ218miXOoMoXs3T4N_9hd6Zr1B9kkBiglQJzDJgjnjp4VDYdQEswGR8oEr4va94BwiFBZkGZUXmIntx5OtY0EVCqNNFTuPk/s1600-h/P7060036.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQVPGc8BItmLiLtEm0Acyhvfriyb38Y4MObDUrXsbKQGqJ218miXOoMoXs3T4N_9hd6Zr1B9kkBiglQJzDJgjnjp4VDYdQEswGR8oEr4va94BwiFBZkGZUXmIntx5OtY0EVCqNNFTuPk/s320/P7060036.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357167202202905090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We read a big book of castles.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCHIAJP9JayKonQkkCNL-_wztjrhvLkIbwp_e3R-IN9xAfLBhmcYe1PVj9k7QxH2D_odCn2zvqH7PsqfVBvzIKT2B1_2TR_7ePzFrwKjkr9P2FgiZkAPRc0LwtXSMfwQJQG0wDd5wzcU/s1600-h/P7060037.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCHIAJP9JayKonQkkCNL-_wztjrhvLkIbwp_e3R-IN9xAfLBhmcYe1PVj9k7QxH2D_odCn2zvqH7PsqfVBvzIKT2B1_2TR_7ePzFrwKjkr9P2FgiZkAPRc0LwtXSMfwQJQG0wDd5wzcU/s320/P7060037.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357167196672335522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It was very big.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HutJjIhjejc4ePBIPSJtjg8RxXwDqsc1oMm_b8ndEwMa_u63OflmdJ2hQfnjyA-K2IOQ74QLuL1CpVaYkngjOJ8wtO-AVAFUU-J4aXl-w23pRVLv_0GmNGe_7-m-PjjSiAkVBWCF5xc/s1600-h/P7060038.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8HutJjIhjejc4ePBIPSJtjg8RxXwDqsc1oMm_b8ndEwMa_u63OflmdJ2hQfnjyA-K2IOQ74QLuL1CpVaYkngjOJ8wtO-AVAFUU-J4aXl-w23pRVLv_0GmNGe_7-m-PjjSiAkVBWCF5xc/s320/P7060038.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357165031383659266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is an early style cupboard. It is cut out of stone! There are holes indicating at one stage there were doors on it as well.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsojIzl-6GlfdS68O8xkpHIfjbE5wxW8aa0U3LRIz0sYfCX4UPwfMqqjw3BAvCAkKfaNgk3SmdEtIs8WCqiR1_HFgExSaAQcCSJ884GwJIY5E9IsbtOkuNnYPg7fivOKa3AILB0lPeC4/s1600-h/P7060042.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZsojIzl-6GlfdS68O8xkpHIfjbE5wxW8aa0U3LRIz0sYfCX4UPwfMqqjw3BAvCAkKfaNgk3SmdEtIs8WCqiR1_HFgExSaAQcCSJ884GwJIY5E9IsbtOkuNnYPg7fivOKa3AILB0lPeC4/s320/P7060042.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357165021805219426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>Next we drove from Aydon Castle over to Chester's Roman Fort. The drive was stunning with passes through several tiny, old villages.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p style="width: 400px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Chesters Roman Fort in Northumberland was built to guard the Roman bridge which carried Hadrian’s Wall over the River North Tyne. It has the best preserved remains of a cavalry fort in Britain. Explore the foundations of the headquarters building and amble through the well-preserved commandant’s house. Discover the complex of rooms in the bath house which offered customers hot, cold or steam baths. Restored to its Victorian glory, the highly distinctive on-site museum displays an amazing collection of Roman finds retrieved by the local antiquarian John Clayton. These include important early archaeological discoveries relating to the central section of the Wall.</span></p></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a dedication slab dating October 30, 221 AD.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQ7YdIoTEk5LIsy-4jYt_TAuOhYgQcl2wSNQLOKYiInRiqqHTmmEA7ScxM5TNaKr6d3NTowlAAbKWpZoLMChVsBdlzQ2wK9iybq1S_uicshrF0Yk7LF8nVgXbYV-XGRqhsvBXKt3i7jM/s1600-h/P7060052.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQ7YdIoTEk5LIsy-4jYt_TAuOhYgQcl2wSNQLOKYiInRiqqHTmmEA7ScxM5TNaKr6d3NTowlAAbKWpZoLMChVsBdlzQ2wK9iybq1S_uicshrF0Yk7LF8nVgXbYV-XGRqhsvBXKt3i7jM/s320/P7060052.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357165018049996354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is a leather sandle found at the site during excavation. I'm assuming it belonged to a man, yet it looked as if it would fit a woman.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7TxX4QPHv703YIj6byry0cHRXXSwEYIpjbKKlEzz49A7DdCipB4tA63GQt4Y2O6MX93AViZwhTe2s-ptgID7VR5s8h_WjWfBlGRWGcfb_l0DR1VggH6ehJAWnySg26w1ztTaOc80Gws/s1600-h/P7060053.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin7TxX4QPHv703YIj6byry0cHRXXSwEYIpjbKKlEzz49A7DdCipB4tA63GQt4Y2O6MX93AViZwhTe2s-ptgID7VR5s8h_WjWfBlGRWGcfb_l0DR1VggH6ehJAWnySg26w1ztTaOc80Gws/s320/P7060053.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357165012545597058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This was the Roman 'locker room' where they would disrobe before entering the baths.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho59GYPBlMbsmeWRxb_0k65j67w16CgmCvypNPI7uHDJZsZWv-2WMab3v1PJIrDMC9TKKFOxgFR8xjKkRqvbqxLyBef1AF2d3ZoPK4Uc8rM079_jQZZNpHacSDcKGfQQD5D6uYraxu9po/s1600-h/P7060055.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho59GYPBlMbsmeWRxb_0k65j67w16CgmCvypNPI7uHDJZsZWv-2WMab3v1PJIrDMC9TKKFOxgFR8xjKkRqvbqxLyBef1AF2d3ZoPK4Uc8rM079_jQZZNpHacSDcKGfQQD5D6uYraxu9po/s320/P7060055.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357165004463620402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We found an interesting looking slug.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99VP-pbJAc9aWCI9gEJ1HYeLF6NjkE7qSvE5RX1a6kDgAwp3kYHV86UirfD1ZW2CGpWb5N3AzRcKVjHE1TGBGNY9e24MFT4MQzsBqqmyyCBH_i8NnQIvvQhb2yU4nVoghOoqgoVeLes4/s1600-h/P7060057.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99VP-pbJAc9aWCI9gEJ1HYeLF6NjkE7qSvE5RX1a6kDgAwp3kYHV86UirfD1ZW2CGpWb5N3AzRcKVjHE1TGBGNY9e24MFT4MQzsBqqmyyCBH_i8NnQIvvQhb2yU4nVoghOoqgoVeLes4/s320/P7060057.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357163375889111058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dave and Joshua sat in one of the baths and tried to imagine they were Roman soldiers from 2000 years ago.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4GuXQd71-XSTdMXwlqaltfuOaXcoWd6LAqG_XiCKfApAL-Coiu5EwtRDQQ1Rfqj-YY4qqiQWVQfRu8sexNgF5Ny6Iz2_sN_pxhrVA6IQFCXz4MhdeoNePLNRbeRjhBmQrx3Zblg8o9Y/s1600-h/P7060058.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK4GuXQd71-XSTdMXwlqaltfuOaXcoWd6LAqG_XiCKfApAL-Coiu5EwtRDQQ1Rfqj-YY4qqiQWVQfRu8sexNgF5Ny6Iz2_sN_pxhrVA6IQFCXz4MhdeoNePLNRbeRjhBmQrx3Zblg8o9Y/s320/P7060058.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357163371238821634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">We also got to see a bit of Hadrian's wall. This was ordered to be built by Roman Emperor Hadrian in 122 BC and is 84 miles long; stretching along the north of England.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeeePtqgQ3g5B8UCnqcBaPr0mXJYz1GM5XRS2Yuh00ll7CACiN1Yzf9xTGMN3tmFendv_dHCepUn48Hv2dP2MMKRYe6CddVgaLTZJ929RhZ_IPwo1rIJnY08Yu_SbIoB_MYBJPARrLwc4/s1600-h/P7060060.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeeePtqgQ3g5B8UCnqcBaPr0mXJYz1GM5XRS2Yuh00ll7CACiN1Yzf9xTGMN3tmFendv_dHCepUn48Hv2dP2MMKRYe6CddVgaLTZJ929RhZ_IPwo1rIJnY08Yu_SbIoB_MYBJPARrLwc4/s320/P7060060.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357163363313526162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel had fun directing Daddy to the sites most interesting to a one year old.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispfzgGMhWa8Kp0M4q4iGq48J7echoc_OE55-G_M49Yj3Dj1vD8kKXTdDE49PkMZKJtr4i0YUqJz2ihZ7HdymeqZujA8xjCqZGLP90v_uSxOFlnBV1ihzufmvpbtLf4GVsUdoo3NObvSg/s1600-h/P7060063.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEispfzgGMhWa8Kp0M4q4iGq48J7echoc_OE55-G_M49Yj3Dj1vD8kKXTdDE49PkMZKJtr4i0YUqJz2ihZ7HdymeqZujA8xjCqZGLP90v_uSxOFlnBV1ihzufmvpbtLf4GVsUdoo3NObvSg/s320/P7060063.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357163361610963378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">As we were driving home, Daniel would occasionally protest about something. As this is not an uncommon occurrence, we didn't really pay much attention to it, but when we got home and opened the door we found that his car seat had slipped and he was close to dumping out of it!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnnhkWlKcAUQtAoyP1uv9Sojhi9UUeg9evZk16bajMY-2j76R8HNvpJ5KU_NCo-JIS7hpwLTMHPAqhtAAPwADbHR3Cn65XzlQ0JaImVHA91qZThJ-ELlKwh3JbFtQVkp_dhxsSQBPpo8/s1600-h/P7060066.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnnhkWlKcAUQtAoyP1uv9Sojhi9UUeg9evZk16bajMY-2j76R8HNvpJ5KU_NCo-JIS7hpwLTMHPAqhtAAPwADbHR3Cn65XzlQ0JaImVHA91qZThJ-ELlKwh3JbFtQVkp_dhxsSQBPpo8/s320/P7060066.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357163351048394418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>Tuesday, July 7, we went to Washington Old Hall. It is located in the south-east Newcastle area.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qLpZ-ZR6ZmmN2wYKUoASHMllvxe0Zfjuz6gLlywb4-P8bzZp1DlVBamTYlDJCatIoHncdt0wi_cGVBS30gmDaG6wqLCD5jW-ubhWJLTMbLAP4g4WQAfSqqejR_2qOPKrRkUJ-iXcovQ/s1600-h/P7050001.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As we were approaching our destination we reached the town of Washington. The sign read, "Welcome to the ORIGINAL Washington". I, as an American, found this humorous.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dave was impressed to find out that even George Washington was a Geordie! =)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0AGQyDYFURToDZ57rhMHY6-4vM_4KnP8tZbFFMjd7XBAl8UggcT0QkmLaF-_pdVCCLJYYfvjIsp7f16oqW7YyWTeTZsmCZANWmaKuV09Y2vCqEr9ryjASIFFD5jMTwsPFAvoxZeL9tOE/s1600-h/P7070069.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0AGQyDYFURToDZ57rhMHY6-4vM_4KnP8tZbFFMjd7XBAl8UggcT0QkmLaF-_pdVCCLJYYfvjIsp7f16oqW7YyWTeTZsmCZANWmaKuV09Y2vCqEr9ryjASIFFD5jMTwsPFAvoxZeL9tOE/s320/P7070069.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357191788861362738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Qnywwsl7ZCUT5x67LD5YKAxdYFOS4hgwNkQNA5-rqgf-YHCu0_M7giEzqWwhDkoDPrkLtdGeiPgtGG1nNtQ8tG56eMxnOtp-7BYAuA8HV_DK_wCdWFnFgnbvbqzDhRdR0iFmdlismQY/s1600-h/P7070072.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Qnywwsl7ZCUT5x67LD5YKAxdYFOS4hgwNkQNA5-rqgf-YHCu0_M7giEzqWwhDkoDPrkLtdGeiPgtGG1nNtQ8tG56eMxnOtp-7BYAuA8HV_DK_wCdWFnFgnbvbqzDhRdR0iFmdlismQY/s320/P7070072.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357191786158735250" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We enjoyed a few games of swing-tennis in the garden.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0n5mwUcHPPYlpmZ7yWGEF7HxEvsqOOwCm5PkBjQ5HuXcLtb1cPK_aKHzZTctTONpEz5SC3tJZiYe_LGnsNXZ8wdpjtR-0e9gC8o_Inxv1Ur4SV4agFP9B0P_myfNM3YJ2lzivBqiYU8/s1600-h/P7070075.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0n5mwUcHPPYlpmZ7yWGEF7HxEvsqOOwCm5PkBjQ5HuXcLtb1cPK_aKHzZTctTONpEz5SC3tJZiYe_LGnsNXZ8wdpjtR-0e9gC8o_Inxv1Ur4SV4agFP9B0P_myfNM3YJ2lzivBqiYU8/s320/P7070075.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357191781390365682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We found it pretty interesting that they had eagles there as well.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcIATecVoQ36KkJaTl-wYn9PBnv1ffGbgjw-vMLlYITFuzA0ng_VAIZXX4fW4XZTeKpSxQsSd9ICJON7LJHVnd4wPBYrE8Tq7du-0HocgSUa7k60yONmpB4Ebb5plyuVk4VJjwYbnVDk/s1600-h/P7070077.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcIATecVoQ36KkJaTl-wYn9PBnv1ffGbgjw-vMLlYITFuzA0ng_VAIZXX4fW4XZTeKpSxQsSd9ICJON7LJHVnd4wPBYrE8Tq7du-0HocgSUa7k60yONmpB4Ebb5plyuVk4VJjwYbnVDk/s320/P7070077.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357191771858703570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It wouldn't have been complete without a cherry tree.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDRy03NAx1czPW9cYfFN7MI_keEPXjuNSfck1G0NGddhQlrypod6VbW1k2Ekbwp-9A1GOT_AVavpRtGmI1lM_kyZapLL9hMmYAP4R9eWexlzVyY9vs0G0KMQgsQv10XS1SXFxbGh4z60Y/s1600-h/P7070078.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDRy03NAx1czPW9cYfFN7MI_keEPXjuNSfck1G0NGddhQlrypod6VbW1k2Ekbwp-9A1GOT_AVavpRtGmI1lM_kyZapLL9hMmYAP4R9eWexlzVyY9vs0G0KMQgsQv10XS1SXFxbGh4z60Y/s320/P7070078.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357190450631019234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZmfK2SIPLtqyXJ4IdVpx0ZIfQJL4KP0x4roSBJgJWzRcB2j7fhSidLUfo9xTb0ZAhaIGgTTm_QVptZ84Wugci5a-9Is1iPVZ4m2PX-_C2ir8wi0__ZS6e-XR_6nvaNfM8GrbZtnqLcA/s1600-h/P7070079.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguZmfK2SIPLtqyXJ4IdVpx0ZIfQJL4KP0x4roSBJgJWzRcB2j7fhSidLUfo9xTb0ZAhaIGgTTm_QVptZ84Wugci5a-9Is1iPVZ4m2PX-_C2ir8wi0__ZS6e-XR_6nvaNfM8GrbZtnqLcA/s320/P7070079.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357190445744939570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua and Dave found a neat tunnel leading to a fun nook under a huge tree.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9az3nr29Wx4nVfOUwQ4C5pjUN3kYzsR2HSNJsq26PB_ENMDli10oMIwm_FnjuSyZXl-4WQ6CJxnrDpSGYeFSq0lL2XdKmyrPsUKXHgMtjdpZSLYaBNRzKeLGdv_Q7iSfK_G8VUKg_tJQ/s1600-h/P7070081.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9az3nr29Wx4nVfOUwQ4C5pjUN3kYzsR2HSNJsq26PB_ENMDli10oMIwm_FnjuSyZXl-4WQ6CJxnrDpSGYeFSq0lL2XdKmyrPsUKXHgMtjdpZSLYaBNRzKeLGdv_Q7iSfK_G8VUKg_tJQ/s320/P7070081.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357190435358861362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This tree was planted in memorial of September 11, 2001.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZL-eGef_LSKJlzikBZkelKA5AKEgX0KO62kFzxfrTGuyavgwg5K3PkCncIRuiJkkyJjG0WB73G0uI0jwpXWOkVYeFyx5Xw8RM28ExA-L5VQ3kLt-hxn8PT7heY1DPgkyi7E3KnvPEWsk/s1600-h/P7070082.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZL-eGef_LSKJlzikBZkelKA5AKEgX0KO62kFzxfrTGuyavgwg5K3PkCncIRuiJkkyJjG0WB73G0uI0jwpXWOkVYeFyx5Xw8RM28ExA-L5VQ3kLt-hxn8PT7heY1DPgkyi7E3KnvPEWsk/s320/P7070082.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357190434251805010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We weren't allowed to take pics inside, but I wanted to show the size of the fireplace!!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-z4f2XwKXISHCKUCc-p2zNVOzyx2j_mWNLIwailxBwC38pKpx-6VOOLtnX4le-kyjZsOpPd4ubzGQkwrEFSboBbatkdoUJ0od-zuBYHuAS5Sf0eRXedFZuI4_Iy5tsQ-qWht_vnJtkg0/s1600-h/P7070083.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-z4f2XwKXISHCKUCc-p2zNVOzyx2j_mWNLIwailxBwC38pKpx-6VOOLtnX4le-kyjZsOpPd4ubzGQkwrEFSboBbatkdoUJ0od-zuBYHuAS5Sf0eRXedFZuI4_Iy5tsQ-qWht_vnJtkg0/s320/P7070083.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357190425101042018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>We left there and ran across a Matalan where we bought my dress and shoes and Joshua's shoes for the upcoming wedding of Ryan and Sally, Liz's daughter.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfX1t5J89ruEdwoz5gRvUiOO4zlxOpa-lP2wwxs9QQml-5z_hrp7mBg7cVhriD7_eYYD0pwKM3Yra3U_XbHaBsGT1HgdpY8LaRhKhyphenhyphenHIZXWspsUQ8VVU-lpr42toSMm_KFYZC9Gb7qU4E/s1600-h/P7060002.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After another parking lot picnic we headed for home and then lounged around for the rest of the evening.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Wednesday, July 8, we went to Warkworth Castle first. We had been there before, but we didn't go in that time, so we thought it would be nice to give it a visit.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlFSxeKYl1Ehu9LjDnQuxPXVXkBzZFSbEqfpFweP2mICBr9G4Uw3ovwhhLY0O14BkhYHWYiSZvlEqYqLn2AwBl4EtxljceOg9bvXR2DwrS2wMOg9cLbQ21TzAb5dS0LjTRygaXJDkqlg/s1600-h/P7080002.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlFSxeKYl1Ehu9LjDnQuxPXVXkBzZFSbEqfpFweP2mICBr9G4Uw3ovwhhLY0O14BkhYHWYiSZvlEqYqLn2AwBl4EtxljceOg9bvXR2DwrS2wMOg9cLbQ21TzAb5dS0LjTRygaXJDkqlg/s320/P7080002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357224696466706290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This passage went up behind the chimney of the great hall.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxNVdLLJwnm8HsUG0S8Rn_c_0XohKiEawcbocPrFdT8nCnEjRvEBeE2pKz3Urp6FEiTtKFwyj-Paz0RgKta9jRDp36u76Sc7_0UZg3VfMvNX0uDpIUVNwumPfbyAb76xiDDe2yATdnSs/s1600-h/P7080003.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtxNVdLLJwnm8HsUG0S8Rn_c_0XohKiEawcbocPrFdT8nCnEjRvEBeE2pKz3Urp6FEiTtKFwyj-Paz0RgKta9jRDp36u76Sc7_0UZg3VfMvNX0uDpIUVNwumPfbyAb76xiDDe2yATdnSs/s320/P7080003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357224297348345778" style="display: block; 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height: 240px; " /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh31syZKVklnTUIukfhy05RR_q3iD8GaTCdXrYv42Xo23amZUc5NF8WjsRYQF21C4xAhTnhYNCjxG3RSFykn3we2oTmF8hl8w0UddnRSFE5OsmzHsMTbEreQXHvXPBM40JOpqcPAnOGMc8/s320/P7080012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357224279946068226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /><div style="text-align: center;">...as well as occupied loos.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1Hk_CMTh6iPrWGbGRlYBTwLiXKgmz5bOLjkiesyLeovLhQjV4PQ4jiyu0v6DG7hcATSHQoju6TMFoEvlNMqy_P5aFPn5VqRyo5ITIQ_6v24bX4SpybzI8I_PokINsC60o9uhemqdth0/s1600-h/P7080013.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1Hk_CMTh6iPrWGbGRlYBTwLiXKgmz5bOLjkiesyLeovLhQjV4PQ4jiyu0v6DG7hcATSHQoju6TMFoEvlNMqy_P5aFPn5VqRyo5ITIQ_6v24bX4SpybzI8I_PokINsC60o9uhemqdth0/s1600-h/P7080013.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw1Hk_CMTh6iPrWGbGRlYBTwLiXKgmz5bOLjkiesyLeovLhQjV4PQ4jiyu0v6DG7hcATSHQoju6TMFoEvlNMqy_P5aFPn5VqRyo5ITIQ_6v24bX4SpybzI8I_PokINsC60o9uhemqdth0/s320/P7080013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357224278386036258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ndq_aV_r_VpN8Eap-OEH1v8M1b1d-0s1nboBr7vhdD53fFNgK6Pn9617_9XptnFmmUaK8_65a-ukNmjRaeyor-SSyevia8-8EhsLWA1sbJKFNWKJgt9y473DjfrddpQn-5QyDTrhV8c/s1600-h/P7080014.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0ndq_aV_r_VpN8Eap-OEH1v8M1b1d-0s1nboBr7vhdD53fFNgK6Pn9617_9XptnFmmUaK8_65a-ukNmjRaeyor-SSyevia8-8EhsLWA1sbJKFNWKJgt9y473DjfrddpQn-5QyDTrhV8c/s320/P7080014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357224266690674066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This was the kitchen in the keep. Can you imagine cooking in these stoves?!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3FIQ76kPXPOoBfGecpMlMUvNGTeBSmhJ2DuwpI9sGPVa35ozKG-gnYJAxJV9SEfjcU4-2XQ1fxZkXTUaryjnWImwRe-R-4vcUppY2T5F7lDweDzwlA-kS4mXeqgEEjTon-7aeawx1z0/s1600-h/P7080018.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3FIQ76kPXPOoBfGecpMlMUvNGTeBSmhJ2DuwpI9sGPVa35ozKG-gnYJAxJV9SEfjcU4-2XQ1fxZkXTUaryjnWImwRe-R-4vcUppY2T5F7lDweDzwlA-kS4mXeqgEEjTon-7aeawx1z0/s320/P7080018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357220493408610706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua rolled down the keep hill.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibh1JmMJ7DCNM3sU88EydZw9NAH1yCvRBqgS3BZA_RLwBx8dDRFqsbo6WWQzMeAReYTnuCSMJ4TSqzDWa-dX8uOHc5kGlMdouhX_JqgwiEx2m42SxsHr2QDb8vZdu1r8IMLR7scshMADI/s1600-h/P7080022.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibh1JmMJ7DCNM3sU88EydZw9NAH1yCvRBqgS3BZA_RLwBx8dDRFqsbo6WWQzMeAReYTnuCSMJ4TSqzDWa-dX8uOHc5kGlMdouhX_JqgwiEx2m42SxsHr2QDb8vZdu1r8IMLR7scshMADI/s320/P7080022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357220485187215074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>We had a car picnic and then were soon on our way to Alnwick Castle.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(32, 32, 32); line-height: 17px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:14px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Alnwick Castle is the second largest inhabited castle in England, and has been the home of the Percys, Earls and Dukes of Northumberland since 1309, making this year the 700 year anniversary. The earliest mention of Alnwick Castle in the history books appears soon after 1096 when Yves de Vescy became baron of Alnwick and erected the earliest parts of the Castle. The Castle was first restored, primarily as a fortress, by the 1st Lord Percy of Alnwick in the early 1300's and portions of this restoration remain today, including the Abbot's Tower, the Middle Gateway and the Constable's Tower. Since then generations of Percys have continued to make their mark. During the late 17th century the Castle fell into decay until Elizabeth Seymour and her husband Hugh Smithson, later to become the first Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, took up the challenge and turned it into a family residence of "gothick" style with the help of architects such as Robert Adam and the landscape designer, Capability Brown. Algernon, Fourth Duke later replaced the 18th century "gothick", employing the architect Anthony Salvin. Since then modern comforts have been added, and Alnwick Castle was one of the first homes in the North East to have electricity. Run by a recently restored hydro electric system installed in 1889, there was enough power produced to run 100 electric lamps.</span></p></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwUAGUEtUw2HVeXz5mb2uE3sdS6n0WebjXQX2Qp9MfYzCxhYmOrmGh9b_QvOo9DFZ5n3IC_5YSm4sV0q8uCeD0fxo-hxinVuHuLrWmrtbAIAfq4zaMx-_fk4awbbqg57zLJgTpSk6IWo/s1600-h/P7080025.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUwUAGUEtUw2HVeXz5mb2uE3sdS6n0WebjXQX2Qp9MfYzCxhYmOrmGh9b_QvOo9DFZ5n3IC_5YSm4sV0q8uCeD0fxo-hxinVuHuLrWmrtbAIAfq4zaMx-_fk4awbbqg57zLJgTpSk6IWo/s320/P7080025.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357220481100880482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">There was a fun children's area, called 'The Knight's Quest', where we saw some really strange characters. </div><div style="text-align: center;">First, we witnessed a young lad becoming knighted.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SHpEOfa3zIVFuyD-OVXJ2R6rbfj2SyZ4NXBE1qoeRhZo-AZqeLstEqVKy0SB5i-ya7ZLf89uxAQzNCapnQp5M-mPXJ9oxfvcALPugJVn1F2eGqR5AclVOPKMR-xbzvjgNzRcriFoLiI/s320/P7080032.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357220456535349986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then, we ran into a mean looking knight that had captured a nasty scallion.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStCI7Oc2jXfrvAL5IxP-4TK4b_tsb7A7xvsn-sEkkA_iwnzBTjjzpKZcQp0X3tsIjUBuISRuSuSsnfEvK0WVRfH5qoijKAQjr7ZYDePl2EK_IvSHQWwzj-MMsJm6lrdX7cHCubB64WOU/s1600-h/P7080028.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiStCI7Oc2jXfrvAL5IxP-4TK4b_tsb7A7xvsn-sEkkA_iwnzBTjjzpKZcQp0X3tsIjUBuISRuSuSsnfEvK0WVRfH5qoijKAQjr7ZYDePl2EK_IvSHQWwzj-MMsJm6lrdX7cHCubB64WOU/s320/P7080028.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357220464346759218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We saw another poor knight that had his head cut off.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfCL_GalLGcNre15iVNhasiN7_wG501i2hH78HQlQmEjjqLmUL7ru38T1mwWMcYE6Eg2L27XP4K0wBJnt6JxcUWCsxjofKb4CshhkQDrohYNTOcUqtodO5vtnYVa2a-X227ue7_ZqrJg/s1600-h/P7080036.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqfCL_GalLGcNre15iVNhasiN7_wG501i2hH78HQlQmEjjqLmUL7ru38T1mwWMcYE6Eg2L27XP4K0wBJnt6JxcUWCsxjofKb4CshhkQDrohYNTOcUqtodO5vtnYVa2a-X227ue7_ZqrJg/s320/P7080036.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357218856604324162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua ran down the keep's hill.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejF5FgYYBP5Y7HRgHkCrCBuui2MBwT_LbNY1Myu86mg9_ReNjThG_gvp9CuBL_396qY76g2UNfdDodQHRJ6l0jfahrKYON_hGDA6KuIc1PQwPlucD71mOItSvbHiSHaEkGfH43j1o-n0/s1600-h/P7080040.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejF5FgYYBP5Y7HRgHkCrCBuui2MBwT_LbNY1Myu86mg9_ReNjThG_gvp9CuBL_396qY76g2UNfdDodQHRJ6l0jfahrKYON_hGDA6KuIc1PQwPlucD71mOItSvbHiSHaEkGfH43j1o-n0/s320/P7080040.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357218853914674866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Alnwick is rather big. If it looks familiar, you may be a Harry Potter fan. This was the location used for 'Hogwarts'.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKR0QCn7gI5zwwY0BYMigUZ7j2NCJRUE1Kvjf1tn0z3QxG0_VWMaGv3dvzW08bY-Gq7Qndv1DfqlVXU66SY98sVaHsREjCN7v5vpVU4W1SbMXhMHPTbIInzcLSj1QgAXHWdT8eHJbfqc/s1600-h/P7080043.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEKR0QCn7gI5zwwY0BYMigUZ7j2NCJRUE1Kvjf1tn0z3QxG0_VWMaGv3dvzW08bY-Gq7Qndv1DfqlVXU66SY98sVaHsREjCN7v5vpVU4W1SbMXhMHPTbIInzcLSj1QgAXHWdT8eHJbfqc/s320/P7080043.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357218848081951874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The guns were old.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6gVSLrrmQimN1O723gToZ6jiRlCGEMgxRzFXkXsssmaI0lxYuF98xtup3oHac0Zda7aQf3pJpI97d6Uq_QJf7jaEt98lIMFTgmtjFEFXJpvxrLlJmVoXpoTrykWjTZt9MXi6aXUcerY/s1600-h/P7080045.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx6gVSLrrmQimN1O723gToZ6jiRlCGEMgxRzFXkXsssmaI0lxYuF98xtup3oHac0Zda7aQf3pJpI97d6Uq_QJf7jaEt98lIMFTgmtjFEFXJpvxrLlJmVoXpoTrykWjTZt9MXi6aXUcerY/s320/P7080045.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357218818443731746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJWOlWpxDq-Jenl66O83dmrR59_a3k4QXfN8Rv2i-z_UjLSrIlhuvoLbfIsh_abhsE6MmURD38Ccq4ebNa6W-GiYd_Xv_1q_xYbBAscRF5vk4mWQ4NUZLaA6LE1DxC1A0GVgkltrolZbM/s1600-h/P7080046.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJWOlWpxDq-Jenl66O83dmrR59_a3k4QXfN8Rv2i-z_UjLSrIlhuvoLbfIsh_abhsE6MmURD38Ccq4ebNa6W-GiYd_Xv_1q_xYbBAscRF5vk4mWQ4NUZLaA6LE1DxC1A0GVgkltrolZbM/s320/P7080046.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357218792574624402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is the bridge to the castle with the Alnwick lion on it.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDg1S-xBvVjQJhQa_skiuwdmn7am6amxTBZTO1jgXHwpQMJvF5oThjnn5HyR-ICRxGomR3NQcJ4rw4c5KlPUzgxkD4hwMP41NSGWh48IhsiNeo30x0kqSqTRnBbyfQTpK2LDi69IJJCg4/s1600-h/P7080051.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDg1S-xBvVjQJhQa_skiuwdmn7am6amxTBZTO1jgXHwpQMJvF5oThjnn5HyR-ICRxGomR3NQcJ4rw4c5KlPUzgxkD4hwMP41NSGWh48IhsiNeo30x0kqSqTRnBbyfQTpK2LDi69IJJCg4/s320/P7080051.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357217213670880274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua fought with Harry Hotspur.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0HbfqL62wkniUdzTvVdnmE30eq3x5INc8Hb0NnxIeVAfn6QA4aCuWof8QpIZAA3p-G-hVAI239czTfOQ6P2QeCeykxBwlDG9QH4s-w29rGSixggpAj0cUtcVIgWMYS1rRq-211O9KFmQ/s1600-h/P7080054.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0HbfqL62wkniUdzTvVdnmE30eq3x5INc8Hb0NnxIeVAfn6QA4aCuWof8QpIZAA3p-G-hVAI239czTfOQ6P2QeCeykxBwlDG9QH4s-w29rGSixggpAj0cUtcVIgWMYS1rRq-211O9KFmQ/s320/P7080054.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357217208736133682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel and Mommy enjoyed the flowers.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdQuGKEtQhngyhDErQ7nOptVFNXWMsPnrkIr8fQPcqKAQoXogB3qpIfEsCX6UEMa47jW3Z_Nfcgg76LCaKDX26kjRdGhNxbLab4Fe_lByvQnQF8D1CmN-t-oAfalSra-3dqnWo0RL_aw/s1600-h/P7080059.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdQuGKEtQhngyhDErQ7nOptVFNXWMsPnrkIr8fQPcqKAQoXogB3qpIfEsCX6UEMa47jW3Z_Nfcgg76LCaKDX26kjRdGhNxbLab4Fe_lByvQnQF8D1CmN-t-oAfalSra-3dqnWo0RL_aw/s320/P7080059.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357217196443262210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>On our way home, we spotted a truck advertising biltong on the side of the road. We quickly turned around to go get some, but the truck was already gone. We followed the road where the truck had been parked for a VERY LONG way until, finally, we came to a farm.
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGAofgk-30aZaLhfkrlksR0wo3leHf8YJj6ZtyAyp71QNCxI-5V3EASM82mBV2PKQVEwYpn-2a9k01HoeKUBpcPWk8wzlJMopuHLMx-QMeQQjiRvXvWHYTl70spDqSzQrtOUnx4ITjts/s1600-h/P7080060.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwGAofgk-30aZaLhfkrlksR0wo3leHf8YJj6ZtyAyp71QNCxI-5V3EASM82mBV2PKQVEwYpn-2a9k01HoeKUBpcPWk8wzlJMopuHLMx-QMeQQjiRvXvWHYTl70spDqSzQrtOUnx4ITjts/s320/P7080060.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357217194407691858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And there was the truck. So we went in and bought biltong from a British couple who had lived in Kansas for 15 years and learned all the homestyle beef-jerky ways.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPbnrnQ9rammSRegNyqPfaqllNGhjRi6s0VFWa4EwtyEMuv1iqHNulcgwYI5HMUqrSbvPAeWlI3wyxaDwHtOqQWghVuCjkf5pdOLa8dxRzv-oQ0JBQ1_gIlTlbzpYMpIBw_8TuF4yMK8/s1600-h/P7080061.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaPbnrnQ9rammSRegNyqPfaqllNGhjRi6s0VFWa4EwtyEMuv1iqHNulcgwYI5HMUqrSbvPAeWlI3wyxaDwHtOqQWghVuCjkf5pdOLa8dxRzv-oQ0JBQ1_gIlTlbzpYMpIBw_8TuF4yMK8/s320/P7080061.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357217185414726370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>That night we went home and had baps for supper and then Amy got a hankering for chocolate cake so Dave and Rob walked up to the store and we all had chocolate molten lava cake with vanilla ice cream.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0AGQyDYFURToDZ57rhMHY6-4vM_4KnP8tZbFFMjd7XBAl8UggcT0QkmLaF-_pdVCCLJYYfvjIsp7f16oqW7YyWTeTZsmCZANWmaKuV09Y2vCqEr9ryjASIFFD5jMTwsPFAvoxZeL9tOE/s1600-h/P7070069.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thursday, July 9, we went to the good old Mickey D's for lunch. However, they have things that our McDonald's does not. Dave and Amy had a yummy sweet chili chicken sandwich... very spicy... very yummy. After that we were on our way to the Tynemouth Castle and Priory.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Set in an almost impregnable position on a steep headland between the river and the North Sea, Tynemouth has always been as much a fortress as a religious site. Here stood a 7th-century Anglian monastery, burial place of Oswin, sainted King of Northumbria. After its destruction by Danish raiders, the present Benedictine priory was refounded on its site in c. 1090. The towering east end of the priory church, built in c. 1200 with slender lancet windows and soaring arches, still survives almost to its full height, dominating the headland. Beyond it stands a small but complete and exceptionally well-preserved chapel, with a rose window and an ornately sculpted roof vault. This was built in the mid-15th century as a chantry for the souls of the powerful Percy family, Earls of Northumberland. Enclosing both headland and monastery, and still surviving in part, were the strong walls which once made Tynemouth among the largest fortified areas in England, and an important bastion against the Scots. Probably begun by Edward I in 1296, they were strengthened and updated in the 15th century. Thus when the priory's 19 monks surrendered Tynemouth to Henry VIII in 1539, it was immediately adopted as a royal castle. Thereafter the fortress headland continued to play its centuries-old part in coastal defence, both against Napoleon and during the two World Wars. The restored magazine of its gun battery can be seen at weekends</span></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuI_G250nDGIjQULHElHEtLzcJQ-1jqoDyQaLhcWM9ui6E-x3ayIuOpg9EsPI7ghdMAcMi3YYQU3E5SXVcHB54VNr2lAfJzWXg2nD3tHFLd08-GUfjyAT9ViCah76qvNlRFeXI5gCU0ok/s1600-h/P7090063.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuI_G250nDGIjQULHElHEtLzcJQ-1jqoDyQaLhcWM9ui6E-x3ayIuOpg9EsPI7ghdMAcMi3YYQU3E5SXVcHB54VNr2lAfJzWXg2nD3tHFLd08-GUfjyAT9ViCah76qvNlRFeXI5gCU0ok/s320/P7090063.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357239809262242770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPJKqPfprPleGY2YqRGY74QZrj4RZrZzBsv8d2mykc8Rc41CVUAalEunYAbeDNneG2Xsri4UBkCZS2AdKftKuchDycrTRxd7Npwrby_FDEhxlH9ssHTVnlcTOI-E2NSpJPh6_2GFFezI/s1600-h/P7090065.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPJKqPfprPleGY2YqRGY74QZrj4RZrZzBsv8d2mykc8Rc41CVUAalEunYAbeDNneG2Xsri4UBkCZS2AdKftKuchDycrTRxd7Npwrby_FDEhxlH9ssHTVnlcTOI-E2NSpJPh6_2GFFezI/s320/P7090065.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357238821773521778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Vm6WLE6f_yGv1yaSF4dpcdqzL2veYt5_q9jXECdtAJM6eExZWzjrszTvWP0bKCKNW4EsV2uh-OoVbfBudLvp1keHJH-FRSBt6uym-ExHvU1c4Bi6L9a0vUNH9uC_2MrMfcNXtSE1_88/s1600-h/P7090067.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Vm6WLE6f_yGv1yaSF4dpcdqzL2veYt5_q9jXECdtAJM6eExZWzjrszTvWP0bKCKNW4EsV2uh-OoVbfBudLvp1keHJH-FRSBt6uym-ExHvU1c4Bi6L9a0vUNH9uC_2MrMfcNXtSE1_88/s320/P7090067.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357238819355912514" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJK1PHP3sEYS8EmnsVbQ6G8jswBW77qWPnnmse38rQOfotnW7UrjAQmF_ObGxonWjAHcwYaefMf9dGiVEMf7uxLHs9MkR0WjwVbUIeb73xGXyCb7n2PDcMMP57QlszrklSIrt4YUlUek/s1600-h/P7090073.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJK1PHP3sEYS8EmnsVbQ6G8jswBW77qWPnnmse38rQOfotnW7UrjAQmF_ObGxonWjAHcwYaefMf9dGiVEMf7uxLHs9MkR0WjwVbUIeb73xGXyCb7n2PDcMMP57QlszrklSIrt4YUlUek/s320/P7090073.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357238815813578818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibwCYl7FlvSzuxuzB9A1hyphenhyphen6hNRrE5_tBKwMa-4PSjrw-c6QYov9IFed2Ybi_PC2rlnfxK7rbaAEAvlsM2w3tITos-J5wdVmnChu3ltQ5njC2fgPw6XFfspttPww6J9QPrvZxanUur79s/s1600-h/P7090075.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhibwCYl7FlvSzuxuzB9A1hyphenhyphen6hNRrE5_tBKwMa-4PSjrw-c6QYov9IFed2Ybi_PC2rlnfxK7rbaAEAvlsM2w3tITos-J5wdVmnChu3ltQ5njC2fgPw6XFfspttPww6J9QPrvZxanUur79s/s320/P7090075.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357238807733949426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The chapel was still very much intact. We sang some songs in here... and Joshua yodelled.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0E4rOZiaYzFBb0TtLFD4YJxAf0uqAgzpU3jimVqiSTV8v65jC3eorhWdoVKyK4IVDBGb0QnjOYgs3H4pR4CWPCJYJAqwppez2_3FZS5DbBxDPghOKq3e1axKpKFRlRXWMxLNNzz8nwVM/s1600-h/P7090077.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0E4rOZiaYzFBb0TtLFD4YJxAf0uqAgzpU3jimVqiSTV8v65jC3eorhWdoVKyK4IVDBGb0QnjOYgs3H4pR4CWPCJYJAqwppez2_3FZS5DbBxDPghOKq3e1axKpKFRlRXWMxLNNzz8nwVM/s320/P7090077.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357238802636333058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLaskmMvK9X05TruyCZ95KScRRNJ6sNatMLvl0TfBzPI9mozGWxuVT7pbJ6WbdhmBd3keIif6N6zsFCINR4QBhqEmINCxvQZKJFvKNrjJJTyD-OpmaXn161mWw2sBHD3XQsdMOe6UqHMs/s1600-h/P7090079.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLaskmMvK9X05TruyCZ95KScRRNJ6sNatMLvl0TfBzPI9mozGWxuVT7pbJ6WbdhmBd3keIif6N6zsFCINR4QBhqEmINCxvQZKJFvKNrjJJTyD-OpmaXn161mWw2sBHD3XQsdMOe6UqHMs/s320/P7090079.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357237336955614178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The small part on the right is the chapel.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOIRzrIXBprpEy5qC55lQB5o7-_agbt8e-7xFVaCit74Q9cK-KlBas8FE9hJoqdDeucrleqw8jtYIYQIq1gE7CdvaCKnIziMDRFkKD9B2d5pWQ9-cPmLkeZWfkyFZ07yjHaAJV-IJqsg/s1600-h/P7090081.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOIRzrIXBprpEy5qC55lQB5o7-_agbt8e-7xFVaCit74Q9cK-KlBas8FE9hJoqdDeucrleqw8jtYIYQIq1gE7CdvaCKnIziMDRFkKD9B2d5pWQ9-cPmLkeZWfkyFZ07yjHaAJV-IJqsg/s320/P7090081.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357237334857286466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHZB7ZKe5fA1V9jMGbTSEOlaP1UO102B4Y8szseQCzSogqVHeuRjC9DL4tMKTptYWzuEvzjKobQ9Dj7sqcJKUcEBXadx16VM0V_bVeu27JWtaNgIqIjuZWVmMZ76h6AY_ws9X9Q7Xuv8/s1600-h/P7090086.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIHZB7ZKe5fA1V9jMGbTSEOlaP1UO102B4Y8szseQCzSogqVHeuRjC9DL4tMKTptYWzuEvzjKobQ9Dj7sqcJKUcEBXadx16VM0V_bVeu27JWtaNgIqIjuZWVmMZ76h6AY_ws9X9Q7Xuv8/s320/P7090086.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357237329731434002" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We were able to climb up to other levels in the keep.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNIxxSBDRKyj4ZbYclzRtKRSPVX69Fk5OFLjKrXM67jwlc9diX8Ybqw72efiqWRccS4w158uNDU-lBckJkgkZmiWkaUKFmy5NdH-V7XhXKzLvualiOiwMW3ogn_NV7J5HKxDvC0pXrwvI/s1600-h/P7090089.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNIxxSBDRKyj4ZbYclzRtKRSPVX69Fk5OFLjKrXM67jwlc9diX8Ybqw72efiqWRccS4w158uNDU-lBckJkgkZmiWkaUKFmy5NdH-V7XhXKzLvualiOiwMW3ogn_NV7J5HKxDvC0pXrwvI/s320/P7090089.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357237319391764898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>Our plan was to go from there to the Souter Lighthouse, but we realized too late that even though it looks close on the map, we would have to go far out of the way to cross the Tyne. Because of this we just decided to go to the Metro Centre in order to purchase Joshua's suit for the wedding. As we were walking through we found a stand selling sweeties; Joshua picked out a huge, pink marshmallow snake.
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzQ505cRge_8H2ZFqH4auyStlyHyVm3jWa2q8oXNWcZFPscPhpDERE11Hidu9C602mkCIOtEosqNhzq_Q5AxO33et99JIwmeIU6ooxVLJyrJk0zDLRdFMxaM42JtBq126SyM2NVboFNc/s1600-h/P7090092.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdzQ505cRge_8H2ZFqH4auyStlyHyVm3jWa2q8oXNWcZFPscPhpDERE11Hidu9C602mkCIOtEosqNhzq_Q5AxO33et99JIwmeIU6ooxVLJyrJk0zDLRdFMxaM42JtBq126SyM2NVboFNc/s320/P7090092.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357237311167848082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>Friday, July 10, we left quite early and went first to Housesteads Roman Fort about 40 minutes west of Newcastle.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDlFSxeKYl1Ehu9LjDnQuxPXVXkBzZFSbEqfpFweP2mICBr9G4Uw3ovwhhLY0O14BkhYHWYiSZvlEqYqLn2AwBl4EtxljceOg9bvXR2DwrS2wMOg9cLbQ21TzAb5dS0LjTRygaXJDkqlg/s1600-h/P7080002.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland Stands proud on a dramatic escarpment. Nowhere else will you find a sense of what life was like high up on the famous Roman frontier. On the edge of Hadrian’s empire and commanding breathtaking views, it is one of the most complete Roman forts in Britain.</span></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we got there we had to walk up to the site.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a long road... practically straight up!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEkey0VEZUWheWqAqesILZHsXsaQJehCzgtcyqhMaS3YYV0TmRwjshm5wjX2lKkEtpCDM53om6DxAEtrHTVo-67m7XNELPU51gJ6GUF9Ef6QcK7SM8ZNmVF39CYkQwy-99JjiMtFND3A/s1600-h/P7100094.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEkey0VEZUWheWqAqesILZHsXsaQJehCzgtcyqhMaS3YYV0TmRwjshm5wjX2lKkEtpCDM53om6DxAEtrHTVo-67m7XNELPU51gJ6GUF9Ef6QcK7SM8ZNmVF39CYkQwy-99JjiMtFND3A/s320/P7100094.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357257897639077922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua didn't seem phased by it, though, and ran up and down the thing more times than I can count.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbDAwmxeZq1CXgU7quSYUofa0r20xtMa3Stp_xZPZBMF1EVntxwRAezc1Z8DSrWkbmq_J6nHqMs4PIlWd9cGNhbsHCSuCmea_i_W3J8A7pn9q30e8v9W27joqf_frbPFY67Ivz2O4HuE/s1600-h/P7100095.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHbDAwmxeZq1CXgU7quSYUofa0r20xtMa3Stp_xZPZBMF1EVntxwRAezc1Z8DSrWkbmq_J6nHqMs4PIlWd9cGNhbsHCSuCmea_i_W3J8A7pn9q30e8v9W27joqf_frbPFY67Ivz2O4HuE/s320/P7100095.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357257887610475426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">The view from the top of the road was lovely, but we encounter a fierce Roman soldier.</span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Gs691ajx7gKP3ZJ6e5jdWBh1mE5ow23TROtWdjdJpLEGXSZ9_Uqxbwq0lN9tyNNkMOFCkAk30fLOyL0JfdSwtVxLTmbQBkDFUEmnNpVWLb5ufZBnR6ryOsHSiEkZxSNl_oeUgxV5O2w/s1600-h/P7100100.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Gs691ajx7gKP3ZJ6e5jdWBh1mE5ow23TROtWdjdJpLEGXSZ9_Uqxbwq0lN9tyNNkMOFCkAk30fLOyL0JfdSwtVxLTmbQBkDFUEmnNpVWLb5ufZBnR6ryOsHSiEkZxSNl_oeUgxV5O2w/s320/P7100100.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357257875175435762" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We knew not to mess with him... his eyes were wild!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0i-9zAxr_Qqdj0tpnvZ5pCtTOcKCXRj9Yh_ssMkFNJz5n7R0utYx4QlSKRPsUKAzj5QjT9h_JZApMhVm4R-VYMXfX-jrxyuU0Nu290zKEuvQBN7GegiWXHB3Mx7Bt2JcMJlColhgbJTQ/s1600-h/P7100101.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0i-9zAxr_Qqdj0tpnvZ5pCtTOcKCXRj9Yh_ssMkFNJz5n7R0utYx4QlSKRPsUKAzj5QjT9h_JZApMhVm4R-VYMXfX-jrxyuU0Nu290zKEuvQBN7GegiWXHB3Mx7Bt2JcMJlColhgbJTQ/s320/P7100101.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357256817441351938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We met another Roman soldier guarding the gate.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9R_9_-E-JvAE-KsJWTbI-bb1IfgdsVD0Rm0dPXc1NY1o3etYdp_KzpCDDSGoEAb7kjyVXS_L0baglw4FgzTrYfjOuecVyHYRSpxPXKNjJPHSEFmaw_Wqudngic-dT9Lx95ieZLqjyofc/s1600-h/P7100104.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9R_9_-E-JvAE-KsJWTbI-bb1IfgdsVD0Rm0dPXc1NY1o3etYdp_KzpCDDSGoEAb7kjyVXS_L0baglw4FgzTrYfjOuecVyHYRSpxPXKNjJPHSEFmaw_Wqudngic-dT9Lx95ieZLqjyofc/s320/P7100104.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357256810398846690" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is an example of Roman central heating.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypa5EJvltEJKQa0LUyJA16VbIyP0Rapt-Hrt-NqxSMOL6mWnXV6GQaKUb2H0eC-GkoWIO1xJ3iHplq3DCxRDMKn9Y6katwm2E4ypUUBmaJHdiJj61jMoTfyFkaM_ftfL8BMRukfwk9ks/s1600-h/P7100105.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypa5EJvltEJKQa0LUyJA16VbIyP0Rapt-Hrt-NqxSMOL6mWnXV6GQaKUb2H0eC-GkoWIO1xJ3iHplq3DCxRDMKn9Y6katwm2E4ypUUBmaJHdiJj61jMoTfyFkaM_ftfL8BMRukfwk9ks/s320/P7100105.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357256808710901074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAub8Rd4_dKe1hPDtJ_40GmvwnBpyCRHNYsfWGIZZOMnVnJwOQnB3eUPb5VE50LIlgS1bh4d3pDkfmsLYDLCYmS207tMGB9n8XcCTd2ilLVp2VXIf-h-SGP32R-fgoqzG_0kAzKoauxo/s1600-h/P7100106.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAub8Rd4_dKe1hPDtJ_40GmvwnBpyCRHNYsfWGIZZOMnVnJwOQnB3eUPb5VE50LIlgS1bh4d3pDkfmsLYDLCYmS207tMGB9n8XcCTd2ilLVp2VXIf-h-SGP32R-fgoqzG_0kAzKoauxo/s320/P7100106.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357256796824296898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daddy had to take a Roman soldier to go potty.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVvzAoHb8RiZfi2FVaXVFEdPRt6LM6_BC3jTV3i71e7vTDSmVFAnoPRl_vshI9wg4PdyM7KmZjTmvr7HfQpjONYnRQ3F_TGiFsF2gMD4kzMhB_aZ_q1C_E4wS0Or3p9hVKMNzJjy6EuI/s1600-h/P7100107.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqVvzAoHb8RiZfi2FVaXVFEdPRt6LM6_BC3jTV3i71e7vTDSmVFAnoPRl_vshI9wg4PdyM7KmZjTmvr7HfQpjONYnRQ3F_TGiFsF2gMD4kzMhB_aZ_q1C_E4wS0Or3p9hVKMNzJjy6EuI/s320/P7100107.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357256787763058850" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel kept Mommy entertained while they waited.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNR7T1fs0ZeLwq0hud8iDQ_YK7uxWlwce72QHxKsktVF7IURCIQ1S76r3rXwtirlPS7AbHzhm9Boaz_W8kz1_rn7gDL1aXBTS-EcasAQbUN2GqKXtWnfIrX2laMt1PmmSamYDIl3asPR4/s1600-h/P7100109.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNR7T1fs0ZeLwq0hud8iDQ_YK7uxWlwce72QHxKsktVF7IURCIQ1S76r3rXwtirlPS7AbHzhm9Boaz_W8kz1_rn7gDL1aXBTS-EcasAQbUN2GqKXtWnfIrX2laMt1PmmSamYDIl3asPR4/s320/P7100109.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357255215305432930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The fort was in a spectacular position.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNhVGtag5tVq7dKvHZTbreT12OqtE_b5p0iUPjum9XyYdjH_HXOALyNr2V4kfwmDueVVox8TXow0prpyQxst7GH_HR4n2UDBw-3m2NGWIMpryCEHYjnkQoRRhO_z0yq0zZDzwnJL0awzQ/s1600-h/P7100110.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNhVGtag5tVq7dKvHZTbreT12OqtE_b5p0iUPjum9XyYdjH_HXOALyNr2V4kfwmDueVVox8TXow0prpyQxst7GH_HR4n2UDBw-3m2NGWIMpryCEHYjnkQoRRhO_z0yq0zZDzwnJL0awzQ/s320/P7100110.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357255210810308834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Another Roman soldier jumped out of a tub and threatened us with our lives if we passed further.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjWsWhjKeWusy5xqR5Sws1GiuOADSpDed7WceyzHW1nXuv0XAz_1MfDk41iKHLFfLCh8DyPFc2BJTL6NtZwiXvsbQ17uPviDCL6AljSmDRRDB07wlL2sTKUq4BW4TDPyCIVtU80aqQdw/s1600-h/P7100114.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjWsWhjKeWusy5xqR5Sws1GiuOADSpDed7WceyzHW1nXuv0XAz_1MfDk41iKHLFfLCh8DyPFc2BJTL6NtZwiXvsbQ17uPviDCL6AljSmDRRDB07wlL2sTKUq4BW4TDPyCIVtU80aqQdw/s320/P7100114.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357255205622742786" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We got to see more of Hadrian's Wall. This time, it was quite a long piece.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQ5dCeUHYG0ro-SaIZu6aPrRlOWVUKM0MzTtKuG4rNcIZOKlGKutzlGE7-jZVIzqr4Y_U6_Owk2ESSUhnbUJIBP27hVMES6b4yfQ4uvlje3Lut8LekMqTkZaGPM8sGvrsMqBvqYvYSV0/s1600-h/P7100118.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQ5dCeUHYG0ro-SaIZu6aPrRlOWVUKM0MzTtKuG4rNcIZOKlGKutzlGE7-jZVIzqr4Y_U6_Owk2ESSUhnbUJIBP27hVMES6b4yfQ4uvlje3Lut8LekMqTkZaGPM8sGvrsMqBvqYvYSV0/s320/P7100118.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357255195310591618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This Roman soldier was doing such a good job of guarding Hadrian's Wall.</div><div style="text-align: center;">The whole time we were observing, he was running up and down the hill.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLt8fKMLsHAysFtEnDtq5ioVwoavq29c4T1coYak2Pm5QobwXZgddk4Ki8xW0jqzxIwyjFfAwsohCN5-7SXZgmKtwox5yH3aDZxJpxTofcqMQN-B2tnSn_zT2Y7aHL9-toEFyq2R0vyM/s1600-h/P7100120.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOLt8fKMLsHAysFtEnDtq5ioVwoavq29c4T1coYak2Pm5QobwXZgddk4Ki8xW0jqzxIwyjFfAwsohCN5-7SXZgmKtwox5yH3aDZxJpxTofcqMQN-B2tnSn_zT2Y7aHL9-toEFyq2R0vyM/s320/P7100120.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357255190695116034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The visitor centre had a small playground where Joshua had a spot of fun while we were leaving.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQ10f6A_TlEoWvVt01tDlPqdL-OYcs1HS0oJk9V9_f63nbwkGRPsfQ5N9lNliX8t-YWgFO_n8o3NKDNxj9FqgNL7fSCc8m-_uOjyCV5GFsnlgf9SOkCin0LINplLEZtBygUMsYZBbwds/s1600-h/P7100125.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioQ10f6A_TlEoWvVt01tDlPqdL-OYcs1HS0oJk9V9_f63nbwkGRPsfQ5N9lNliX8t-YWgFO_n8o3NKDNxj9FqgNL7fSCc8m-_uOjyCV5GFsnlgf9SOkCin0LINplLEZtBygUMsYZBbwds/s320/P7100125.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357253725962666898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>Our next stop was Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens.</span></span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12px;"><p style="width: 400px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens, in Northumberland has something for everyone, with a fine medieval castle, a Greek Revival villa and outstanding, plant-rich gardens to explore. Take in thirty acres of picturesque landscaping, including magnificent rhodedendorons, and see forever changing seasonal delights such as snowdrops, gorgeous summer blooms or golden leafy hues. Enter the magical and romantic Quarry Garden with ravines, pinnacles and sheer rock faces inspired by the quarries of Sicily. The Jacobean mansion ruins of the Castle are sure to impress, make sure you climb right to the top of the tower for spectacular views of the surrounding countryside. Belsay Hall itself is a Classical Greek Revival villa, centred around the amazing central two-storey ‘Pillar Hall’, wander the large unfurnished rooms and discover the stark architecture. Belsay’s Victorian tea room, situated in the old kitchen is the perfect mid-visit stop off. </span></p></span></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;">As soon as we got out of the car, we put Daniel down to have a walk-around. He took that opportunity to fill his diaper with goodies, using the car a leverage.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, fantasy;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVdSfXo8UXJRNfprZZn_Fz0J2kbuq0-dHAjDfZdmMFkMVDPF_rs_wy9t7KpcvKFWdGI1ArWeuvA40M1GNQXWhFeUh-AwGKvdWw0OBDA_brRCUjp_F95QSl5zORO8cKjUXhGlJ7mHxvsY/s1600-h/P7100126.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBVdSfXo8UXJRNfprZZn_Fz0J2kbuq0-dHAjDfZdmMFkMVDPF_rs_wy9t7KpcvKFWdGI1ArWeuvA40M1GNQXWhFeUh-AwGKvdWw0OBDA_brRCUjp_F95QSl5zORO8cKjUXhGlJ7mHxvsY/s320/P7100126.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357253723398385010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This was one of carriages used by the family living in Belsay Hall.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrBBRq5iAqyKViopLDsIDohEPsEYwDdpzSU483bHV8M6j4bvF5POzgyH9HMajZyOhze2pmnXJuySR5uZfABDAzVITdme6jONXbaLgWX1EUmdYEgM1baMfWGRbhvHNqC59KDaX18PDQTs/s1600-h/P7100130.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMrBBRq5iAqyKViopLDsIDohEPsEYwDdpzSU483bHV8M6j4bvF5POzgyH9HMajZyOhze2pmnXJuySR5uZfABDAzVITdme6jONXbaLgWX1EUmdYEgM1baMfWGRbhvHNqC59KDaX18PDQTs/s320/P7100130.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357253712364051682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the interior.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oRlQKAdJVHNfbtwt87wunqmFoFHv9RCkTCP1Z-1dgJtiAPgnED6jEDlHXaED0glfM-FyNNBdhVs76eI_D1LMe9SHqwzaky9GUHzTIiZoDXwqkD9-fFuds_5N1RrJntcbk2S2W3UsD3c/s1600-h/P7100131.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_oRlQKAdJVHNfbtwt87wunqmFoFHv9RCkTCP1Z-1dgJtiAPgnED6jEDlHXaED0glfM-FyNNBdhVs76eI_D1LMe9SHqwzaky9GUHzTIiZoDXwqkD9-fFuds_5N1RrJntcbk2S2W3UsD3c/s320/P7100131.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357253711223716354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the front of Belsay Hall.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWcCHmzfPy_xe5P6_Z4KqtRqm3GHc-FErnQvXjLuDc3xL_Uw3KI35_e8ipVypPoAuotDidFxv-Q_MyFY7g5xgvDSu9e14uOT9Ec5KFBzSaNQ28VXRVL7CR7JeGItscGYnIPWtYSKwd6E/s1600-h/P7100132.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmWcCHmzfPy_xe5P6_Z4KqtRqm3GHc-FErnQvXjLuDc3xL_Uw3KI35_e8ipVypPoAuotDidFxv-Q_MyFY7g5xgvDSu9e14uOT9Ec5KFBzSaNQ28VXRVL7CR7JeGItscGYnIPWtYSKwd6E/s320/P7100132.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357253707508913410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is the library combined drawing room.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgrD5PcvU0JfUtgJThL2ETBJUqn9fti-_9ftwxIma7Yfux0TrdrD70Osv-8UmDUK6Igw5Rudtm71VqQY5jMUAcN15V_CGSZi9-TTn46hVJtaELVJKCmUxjigjR-iPm-y-0AHc0twYjeE/s1600-h/P7100135.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMgrD5PcvU0JfUtgJThL2ETBJUqn9fti-_9ftwxIma7Yfux0TrdrD70Osv-8UmDUK6Igw5Rudtm71VqQY5jMUAcN15V_CGSZi9-TTn46hVJtaELVJKCmUxjigjR-iPm-y-0AHc0twYjeE/s320/P7100135.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357252186848093426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This was one of the wine cellars. It was so cold down there that one could see their breath.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQoZzGjGeLM8LSYhPVNJVlffm3WqxyXHebXIrsmPFhUicmaH5UMZ6KrYm2iviktdTzzOcOisA3fVRJP-DgJXdnWsQ5qiafJFT4MgmO5Gs808AM-tHYfTBVGxNYNGFqQQ3icMUYeRJbVKY/s1600-h/P7100137.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQoZzGjGeLM8LSYhPVNJVlffm3WqxyXHebXIrsmPFhUicmaH5UMZ6KrYm2iviktdTzzOcOisA3fVRJP-DgJXdnWsQ5qiafJFT4MgmO5Gs808AM-tHYfTBVGxNYNGFqQQ3icMUYeRJbVKY/s320/P7100137.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357252174283592754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This was above the great hall.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmaxvVNPiLc5lHg6jNrKNCfFQ9pKSuN6jT-pZ-p99f7pYEl0vj_xys2_q82OzoQlMj-63u0JyrBnbg_qx7MZgyXHO97EqS-FfJeOc03d_x9_r1TXiqjHnQLQsaoAWA3rT9VCcFKSI1KU/s1600-h/P7100138.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifmaxvVNPiLc5lHg6jNrKNCfFQ9pKSuN6jT-pZ-p99f7pYEl0vj_xys2_q82OzoQlMj-63u0JyrBnbg_qx7MZgyXHO97EqS-FfJeOc03d_x9_r1TXiqjHnQLQsaoAWA3rT9VCcFKSI1KU/s320/P7100138.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357252166825103746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgsXLyaAjbT2ebW2-e_5-XvFd2pVv6rJFC7hgcyDixhjb1GcKSAV1ftBb3H40R4lD95Z79vTYJ4t2UV9G4wvC8vjgH27S58cRacRIcAlnyaEJ1V0jiUFsU1DnGh5SKoORMMU8OGnlNLs/s1600-h/P7100140.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgsXLyaAjbT2ebW2-e_5-XvFd2pVv6rJFC7hgcyDixhjb1GcKSAV1ftBb3H40R4lD95Z79vTYJ4t2UV9G4wvC8vjgH27S58cRacRIcAlnyaEJ1V0jiUFsU1DnGh5SKoORMMU8OGnlNLs/s320/P7100140.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357252161701086050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">After walking through the house (my mother would have LOVED to see it), we walked through the extensive gardens.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just behind Joshua is a deep drop off.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrd6Owo3jsgV-jV5MuDg79_TkiQJH6ytWcEU0RLVx5KGrvD-ZKQ_04eOLLw9rJwPVKE56LY_sQv3EFPmg0OB4AXgTMKbRIzYfkzixHbM_0Q3LPdqVqXcuzwEU-oxi5kMSgoqorV71WBU/s1600-h/P7100141.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLrd6Owo3jsgV-jV5MuDg79_TkiQJH6ytWcEU0RLVx5KGrvD-ZKQ_04eOLLw9rJwPVKE56LY_sQv3EFPmg0OB4AXgTMKbRIzYfkzixHbM_0Q3LPdqVqXcuzwEU-oxi5kMSgoqorV71WBU/s320/P7100141.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357252157181375090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Joshua making a wish on a 'giant dandelion'.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1J-ckyxc5t1qXf6Y5d5_KlUsqN6RinpiLGno5BsA0HdnZr4J6Or4BKsmoX2ZWO71hlH157lpDWSyaWaQgUYm7AMqPPHIs9Jo83FAvaLBk3IlGBB4LzYoEhc_jegDdCNnDpzWklzee4GA/s1600-h/P7100143.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1J-ckyxc5t1qXf6Y5d5_KlUsqN6RinpiLGno5BsA0HdnZr4J6Or4BKsmoX2ZWO71hlH157lpDWSyaWaQgUYm7AMqPPHIs9Jo83FAvaLBk3IlGBB4LzYoEhc_jegDdCNnDpzWklzee4GA/s320/P7100143.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357250608042593922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">These flowers made me think very much of my Mom and wish that she were able to be there as well.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_THS6FwznB-qccgtek7jGMLfd8Mx1KDLTDx1CXwDPWC8EwVZU3UyiKe_gpgYjypjkoWfSyyVXPeIo7TQJBRobD6ltI3xlueKUGXss05qpniUWCMpdTNMKS4SKxwj426kvi1YiEc2PVX4/s1600-h/P7100144.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_THS6FwznB-qccgtek7jGMLfd8Mx1KDLTDx1CXwDPWC8EwVZU3UyiKe_gpgYjypjkoWfSyyVXPeIo7TQJBRobD6ltI3xlueKUGXss05qpniUWCMpdTNMKS4SKxwj426kvi1YiEc2PVX4/s320/P7100144.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357250603109899666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is a bowls/croquet green; two games we are very fond of.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UMeNWCLlPF6diKnDMRi5cXkCnZTz4wNMOIKE1m8ouNpKYZHos1gp30wPLxzHNSgwAV2QI_ToaPOsEOgNPMM2dkooxla9maL_GMYyPk1OZ-LZEy6x7xXJPMNEjC-uAdbDDu3RfmtnwUo/s1600-h/P7100145.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UMeNWCLlPF6diKnDMRi5cXkCnZTz4wNMOIKE1m8ouNpKYZHos1gp30wPLxzHNSgwAV2QI_ToaPOsEOgNPMM2dkooxla9maL_GMYyPk1OZ-LZEy6x7xXJPMNEjC-uAdbDDu3RfmtnwUo/s320/P7100145.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357250598790844066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This was only the beginning of our journey through the gardens from the Hall to the Castle.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrJ5PL2fR8t-x87aAjfYlUwDtPoDKvEllfXqYlVoMiNOqlkSzwwPpTGANq0Znb41wp6DsjteFoX1vZqqKGqb0qtfyU8-FidW4DQ_ZHQMjnxyWlQBAMp4zv-rJGn-AwP6VXeT1QlaDrGU/s1600-h/P7100146.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfrJ5PL2fR8t-x87aAjfYlUwDtPoDKvEllfXqYlVoMiNOqlkSzwwPpTGANq0Znb41wp6DsjteFoX1vZqqKGqb0qtfyU8-FidW4DQ_ZHQMjnxyWlQBAMp4zv-rJGn-AwP6VXeT1QlaDrGU/s320/P7100146.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357250592202331186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">David did a bit of rock climbing.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZPA52hpi_SdmcjnfcKos5bR6Pzd2SPTkhRoqvbZN8mNsOhIihKWy5NCdB7TKqHLhcO8YGytTVsC9aYhM88NFF0_8gVsM5D0qdQ-OLpW1_3BaMJv95Cimt9SmUYT-irX6-9xrhLFsAmg/s1600-h/P7100149.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZPA52hpi_SdmcjnfcKos5bR6Pzd2SPTkhRoqvbZN8mNsOhIihKWy5NCdB7TKqHLhcO8YGytTVsC9aYhM88NFF0_8gVsM5D0qdQ-OLpW1_3BaMJv95Cimt9SmUYT-irX6-9xrhLFsAmg/s320/P7100149.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357250586999060034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua and Dave hid under some 'giant lillypads'. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYykRXRa8EDAORq0gNhTZYWf4Pz2rcKrnttru4zkAZIWwCC4q7zp3M5CT79QHv2-q7tn6RimHEWMeKPc0nfAsAmSNNfKaSlFizMd-1GrYYf9IHA7jnq4F5VGlQjngOh5MJKT-E_pExjeM/s1600-h/P7100150.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYykRXRa8EDAORq0gNhTZYWf4Pz2rcKrnttru4zkAZIWwCC4q7zp3M5CT79QHv2-q7tn6RimHEWMeKPc0nfAsAmSNNfKaSlFizMd-1GrYYf9IHA7jnq4F5VGlQjngOh5MJKT-E_pExjeM/s320/P7100150.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357248846090132466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel took a nap while Mommy smelled the Magnolia trees.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_XEq2wps6RIv4E6fzBNJuoGlka629qHDOCNBdylcwFE7PYC8D6te-d8BWJ0SpxidOfHYAhrMErX-Yc9aSaj2zIQgmVd03mmdRyL-c0TLKGwCp4cxOvjY2TgQlU8CbbfncrJ-RaY-3fI/s1600-h/P7100153.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_XEq2wps6RIv4E6fzBNJuoGlka629qHDOCNBdylcwFE7PYC8D6te-d8BWJ0SpxidOfHYAhrMErX-Yc9aSaj2zIQgmVd03mmdRyL-c0TLKGwCp4cxOvjY2TgQlU8CbbfncrJ-RaY-3fI/s320/P7100153.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357248845067949730" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We just couldn't believe how big this place was... and really neat and naturally beautiful!!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVseJknTpg9ZBbzwg-nMS9cB0KYfcgOJnvWPVtQvnPDlEyFs_8xD_LqZ5U5HajDVRCyM4dGcpwhq93t4_h1rKr3Funo43XiFYNzmd54qrVFahc6iIGGYXQYCqKqRvTHg9edysdymVsBx4/s1600-h/P7100154.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVseJknTpg9ZBbzwg-nMS9cB0KYfcgOJnvWPVtQvnPDlEyFs_8xD_LqZ5U5HajDVRCyM4dGcpwhq93t4_h1rKr3Funo43XiFYNzmd54qrVFahc6iIGGYXQYCqKqRvTHg9edysdymVsBx4/s320/P7100154.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357248840332735586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">There were ferns everywhere.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Finally we came to the castle.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnTBVkG5uXsBNUQa3VZMG_UDhThVm_26Mrm4lAE9TQkTzvOqGrDEjvv6G8VMBeh3Pr7bqtc5qCOudibvieUMwFTk4xItbuNLKbSHuXXPsQXIJw-c6ZBe-p81fRRkPQzTKh1c5popVn_8/s1600-h/P7100155.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjnTBVkG5uXsBNUQa3VZMG_UDhThVm_26Mrm4lAE9TQkTzvOqGrDEjvv6G8VMBeh3Pr7bqtc5qCOudibvieUMwFTk4xItbuNLKbSHuXXPsQXIJw-c6ZBe-p81fRRkPQzTKh1c5popVn_8/s320/P7100155.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357248830037220370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">A servant boy was kind enough to put some wood in the stove for tea.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yg-T4Dj-UEfqdf8snvR6Wl-lCrz37bCDybLlKYNq69yerjk7RnHz9yAzG_A5wKeWvznwOBTx82kbcRt-PeA6sz67DB7NRza7DeQDrccc9nJeYE1mk7-FV4T3GkDeCEJ7JcyhttgLh0A/s1600-h/P7100156.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7yg-T4Dj-UEfqdf8snvR6Wl-lCrz37bCDybLlKYNq69yerjk7RnHz9yAzG_A5wKeWvznwOBTx82kbcRt-PeA6sz67DB7NRza7DeQDrccc9nJeYE1mk7-FV4T3GkDeCEJ7JcyhttgLh0A/s320/P7100156.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357248824976751554" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Unfortunately, the fireplace in our guest room was too high for us to be warmed by.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixJsm4U5qpYu2nHg4w310c02Zm22QgBBcExWNv4nPArXhXPr5kVbZvzDkJXu3Ckl5N0G29peoiiSknxS-UZJq2aqrDwn0SaeZuJoQXVBnRJIa8SRTAHIhDxfEtHlF4pZjk58G19i-ltQ/s1600-h/P7100157.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjixJsm4U5qpYu2nHg4w310c02Zm22QgBBcExWNv4nPArXhXPr5kVbZvzDkJXu3Ckl5N0G29peoiiSknxS-UZJq2aqrDwn0SaeZuJoQXVBnRJIa8SRTAHIhDxfEtHlF4pZjk58G19i-ltQ/s320/P7100157.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357245873850349234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This was an interesting stone feature we found near the wood shed.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVLyPVOti_NuOb5eyXSjBeWBs6gK0BvKn8JFQ1Lew3II4PQKwjn9rBqf30YdmATLbzNVI9RGONB6fhuEr5fYOsdvA_vLYlKSDhdGQPiGXbSiE0u1WvIUyZJd3AVthBCnqo1oR-SSmAnY/s1600-h/P7100158.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSVLyPVOti_NuOb5eyXSjBeWBs6gK0BvKn8JFQ1Lew3II4PQKwjn9rBqf30YdmATLbzNVI9RGONB6fhuEr5fYOsdvA_vLYlKSDhdGQPiGXbSiE0u1WvIUyZJd3AVthBCnqo1oR-SSmAnY/s320/P7100158.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357245867502687634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This is called Lucky Spot. It is a horse shaped chandelier designed by Stella McCartney made out of over 8000 Swarovski crystals.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCY9iD3UROxMcUqordN-jQxFUFXmCMWxCmS0_eLhKsjsOsxQeb02I0GIuT_GYZK_JJLolW1r-mPfESlEZl7sUOHkavO935NJTMWlsS6BL7-oa4u7kQ3j1br-f1bdKbgZa2x6TuaAlcx0k/s1600-h/P7100163.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCY9iD3UROxMcUqordN-jQxFUFXmCMWxCmS0_eLhKsjsOsxQeb02I0GIuT_GYZK_JJLolW1r-mPfESlEZl7sUOHkavO935NJTMWlsS6BL7-oa4u7kQ3j1br-f1bdKbgZa2x6TuaAlcx0k/s320/P7100163.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357245861713933010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua found a secret little nook with a window... we decided that if he lived in the castle that we would find him here regularly with a book in his hand.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3nhhZSDXH19Wx2XJU3z-lYADzyOMtWiG-EVSLd8iQ9aW4rdEkJ5z5qIuio58m_rbSjiaJvr_kKWAQVRmLqW6-r7m4bSLXbEVW5mUklvOyd-m1N_-crNP41RnueLPwOyqi_ZItUI8-h0/s1600-h/P7100166.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN3nhhZSDXH19Wx2XJU3z-lYADzyOMtWiG-EVSLd8iQ9aW4rdEkJ5z5qIuio58m_rbSjiaJvr_kKWAQVRmLqW6-r7m4bSLXbEVW5mUklvOyd-m1N_-crNP41RnueLPwOyqi_ZItUI8-h0/s320/P7100166.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357245855533571682" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This was our view of the castle as we were leaving. There are some people on the roof waving bye-bye to Daniel... can you see them? They look like ants.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjotO57eB72MxxVMisRDtUCh40fDO1O13JYKaGtBy673IJjGs-A_jB6m0E94bp000-T3czUaVghkj4ZWwGwQcEWgPsyDyH4JLGlzMt4A-PzmKwU3H5zDOBQT6sjNmTe_TemomF-JjPsE4w/s1600-h/P7100167.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjotO57eB72MxxVMisRDtUCh40fDO1O13JYKaGtBy673IJjGs-A_jB6m0E94bp000-T3czUaVghkj4ZWwGwQcEWgPsyDyH4JLGlzMt4A-PzmKwU3H5zDOBQT6sjNmTe_TemomF-JjPsE4w/s320/P7100167.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357245848758788082" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>We LOVED Belsay! One of our top spots for sure! After leaving here, with flower and chocy in hand, we went home satisfied from a great day.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuI_G250nDGIjQULHElHEtLzcJQ-1jqoDyQaLhcWM9ui6E-x3ayIuOpg9EsPI7ghdMAcMi3YYQU3E5SXVcHB54VNr2lAfJzWXg2nD3tHFLd08-GUfjyAT9ViCah76qvNlRFeXI5gCU0ok/s1600-h/P7090063.JPG"></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, -webkit-fantasy;">Saturday, July 11, we lounged all day. By 'lounging' I actually mean that David and Joshua got a hair cut, Daniel slept, Amy blogged, the boys came home, Daniel woke up, Amy did laundry, Joshua and Dave played video games, Daniel slept, Amy blogged, Joshua and Dave watched 'Chariots of Fire', Daniel woke up, Amy did laundry, Daniel went to sleep, Gramps came over for braai, we all watched the end of Gramps' movie and then some cricket while eating chicken, Dave shooed some mouthy girls away from the church, Rob and Gramps went to help, Daniel still slept, Amy blogged, Joshua and Dave played on Facebook, Amy did laundry.... hmmm... writing it down makes it sound like we had no fun.... but we did! Later we plan to go to ASDA to get some last minute items before heading down to the south of England again for a week or so. We leave pretty early in the morning... so good-night.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">
</span></span></div></div>The Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047377961349994077.post-71582319833505070582009-07-04T06:26:00.020-05:002018-04-18T06:22:15.605-05:00July 4, 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOn3xZqJGokmGfFD1Nseh2QAajMhq_lt0_h56CZomCR5Ise_s0as8dUFefORPiaVLcyccV1EnQiPKF1WdLADGlveKTwnwKM2fLK1XX9xA3Gn96u-cgSDY77zpJnRG7q0WnUsGC9zsnxa8/s1600-h/P7010244.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;">
</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUJmmDlB_E6lx8opKoBxklREfcgC2kOLMhfxxpvBAIo9kwg8qI-930iRsC0YEFTMg_gHoDax7duNlrDv_6fO0GWF2VaN-6TVCzQQxr4IA-wropBizHDKFihyphenhyphenxWmG3DTjPoBmoggEGD7U/s1600-h/P6280122.JPG"></a>Sunday, June 28, we were all very tired because Daniel had hardly slept the night before. He was teething which made his life and those around him very miserable. Yet even with his lack of sleep, it wasn't long before he was ready to go. He thought we were taking too long and decided to leave without us.<div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUJmmDlB_E6lx8opKoBxklREfcgC2kOLMhfxxpvBAIo9kwg8qI-930iRsC0YEFTMg_gHoDax7duNlrDv_6fO0GWF2VaN-6TVCzQQxr4IA-wropBizHDKFihyphenhyphenxWmG3DTjPoBmoggEGD7U/s1600-h/P6280122.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWUJmmDlB_E6lx8opKoBxklREfcgC2kOLMhfxxpvBAIo9kwg8qI-930iRsC0YEFTMg_gHoDax7duNlrDv_6fO0GWF2VaN-6TVCzQQxr4IA-wropBizHDKFihyphenhyphenxWmG3DTjPoBmoggEGD7U/s320/P6280122.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354571180469903426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>Our first stop was Creswell Crags. These caves have had some crazy discoveries in them as well as being reputed as Robin Hood's hideout.
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHvboi_kfiDGhyyq8IkWA_5thfk-xfWpKnP0oNRuaanIpDKz0odZzL-yyt-tU-k3JpH-PaFD64CePzd5AH9Wt2EIPjEPrTlzV0qVLYE_SA2iHkfboGC2FMVSN2ckJSN8ygAinK8KDhh0/s1600-h/P6280125.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSHvboi_kfiDGhyyq8IkWA_5thfk-xfWpKnP0oNRuaanIpDKz0odZzL-yyt-tU-k3JpH-PaFD64CePzd5AH9Wt2EIPjEPrTlzV0qVLYE_SA2iHkfboGC2FMVSN2ckJSN8ygAinK8KDhh0/s320/P6280125.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354571177205635026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-EnlBG5Kq0VVEHajeVi45MowseKhu1-USGhw2_HlNOW4LFErNYEjKedDASuSEWf4I-oqTKLgjsjEJPDTL3cP3eBihaiPfxd9JYp_fMIKAM3PthzDkNTEoOYAEGVHqCd3th8-cQd3v6Ks/s1600-h/P6280126.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-EnlBG5Kq0VVEHajeVi45MowseKhu1-USGhw2_HlNOW4LFErNYEjKedDASuSEWf4I-oqTKLgjsjEJPDTL3cP3eBihaiPfxd9JYp_fMIKAM3PthzDkNTEoOYAEGVHqCd3th8-cQd3v6Ks/s320/P6280126.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354571169902611122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Hyena skulls are among the things found in the caves.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9zeemAgqkEJ1Q0mhPmkhuJlpz13icNoeaDh0Jj41D2Fkg3vG-nFcNgq1fM-yq6gUEzPSuN0f8yAEu5oOAmxCO9J1tpXJVbgk3vZmaMho9_5U4M_Lc6WY3lZkMpsDigyBfv5UnZ5qUeU/s1600-h/P6280134.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW9zeemAgqkEJ1Q0mhPmkhuJlpz13icNoeaDh0Jj41D2Fkg3vG-nFcNgq1fM-yq6gUEzPSuN0f8yAEu5oOAmxCO9J1tpXJVbgk3vZmaMho9_5U4M_Lc6WY3lZkMpsDigyBfv5UnZ5qUeU/s320/P6280134.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354570645267731266" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This cave in particular was said to be Robin Hood's cave as arrow heads and other things leading to that conclusion have been found in it.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLGJYHbbHakZ5KjrR8RaZIlFX_zYBKT9-NYQOwnLWnRYD8EulWjwjoT-W2h149m9UBpCaveucljKvs2tY3O_rbcYfgtAHooR4Ily6pcYVj2YIeZ0nBgRV7Ws5LhbKWigdl9BoGBpBekc/s1600-h/P6280138.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLGJYHbbHakZ5KjrR8RaZIlFX_zYBKT9-NYQOwnLWnRYD8EulWjwjoT-W2h149m9UBpCaveucljKvs2tY3O_rbcYfgtAHooR4Ily6pcYVj2YIeZ0nBgRV7Ws5LhbKWigdl9BoGBpBekc/s320/P6280138.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354570639143779938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Say "Cheese"!!!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTxObJEZPYds1wfrjnjjCkm2vw0qOhzdzIPvXiaDvp4wX3Xw_i_mOhOvVotyiAjlplsx4-XK1B9Ltf52IDTCEcRmmCE2MBhErHLEvqxxyZcQopDhzwJTTcZwJQYbgGa4IFX9dEv61hNY/s1600-h/P6280144.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSTxObJEZPYds1wfrjnjjCkm2vw0qOhzdzIPvXiaDvp4wX3Xw_i_mOhOvVotyiAjlplsx4-XK1B9Ltf52IDTCEcRmmCE2MBhErHLEvqxxyZcQopDhzwJTTcZwJQYbgGa4IFX9dEv61hNY/s320/P6280144.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354570635295438994" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The Crags was just beautiful! I'm wondering if a scene from "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" was shot here.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Qsqxnp3fylzGjQyj3_IzKtch0VayOANfW2JdPlTQl2f4ABRP9Eeg2ysuvJHxWRFSr5o7wle7pPjPClQ7qE0IMSNpqhKeYsC6pyMzWBXepKJOzLxoIEp86lz4w_VuNobmrXy8y0ubBNA/s1600-h/P6280146.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2Qsqxnp3fylzGjQyj3_IzKtch0VayOANfW2JdPlTQl2f4ABRP9Eeg2ysuvJHxWRFSr5o7wle7pPjPClQ7qE0IMSNpqhKeYsC6pyMzWBXepKJOzLxoIEp86lz4w_VuNobmrXy8y0ubBNA/s320/P6280146.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354570630035753026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We observed two beautiful swans. One was a mother of some very young babies. I don't believe the mother enjoyed all the people getting close to her babies.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5mpagWbtYQfiI2Ye_9BnRbmYgPPitCUlmx-bCjUen8qA3ECQRzMNsAAXq_cxwtWBk5BtNVjBQqJ-wGfoXtzen5fWJ5_wjIscYp2FNDLvTNWd9a2nesA_mFz_i8o-p04FRMYt0si840s/s1600-h/P6280151.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz5mpagWbtYQfiI2Ye_9BnRbmYgPPitCUlmx-bCjUen8qA3ECQRzMNsAAXq_cxwtWBk5BtNVjBQqJ-wGfoXtzen5fWJ5_wjIscYp2FNDLvTNWd9a2nesA_mFz_i8o-p04FRMYt0si840s/s320/P6280151.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354570626377916130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">At the end of the path we found a lovely spot to have a picnic.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinbKr8tNYKkTbKbcosomnPmdkOvHtfimuDxk00IlsDsch_dWGMwiLKlkyB0KtfFmPkVGX1EBaNwzopZ430I1TdLOHWPrLagOFMaM0_uiAkWk4ljvtkvykCuItV9VO7BVLxZSiDTDeHO4/s320/P6280159.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354569979183187474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua and Daniel found a fun log to play in. I wish I had one of these logs; it kept the boys entertained for hours!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5v5ANuX_mQ3fLxvFeWZKWEe8aQfPpu6-oDoKOevlY0jNrrY5ZtKle2XGsHqGnPAuqQG-dH3KKBQDNX1jkym02c4X6KDMlrNE7ANpHxk588Vvu-Q2UVM4wQCtWyB0bki4nYI94HRdTZhM/s1600-h/P6280153.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5v5ANuX_mQ3fLxvFeWZKWEe8aQfPpu6-oDoKOevlY0jNrrY5ZtKle2XGsHqGnPAuqQG-dH3KKBQDNX1jkym02c4X6KDMlrNE7ANpHxk588Vvu-Q2UVM4wQCtWyB0bki4nYI94HRdTZhM/s320/P6280153.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354569980935524546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We spotted a cool natural heart in a post near our picnic table.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjinbKr8tNYKkTbKbcosomnPmdkOvHtfimuDxk00IlsDsch_dWGMwiLKlkyB0KtfFmPkVGX1EBaNwzopZ430I1TdLOHWPrLagOFMaM0_uiAkWk4ljvtkvykCuItV9VO7BVLxZSiDTDeHO4/s1600-h/P6280159.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1OM1jUPUX_aTPmiTsVNzv-qsWvXToa39FCckMxLtrh6jp84j4AX887lk_r4_ZURG0zpf3GhOPWE9cc4OSDVYmUdKpPtJxDeF9CKaGqVEOpRkluh8VVfC_hDk0W5-IXTiBB3yBYmpyDo/s1600-h/P6280160.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1OM1jUPUX_aTPmiTsVNzv-qsWvXToa39FCckMxLtrh6jp84j4AX887lk_r4_ZURG0zpf3GhOPWE9cc4OSDVYmUdKpPtJxDeF9CKaGqVEOpRkluh8VVfC_hDk0W5-IXTiBB3yBYmpyDo/s320/P6280160.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354569970582075618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We also spotted a tiny leprechaun.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88ebVbJwbZzwpKgD8VNME_baD6XrmeyYugZ1K3SNGhBi5KhUr9vdObGBBX0pqvO61J4yTIU_tHQtJKX7P9VsZeubauN70tXmMCqnA_ePmDlCUMwnmK44H-F-HWEZzNyd2Gtf0RWzbA9g/s1600-h/P6280168.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88ebVbJwbZzwpKgD8VNME_baD6XrmeyYugZ1K3SNGhBi5KhUr9vdObGBBX0pqvO61J4yTIU_tHQtJKX7P9VsZeubauN70tXmMCqnA_ePmDlCUMwnmK44H-F-HWEZzNyd2Gtf0RWzbA9g/s320/P6280168.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354569961746360434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The boys enjoyed a game of keep-away.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3a_OY3iSURr4PqziAAAUEkmfJI-IUx-K_NFokN93VU3KD4aEKVSkNNwg4nGLp3mPnqcBhbXg2XfQjbA-xs1sqjqkQce5OrOw1HSNZEf0TglKktEpuXOwVzUo_swM7xoou6lUMmw35oM/s1600-h/P6280170.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3a_OY3iSURr4PqziAAAUEkmfJI-IUx-K_NFokN93VU3KD4aEKVSkNNwg4nGLp3mPnqcBhbXg2XfQjbA-xs1sqjqkQce5OrOw1HSNZEf0TglKktEpuXOwVzUo_swM7xoou6lUMmw35oM/s320/P6280170.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354569956587366722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">As we drove past this field next to the crags, Joshua (who calls Amy's father 'Poppy') sayed, "I didn't know there was a whole field full of 'Poppys' in England!", and then he chuckled loudly at his wittiness.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVk0sGdiGhDYvX2KoBujMYk-Htb0S7CzXQnUNri90Ivrqu0-m3h1hJUuxaTsru5-A-kLy5I_14K5VWrYMXEqu2ypJzX0PtgXWBIA6wAhPsVpEiCgt7jPVHu64-gnQf2pzAhFZ5vd_yxQ/s1600-h/P6280173.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjVk0sGdiGhDYvX2KoBujMYk-Htb0S7CzXQnUNri90Ivrqu0-m3h1hJUuxaTsru5-A-kLy5I_14K5VWrYMXEqu2ypJzX0PtgXWBIA6wAhPsVpEiCgt7jPVHu64-gnQf2pzAhFZ5vd_yxQ/s320/P6280173.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354569134425429298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Next we drove west to visit the Peak District. WOW!!! Sooo pretty! None of our pics do it justice. We stopped at a lookout and walked across the road to climb a few rocks for the lookout. Eric found a perfect resting place formed in one of the rocks.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2n4nEC8hJzYZp3mrl66BfUDerUBShxMoFQ8HkarAsqfT7Pm089M742QVQq5e50rVDyQMpFgC6mYjzShLTxWLC8tY48dhzICWT-a6iOJLPFyrjzJXvGSHfS6V6HQPeXO-NoKC7JsEK6Ts/s1600-h/P6280175.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2n4nEC8hJzYZp3mrl66BfUDerUBShxMoFQ8HkarAsqfT7Pm089M742QVQq5e50rVDyQMpFgC6mYjzShLTxWLC8tY48dhzICWT-a6iOJLPFyrjzJXvGSHfS6V6HQPeXO-NoKC7JsEK6Ts/s320/P6280175.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354569130098916146" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">We left Eric and Lee to do more travelling while we headed back to camp in order to give the boys a rest. When we returned back to camp there were no other campers in our entire section so we had a very relaxing time lying on the ground while the boys played in the large area. Joshua loved this picture because it looks as though a giant Daniel is about to eat a tiny Joshua.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">"Get in my belly"!!!!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzHhjZRlsrrxRyoYjdN5ipsR-CinSXPzU492lrj2OsrvHfF34OMQwcCoqXGpnmFpDklOBRz1m7XgMhdf5NcNPFgCqZ2r-qQQULmQ7iyfFhUzXxlf-jfygEBfSihwycoO3wclfpN3D3v0/s1600-h/P6280178.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMzHhjZRlsrrxRyoYjdN5ipsR-CinSXPzU492lrj2OsrvHfF34OMQwcCoqXGpnmFpDklOBRz1m7XgMhdf5NcNPFgCqZ2r-qQQULmQ7iyfFhUzXxlf-jfygEBfSihwycoO3wclfpN3D3v0/s320/P6280178.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354569127173578626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua found a tree to climb.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wuLS9x3dUuP8-6tcdU7XBllyRXUJHunN8r2vpgxpeaWNayC3Jaig_3ck3gywd_QT3SGRbXyp6X8XgmmXhHvuJNLTxQqiCggFXrCKSiL6rIAfUON78qe8fCKezfASVTTTK_6gBC8sAu0/s1600-h/P6280181.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2wuLS9x3dUuP8-6tcdU7XBllyRXUJHunN8r2vpgxpeaWNayC3Jaig_3ck3gywd_QT3SGRbXyp6X8XgmmXhHvuJNLTxQqiCggFXrCKSiL6rIAfUON78qe8fCKezfASVTTTK_6gBC8sAu0/s320/P6280181.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354569119594906946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The boys played a bit of English football.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMMzOpIx6SLk9sJbaAhUdtHen2kV6_5qB0oLRPBCgrTDwZTitrmAu5Ncr7fGPSkly2fUrhG3h7w698WyK8kA5J-IXaR84I68rjc0-t9DdsW1_0sKKZ3p_0LUnjuzD_WPc-LbAVYmMbe4/s1600-h/P6280183.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidMMzOpIx6SLk9sJbaAhUdtHen2kV6_5qB0oLRPBCgrTDwZTitrmAu5Ncr7fGPSkly2fUrhG3h7w698WyK8kA5J-IXaR84I68rjc0-t9DdsW1_0sKKZ3p_0LUnjuzD_WPc-LbAVYmMbe4/s320/P6280183.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354569113967354210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We relaxed for such a long time; it was lovely! Eric and Lee called us and said they were picking up some food. When they returned, we all had McDonald's. Dave, Joshua, and Mommy went for a walk and played Pooh-sticks on the nearby bridge. Then after the kidlets went to bed the big people played Settlers of Catan for one last time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Monday, June 29, was are last morning spent at the campsite. Daniel occupied himself with a packet of muesli while the rest of us packed up.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPSsUd3uBg2uV_iN1vOOeZyCGPUv7xxoOWTPPMNn3jwMrKETXwteIoRxUyf3aeql7s8pxg_k9bH8gbYXHSEficgOqOVKZBYc8dmMNjl6s5GZUDqP6uC0F4QvvoMCx-C38uXm1lC595Q4/s1600-h/P6290185.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPSsUd3uBg2uV_iN1vOOeZyCGPUv7xxoOWTPPMNn3jwMrKETXwteIoRxUyf3aeql7s8pxg_k9bH8gbYXHSEficgOqOVKZBYc8dmMNjl6s5GZUDqP6uC0F4QvvoMCx-C38uXm1lC595Q4/s320/P6290185.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354591876786815666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">
</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Our plan was to have a picnic when we reached our destination so we stopped at Morrison's Grocery to pick up some necessaries. Then we headed out. We went back into the Peak District. We passed the Google van. Look closely at the Google map, you just might find the Handysides on the road! On our way we passed an impressive crazy, twisted tower. I tried to get a pick of it, but failed. We weren't too upset, though, because we were to spend most of the afternoon at Chatsworth.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34); -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', Lucida, Verdana, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><p style=" color: rgb(34, 34, 34); margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 15px; height: 138px; overflow-x: auto; overflow-y: auto; font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', Lucida, Verdana, sans-serif !important;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">Chatsworth was built on Sir William Cavendish's land in 1549. Sir William Cavendish then started construction of the house in 1552, but he did not live to see its completion. His widow Bess of Hardwick carried out his work and finished the construction leaving it to her son Henry. Henry sold the house to his younger brother William, who became the 1st Earl of Devonshire in 1618. The house was rebuilt around 1685 making it the beautiful home visitors see today. 26 rooms of the house are open to the public to view displaying the library and numerous art collections</span></p></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ktlVQhAHH-g7Z6G5oWCaJGffy_lQV8dEPGL07516SQyMZGaKEf3kTgsKauBYe7cfQVCK0J0bI2L5HrFhwUgYLNucZ-Lgy-t61FVrbvSqTFx_rfwdnnFzFzsur0MVopobiJkANz9lvLk/s1600-h/P6290187.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ktlVQhAHH-g7Z6G5oWCaJGffy_lQV8dEPGL07516SQyMZGaKEf3kTgsKauBYe7cfQVCK0J0bI2L5HrFhwUgYLNucZ-Lgy-t61FVrbvSqTFx_rfwdnnFzFzsur0MVopobiJkANz9lvLk/s320/P6290187.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354591869784625426" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We had a picnic when we first arrived.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8ffVWyzgOx-svgm1XIk669ETg5chucJV5Hirr1JlEHRLA9DP1albNDoQ1L53DyVDhbvG_yBFi3R6JeP5VEu5vJR8gl_Ndz9CRKXvxTuLdLP_zeIAlPytyt9fWfW09k9pFqUf-lzVXBE/s1600-h/P6290189.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH8ffVWyzgOx-svgm1XIk669ETg5chucJV5Hirr1JlEHRLA9DP1albNDoQ1L53DyVDhbvG_yBFi3R6JeP5VEu5vJR8gl_Ndz9CRKXvxTuLdLP_zeIAlPytyt9fWfW09k9pFqUf-lzVXBE/s320/P6290189.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354591863513296546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">After a yummy lunch our first stop was to hit the lou. They were located in the old stables.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8yGSVZxxdniyDBl0ZnwF09Py4aIJhHukXm99PRiSuY0XMUYeJWC6lMhJCO4yOUUofHiVtyPtWWmWW7P6El3DlbqkxxhHGf8U2oyPMnN7VwLE1tDjs6EXCxUWZy9SFmglQOGU5qxtQEA/s1600-h/P6290190.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8yGSVZxxdniyDBl0ZnwF09Py4aIJhHukXm99PRiSuY0XMUYeJWC6lMhJCO4yOUUofHiVtyPtWWmWW7P6El3DlbqkxxhHGf8U2oyPMnN7VwLE1tDjs6EXCxUWZy9SFmglQOGU5qxtQEA/s320/P6290190.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354591857815287970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The stables were unbelievably massive!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlbstVt1C2gqNJKqZ9cmG_cNpwSPhgn8IdnxBX7KrbCaAzUGfPep_d3tld8zcMFZJYLPwqgfm2wYNXZrXLUZlLrk53MULJY20I_1L6d4wDuaBQsjn_0D8qbgiqhoddjVwv122ei47-Yw/s1600-h/P6290191.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlbstVt1C2gqNJKqZ9cmG_cNpwSPhgn8IdnxBX7KrbCaAzUGfPep_d3tld8zcMFZJYLPwqgfm2wYNXZrXLUZlLrk53MULJY20I_1L6d4wDuaBQsjn_0D8qbgiqhoddjVwv122ei47-Yw/s320/P6290191.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354591852181575138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Chatsworth has been used in the filming of several movies including "Pride and Prejudice" and "The Dutchess".</div><div style="text-align: center;">
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Eric wanted the pleasure of carrying the precious luggage.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceLMK9yOghWtjRsvnjS-vWfAoTFz6wgcWPrfQOXFFx1127i0_PC2Ee_w5mp0ayoHQh1INZJOJ8OTehDZ6x4Wj7vuqkuiTABAVUqU5dMdBI7TizIW9NeGt0EbLPWvESPaRwqKs_IGRJQ8/s1600-h/P6290192.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiceLMK9yOghWtjRsvnjS-vWfAoTFz6wgcWPrfQOXFFx1127i0_PC2Ee_w5mp0ayoHQh1INZJOJ8OTehDZ6x4Wj7vuqkuiTABAVUqU5dMdBI7TizIW9NeGt0EbLPWvESPaRwqKs_IGRJQ8/s320/P6290192.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354590918418937986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 246px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dave and Joshua fought of the wild boars for us.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwAXDsE5MMArgQ5Wg05yV0p1wf657NbXUbaRINdRvOeiVLS6-CrN-zl60UbcEBiLNiUhWE4qwyncCO7HquXUrrIWo5-p1s6byr4wzSWtMPIkQ0DES1XTNjULqNq1PUXlz9MBgaAmP6mk/s1600-h/P6290193.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwAXDsE5MMArgQ5Wg05yV0p1wf657NbXUbaRINdRvOeiVLS6-CrN-zl60UbcEBiLNiUhWE4qwyncCO7HquXUrrIWo5-p1s6byr4wzSWtMPIkQ0DES1XTNjULqNq1PUXlz9MBgaAmP6mk/s320/P6290193.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354590913884651714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We were awed when we first walked in!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0D7BhyphenhyphenlD_JPS8wo-L2qZm_g13dfaBMazly8JWGMpRvTPBrPZp7x84j8lXT2JENXqSTdDQFPpGlOpgme1Na8LePOwRKnFOPefA_daMJMEaaDkHI1SGwnrLzXseMzFQT3gzhkbQZ0_H5nM/s1600-h/P6290194.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0D7BhyphenhyphenlD_JPS8wo-L2qZm_g13dfaBMazly8JWGMpRvTPBrPZp7x84j8lXT2JENXqSTdDQFPpGlOpgme1Na8LePOwRKnFOPefA_daMJMEaaDkHI1SGwnrLzXseMzFQT3gzhkbQZ0_H5nM/s320/P6290194.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354590906685277330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">As a student of historical costume, Amy was especially interested in these costumes that were used during the production of "The Dutchess". Kiera Knightley wore this particular dress during the wedding scene.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWd5u2npD3b0uPxTK-QyYcDQ4CZGp-GqtBxyvUfctbzeguC7LTQZMizeua3PZUq8OZ8iK9RwYyG2ahZqJM0BnObCOMBmRTPpUbhnbgbfBa48KCTCb-bOdKd6Jha9uzj92SssySe7a5Gc/s1600-h/P6290195.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPWd5u2npD3b0uPxTK-QyYcDQ4CZGp-GqtBxyvUfctbzeguC7LTQZMizeua3PZUq8OZ8iK9RwYyG2ahZqJM0BnObCOMBmRTPpUbhnbgbfBa48KCTCb-bOdKd6Jha9uzj92SssySe7a5Gc/s320/P6290195.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354590898922432066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The gardens are enormous and every part is as beautiful as this view.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxeCtj2ysEfwbiQMUGqRkURPQlzTcpOpHhvJ-jtvV63qCHOuCM3DlOVKNY9sy9hB1tKweK5-ZQF8lyNkaUAra9J26jjHvyH1z1avmjDaM33L8ZI4Hf4e5bE4cxmcTyKBgPtg_bIHY4AA/s1600-h/P6290196.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxeCtj2ysEfwbiQMUGqRkURPQlzTcpOpHhvJ-jtvV63qCHOuCM3DlOVKNY9sy9hB1tKweK5-ZQF8lyNkaUAra9J26jjHvyH1z1avmjDaM33L8ZI4Hf4e5bE4cxmcTyKBgPtg_bIHY4AA/s320/P6290196.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354590894026392530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The chapel was amazing!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNlgdvoEN7SPBg3atYr8TA40viBK1RGotT-Cm-L7oP_OJCERpg1Tap4oNNsOu5VpGpdtBvphWBWfmfmPzA-ATvVjJA3Mar-6bRbL3xaJVkLpC3v3M2Oq-UCxeIDjcff9IFqSyT7aTdmI/s1600-h/P6290202.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNlgdvoEN7SPBg3atYr8TA40viBK1RGotT-Cm-L7oP_OJCERpg1Tap4oNNsOu5VpGpdtBvphWBWfmfmPzA-ATvVjJA3Mar-6bRbL3xaJVkLpC3v3M2Oq-UCxeIDjcff9IFqSyT7aTdmI/s320/P6290202.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354589922511473714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">I wanted to curl up with a good book and a nice, hot cup of tea when I saw the library.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCvK6iOebb6yYA7HxIQE6Od7J-2wfMG0e6skJUi3bHRv9RYBJLZh5Dp9AuCC2Hxzzw1W_k3D3EomLdJwmGAMCA83x5U1azl30x0E6YJF3VW4KK8mWFoRiD8XjGK6lY3cSf0X0Xc3uAFao/s1600-h/P6290204.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCvK6iOebb6yYA7HxIQE6Od7J-2wfMG0e6skJUi3bHRv9RYBJLZh5Dp9AuCC2Hxzzw1W_k3D3EomLdJwmGAMCA83x5U1azl30x0E6YJF3VW4KK8mWFoRiD8XjGK6lY3cSf0X0Xc3uAFao/s320/P6290204.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354589918942379906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We took a tour of the garden in a buggy. We were so glad that we did this as we would not have been able to see everything had we not.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJcPhp6mPoJIL3KtM04McD-jCbwREBYc5ChxyQinZNz4MEq0ZO47wi-M4M0Y64I_LUVagrMAMaSPKW7nVlWd9ePZZ76hLrdx6rrU3ucO_99Bkujm_JnxdQy7vFuSePMiKZsOhb2O5VhA/s1600-h/P6290206.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKJcPhp6mPoJIL3KtM04McD-jCbwREBYc5ChxyQinZNz4MEq0ZO47wi-M4M0Y64I_LUVagrMAMaSPKW7nVlWd9ePZZ76hLrdx6rrU3ucO_99Bkujm_JnxdQy7vFuSePMiKZsOhb2O5VhA/s320/P6290206.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354589915094226258" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We took this shot while riding back to the house in the buggy. Most of the garden would be behind us.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFl1lDbIY5s-mHLobXTyiykOtnSVZXweOT-c7EXsZ4ZMtfXLrCcZ_3SOozGlzvjtNxW_7S3KQg5QwnqO3rD5kPLGFVRlDBAK9tg8C0k_vV07pUzRGQlOhWwAYO4vaO03eM-tvw5I3BIg/s1600-h/P6290207.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFl1lDbIY5s-mHLobXTyiykOtnSVZXweOT-c7EXsZ4ZMtfXLrCcZ_3SOozGlzvjtNxW_7S3KQg5QwnqO3rD5kPLGFVRlDBAK9tg8C0k_vV07pUzRGQlOhWwAYO4vaO03eM-tvw5I3BIg/s320/P6290207.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354589907120693698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>We had to say our good-byes to Eric and Lee at Chatsworth. They were flying out of Robin Hood Airport which was to the north and we were heading to London in the south. We were very sad to say good-bye to them. We love spending time with Eric and Lee! CHEESE!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We were not long on the road before we passed the crazy, twisty tower again. This time I was prepared for the pic, unfortunately, it was not a great shot and doesn't look so impressive in photos as it does in person.
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yyf3fRGKRWBAE7AxQosbqtBxa_gE2SmfECKt_Er2gBnb1IoZZkWkq7DJusunIw4kLUJEvEnUtboADb1_6xc6n9e3XWgTt0gAysQ3Nic_O0DsfjTGIzwlB8oiGfzwxjAYVEH9Q3Y5_XE/s1600-h/P6290208.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9yyf3fRGKRWBAE7AxQosbqtBxa_gE2SmfECKt_Er2gBnb1IoZZkWkq7DJusunIw4kLUJEvEnUtboADb1_6xc6n9e3XWgTt0gAysQ3Nic_O0DsfjTGIzwlB8oiGfzwxjAYVEH9Q3Y5_XE/s320/P6290208.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354589904580765378" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a>The rest of the evening was spent driving to London. We reached the Jenkins' house around 9:30 so we were soon to bed, but not before sitting and chatting for a while with a nice cup of tea. Peter and Vivian Jenkins are a very important part of our lives. They are our second parents and we love them dearly. We also haven't seen them for a long time. Amy had not seen them since the day they flew out of Zimbabwe in 2003. David and Joshua spent some time with them in Dallas in fall 2006.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tuesday, June 30, was so great to wake up to spend time with the Jenkins! After a nice morning chat with them Peter was needing to get on with preparing to be in Africa for 2 months. He left for Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Zambia Friday, July 1st.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">While Peter was busy making arrangements, Viv took us out on the town. Joshua was the one that decided what we would do. He wanted to go to the London Eye and then to Buckingham Palace.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Daniel was taking a nap so while we were waiting for him to wake, Joshua, Viv, and Amy went to the park. On the way we past by a little river to see a momma swan with her babies as well as a momma duck and her babies.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once we got to the park Joshua had a great time on the zip-line and swings. It was very hot that day so we stopped in the wade pool to cool off.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After Daniel woke we took the tube to the London Eye. It looks like a gigantic bicycle wheel. As we were walking over to it, we passed Waterloo Station. Amy found it to be lovely.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJSKCJtpswZ3quqqkc0zfzlzALFWgs6DujNMpp_ya7d32FKhfr86093sZ3vUVBOAEWWejnzzdxeKxoHL1WBl4n4ZBHjh8K5YtJlbooFaezWHbJVvspExtj3QV6jC9Dc_qQm139MHQPS4/s1600-h/P6300209.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJSKCJtpswZ3quqqkc0zfzlzALFWgs6DujNMpp_ya7d32FKhfr86093sZ3vUVBOAEWWejnzzdxeKxoHL1WBl4n4ZBHjh8K5YtJlbooFaezWHbJVvspExtj3QV6jC9Dc_qQm139MHQPS4/s320/P6300209.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354612803587633010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">When we were getting close we passed a giant Joshua getting ready to spin the London Eye.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBk1NotH5obmpm6r26WzyBT6YpO-gd_unEh6sPXWqMZt9CVL-3JGLyG_XR-xN4GJ1qfWIbQ7EyF4L2_qAfJxsRwHWrZL9YubgrjAWI3F9BfsMtKKrQIyH_MwWfkbKOszjf-8QPCWtIoJI/s1600-h/P6300211.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBk1NotH5obmpm6r26WzyBT6YpO-gd_unEh6sPXWqMZt9CVL-3JGLyG_XR-xN4GJ1qfWIbQ7EyF4L2_qAfJxsRwHWrZL9YubgrjAWI3F9BfsMtKKrQIyH_MwWfkbKOszjf-8QPCWtIoJI/s320/P6300211.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354612244380887586" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Waiting for Dave to get us tickets was a refreshing time since Nana Viv bought the boys some ice cream.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Rl9QyCoh3oYA9CfhNz2tW7byTb9-dCI83G_4lVOhS-E9X7FoOxzzU2MhCpNDp5eEuKeXTexWdS0-V4FpF9CAdhd9hKeT7z3_PvLXbkCSxFyVuNEnre-kR1ugdehtynR5egy5g3bB2b4/s1600-h/P6300212.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Rl9QyCoh3oYA9CfhNz2tW7byTb9-dCI83G_4lVOhS-E9X7FoOxzzU2MhCpNDp5eEuKeXTexWdS0-V4FpF9CAdhd9hKeT7z3_PvLXbkCSxFyVuNEnre-kR1ugdehtynR5egy5g3bB2b4/s320/P6300212.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354612238175912306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel enjoyed his thoroughly!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1r5R8SBerUCF5Co1kCPYWXXiKmzCKCTh-NtjtWn-HV7mMqH10bh9Yd3LdI7hOVp2ES34p_QnXHfsiPSwhLYfOUaoYZABpUnVC6Q4AJaTdZAfwxeetI7ZtdiHEuirjgXOa7yQIwU2YoJM/s1600-h/P6300214.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1r5R8SBerUCF5Co1kCPYWXXiKmzCKCTh-NtjtWn-HV7mMqH10bh9Yd3LdI7hOVp2ES34p_QnXHfsiPSwhLYfOUaoYZABpUnVC6Q4AJaTdZAfwxeetI7ZtdiHEuirjgXOa7yQIwU2YoJM/s320/P6300214.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354612233491948674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">From the Eye Joshua spotted the American flag.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I had to zoom in so much to even get this shot!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7OLkgps64QdI381FaiJU0N71aeggA3zfcZhSJBCCvJgax-mUeHKvbhf8LNF4oeGyoQedLf8_692X2mMRmPfliXIJrh_rT_1phSt_bjWZ_OpTqHD0pZtAUKXWgtBd5fUuNoAMkDoTnBw/s1600-h/P6300215.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7OLkgps64QdI381FaiJU0N71aeggA3zfcZhSJBCCvJgax-mUeHKvbhf8LNF4oeGyoQedLf8_692X2mMRmPfliXIJrh_rT_1phSt_bjWZ_OpTqHD0pZtAUKXWgtBd5fUuNoAMkDoTnBw/s320/P6300215.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354612225071943746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are some pics from the Eye...</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;">Can you pick out any places of interest?</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23ph1W30blLf1AGvzYXaVCtXbbI50mc6ZlwQYctFs5OtNFjZApC21NmbNz4lzz1sO85e7VjKyBtH7Nd4AThUoxcRIA33aToAoH0s60U9rH3-QP6j0vg3Jm86ZplNWDEo5mqxG23Jc9UE/s1600-h/P6300216.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi23ph1W30blLf1AGvzYXaVCtXbbI50mc6ZlwQYctFs5OtNFjZApC21NmbNz4lzz1sO85e7VjKyBtH7Nd4AThUoxcRIA33aToAoH0s60U9rH3-QP6j0vg3Jm86ZplNWDEo5mqxG23Jc9UE/s320/P6300216.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354612220073053986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZ2I-jwHWufN0A6_ZzFRHyeeIGebaQpu1d5Evt1CWYW8JBPhFtzY1CEjv0ULAdVwJjhHTq88zdPA7D-CsY8rVSOtd413J21IOKOUOu7_egLkWBdLsmzpH2UVqDujpf2gutE56W3ayBKY/s1600-h/P6300218.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZ2I-jwHWufN0A6_ZzFRHyeeIGebaQpu1d5Evt1CWYW8JBPhFtzY1CEjv0ULAdVwJjhHTq88zdPA7D-CsY8rVSOtd413J21IOKOUOu7_egLkWBdLsmzpH2UVqDujpf2gutE56W3ayBKY/s320/P6300218.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354611408999268914" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24HR71hNneg6uBxPJPqC_CF3epkuwhkiPJ08wD7cbPHgkKrT3qqaoDUHnjS-iYLXtYlE3EgeDhzE_AX1pl4FPmxz0_8QIVWv32gUlYfFiMZVa9x17j-TbgVaRWoJTasBbGLDHPSgS6WM/s1600-h/P6300219.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh24HR71hNneg6uBxPJPqC_CF3epkuwhkiPJ08wD7cbPHgkKrT3qqaoDUHnjS-iYLXtYlE3EgeDhzE_AX1pl4FPmxz0_8QIVWv32gUlYfFiMZVa9x17j-TbgVaRWoJTasBbGLDHPSgS6WM/s320/P6300219.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354611404974075954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0cN7VnOJAinZkul4gko01D7eFMh9aGcYBduHuPGZQSeZR_0KqszLrxSGgLWm4e345bBphVC_gcd0_L1NSlA0cuD6BnU6-WtrqJLk5_ehI-CiCrCsMzexZV2k-YH5J-QGCTpAlRmR3tY/s1600-h/P6300220.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy0cN7VnOJAinZkul4gko01D7eFMh9aGcYBduHuPGZQSeZR_0KqszLrxSGgLWm4e345bBphVC_gcd0_L1NSlA0cuD6BnU6-WtrqJLk5_ehI-CiCrCsMzexZV2k-YH5J-QGCTpAlRmR3tY/s320/P6300220.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354611396719081442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAeumZN3qufLNN8ITv3YjKr0_FizV7EeGy73Ivt700DVWiuEwOGHLUpfJ91KNutF3aZB1c-VPLZANSw3GIglawDVcKsmxV5d8npRA8-5In5QxTCNPM9Ttni1vEDYqB47VWQb7VsVU8Wbo/s1600-h/P6300222.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAeumZN3qufLNN8ITv3YjKr0_FizV7EeGy73Ivt700DVWiuEwOGHLUpfJ91KNutF3aZB1c-VPLZANSw3GIglawDVcKsmxV5d8npRA8-5In5QxTCNPM9Ttni1vEDYqB47VWQb7VsVU8Wbo/s320/P6300222.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354611391500473954" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua LOVED it! He said it was really scare, though; so scary that when at the very top he couldn't look down.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnIE4R57W4Re5IInOmBg33kgI1LQKs-VQFljRJXXo0NaysnfRi9_8zLZHL4m4gjKRlfqJgYyNu1I4xaAZ7oQuWlHMkV15Kfk-ztmltpzCqlRkXZ58PNRWfvs-yujOADffFd0mMPQGe21g/s1600-h/P6300225.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnIE4R57W4Re5IInOmBg33kgI1LQKs-VQFljRJXXo0NaysnfRi9_8zLZHL4m4gjKRlfqJgYyNu1I4xaAZ7oQuWlHMkV15Kfk-ztmltpzCqlRkXZ58PNRWfvs-yujOADffFd0mMPQGe21g/s320/P6300225.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354611387268485362" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel didn't seem to enjoy it as much, but Daddy did a great job of pacifying him.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnz5d5A5jECaSbAz3wxsXkMbgUrJZBxA2AepJRZ2eifpH3CBkupkoUXbzcfVxLVlytlRZxhYRuksmWipJjZt8FJnJBsrndzf7SfJ1IZKQI08HigfluZ0AfnhLgVTe0aUGkFdTuEJosUQ/s1600-h/P6300226.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbnz5d5A5jECaSbAz3wxsXkMbgUrJZBxA2AepJRZ2eifpH3CBkupkoUXbzcfVxLVlytlRZxhYRuksmWipJjZt8FJnJBsrndzf7SfJ1IZKQI08HigfluZ0AfnhLgVTe0aUGkFdTuEJosUQ/s320/P6300226.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354609416938042482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Soon we were on our way to Buckingham Palace.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpLOqMd-SOHQH5BahyxDJTBKMFRUhAbhgXl2WlYaFr4bbsaAQKgSn22m2KFxZ4W9u92tinKTCdLvFeNGXJ6csfJ87VUmIsY3fF8tJTXU0iABsDPL-ogqPAZ6T4lLIWbzCkMKGQSW-06c/s1600-h/P6300228.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpLOqMd-SOHQH5BahyxDJTBKMFRUhAbhgXl2WlYaFr4bbsaAQKgSn22m2KFxZ4W9u92tinKTCdLvFeNGXJ6csfJ87VUmIsY3fF8tJTXU0iABsDPL-ogqPAZ6T4lLIWbzCkMKGQSW-06c/s320/P6300228.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354609416492851666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We walked through Green Park.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_JqBR3gvZe4a6xa6NLaZZVRPi2ADLq8zArfAO5nfkTwB-rMqQMibW4XF5BjnWabJ13p3gsE78A3nOLGTGrmJzeHxYHoHxNg7xd0lx5V9hf2TEkaRXrugqKeDTBq9reqpI6lTJpHR6TvM/s1600-h/P6300229.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_JqBR3gvZe4a6xa6NLaZZVRPi2ADLq8zArfAO5nfkTwB-rMqQMibW4XF5BjnWabJ13p3gsE78A3nOLGTGrmJzeHxYHoHxNg7xd0lx5V9hf2TEkaRXrugqKeDTBq9reqpI6lTJpHR6TvM/s320/P6300229.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354609404923601842" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">And there we were!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnAz3HZIIUxGkvuXpzEXI8_lr5Ka2qeVodcb0jouEuVnLQpEO3Fw0Axa_59rA_TAhPz4P7sLbU7I46g5obbytQoG7pdemHWiGdW-s5WU5yNLjhGGm1UZ0JQ-GwtgIL3iRXOQS02srs-g/s1600-h/P6300230.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdnAz3HZIIUxGkvuXpzEXI8_lr5Ka2qeVodcb0jouEuVnLQpEO3Fw0Axa_59rA_TAhPz4P7sLbU7I46g5obbytQoG7pdemHWiGdW-s5WU5yNLjhGGm1UZ0JQ-GwtgIL3iRXOQS02srs-g/s320/P6300230.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354609395593943602" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It's not everyday that one gets to see the guards wearing this attire. Usually, they wear the red jackets with the bear skin hats, but because it was so incredibly hot, they were wearing this.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX6eW8IN9udlwjT0Iq0X8rRRP4vEjIYsrk7v0Dht6i2KzKLyBgcglBghBXjH8Ebplyb5dawHM1N7CxuNlgpqEZ-WJ5ERy0-Bcr0drcV3juApldo31mxmCK_6jnFPGdcUYNmUCP6469DNQ/s1600-h/P6300233.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX6eW8IN9udlwjT0Iq0X8rRRP4vEjIYsrk7v0Dht6i2KzKLyBgcglBghBXjH8Ebplyb5dawHM1N7CxuNlgpqEZ-WJ5ERy0-Bcr0drcV3juApldo31mxmCK_6jnFPGdcUYNmUCP6469DNQ/s320/P6300233.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354609393394923938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We didn't go in to have tea with the Queen. She, unfortunately, had a previous engagement and was not able to fit us in. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMbc8jsGqcFrM0SRD4T3uYwUMQPwVin4TeEF7rbpl5PHhGTkGu8ZLilb6-cFriw67-q1RBIjuaaSaVYw0UAa3dlsR4WhZY0C5s_RMkM_ORQh3h2g9UvSb7ZE6QBhYQtEQL76SsjaR4XMM/s1600-h/P6300234.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMbc8jsGqcFrM0SRD4T3uYwUMQPwVin4TeEF7rbpl5PHhGTkGu8ZLilb6-cFriw67-q1RBIjuaaSaVYw0UAa3dlsR4WhZY0C5s_RMkM_ORQh3h2g9UvSb7ZE6QBhYQtEQL76SsjaR4XMM/s320/P6300234.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354607586566401106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">As we walked back into Green Park we came across a place that some children were playing. Since it had water and we were hot, we thought it a great idea to join in the fun. After playing for quite a while we realised that people are not supposed to play on it because it is the Canada Memorial. We decided that if Lee and Eric were with us that they would want us to play on it and enjoy the water. Since they are Canadians, we felt justified in our play.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsF6uxCB8TzF97x9x0JA-Awkj0tQR2O1vOAF26kGhXYf0REyEdNYGzHmtNAjfck6tRrVPiVaZZuaHo6r0OeLRiqZ57p_HlOq7WFIP9PMwX2pHbtaat7IeaqV2zE29s3Wg6Ev-0EZvEqE/s1600-h/P6300238.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsF6uxCB8TzF97x9x0JA-Awkj0tQR2O1vOAF26kGhXYf0REyEdNYGzHmtNAjfck6tRrVPiVaZZuaHo6r0OeLRiqZ57p_HlOq7WFIP9PMwX2pHbtaat7IeaqV2zE29s3Wg6Ev-0EZvEqE/s320/P6300238.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354607577965539154" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It was sloped so Joshua was able to use it as a slip-n-slide.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6iGEnKiavbucxGUFJrm1ypvz-Q833xVEbi98iTJVGpZASkjFIXlPDwS1CuR-s18Sk1jsZ4BZSsHL7y4Fbr_aP4Ikl0PCFsmbEpl5Htun-Na03y3NX2IeR-qNb_29SvTv4ZgBQxHfn3c/s1600-h/P6300239.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6iGEnKiavbucxGUFJrm1ypvz-Q833xVEbi98iTJVGpZASkjFIXlPDwS1CuR-s18Sk1jsZ4BZSsHL7y4Fbr_aP4Ikl0PCFsmbEpl5Htun-Na03y3NX2IeR-qNb_29SvTv4ZgBQxHfn3c/s320/P6300239.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354607570915846434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel wanted to join in the fun as well.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3Rph8YejzUBK0pLDf3zlKR8ACloYkk5Ookk9GGV_g7Q6I2-Ha52Db_IrmRUCW_jO9PF-JJk6mv25mCyX1_H47aiR6t7f9w9EUy5jdOx07X9M2AGKK-J1NdDHGusGjJT7FHEECiGcwMQ/s1600-h/P6300240.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3Rph8YejzUBK0pLDf3zlKR8ACloYkk5Ookk9GGV_g7Q6I2-Ha52Db_IrmRUCW_jO9PF-JJk6mv25mCyX1_H47aiR6t7f9w9EUy5jdOx07X9M2AGKK-J1NdDHGusGjJT7FHEECiGcwMQ/s320/P6300240.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354607567432854130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">After a hot day out we were ready to go back to the house and have the yummy spaghetti supper that Viv had previously prepared for us.</div><div style="text-align: center;">After supper, Joshua enjoyed listening to a story while Nana Viv read to him.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoxRiZGyKsFuTvmbQTbDkmuOt6fY4iegVS-nK7nFO8AQmJqXoQCsy5jS2QUORNvPpfPcupqvUtKjXcUPNS6ORFMaBnHxKX60PoywuXRdrVFS9u8xMvYSfWBP5r_m3VRurB17mzvgsWds/s1600-h/P6300241.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoxRiZGyKsFuTvmbQTbDkmuOt6fY4iegVS-nK7nFO8AQmJqXoQCsy5jS2QUORNvPpfPcupqvUtKjXcUPNS6ORFMaBnHxKX60PoywuXRdrVFS9u8xMvYSfWBP5r_m3VRurB17mzvgsWds/s320/P6300241.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354607563844540274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>Wednesday, July 1, Viv left very early, as she usually does on Wednesdays, to go to Copthorne to keep her grandson, Daniel Jenkins, while his mother, our friend Sarah, taught during the morning. We travelled the 1 1/2 to meet them and were happy to do it as we had not seen them since they visited us in El Reno in early 2004. David Jenkins has been David Handyside's best friend since birth and we love and cherish his wife, Sarah, just as much.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCPSsUd3uBg2uV_iN1vOOeZyCGPUv7xxoOWTPPMNn3jwMrKETXwteIoRxUyf3aeql7s8pxg_k9bH8gbYXHSEficgOqOVKZBYc8dmMNjl6s5GZUDqP6uC0F4QvvoMCx-C38uXm1lC595Q4/s1600-h/P6290185.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua was especially keen to see his Uncle Dave.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOn3xZqJGokmGfFD1Nseh2QAajMhq_lt0_h56CZomCR5Ise_s0as8dUFefORPiaVLcyccV1EnQiPKF1WdLADGlveKTwnwKM2fLK1XX9xA3Gn96u-cgSDY77zpJnRG7q0WnUsGC9zsnxa8/s1600-h/P7010244.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOn3xZqJGokmGfFD1Nseh2QAajMhq_lt0_h56CZomCR5Ise_s0as8dUFefORPiaVLcyccV1EnQiPKF1WdLADGlveKTwnwKM2fLK1XX9xA3Gn96u-cgSDY77zpJnRG7q0WnUsGC9zsnxa8/s320/P7010244.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354684923487490978" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Nana Viv was on cloud nine to be surrounded by her loved ones.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotnhqz5m8vnYkytFg5JPjUGSFN5RMJ5f0EfNZ3lGodeZ32bBfS2QWdBaQyn4YIAoYMSYSF-a6sVlzGmDZJEIaWoMeVe7IBU28ByOH3sctUpF3Y-2FFColXXbr0FKH34bSmZ6OqyPdgrM/s1600-h/P7010247.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotnhqz5m8vnYkytFg5JPjUGSFN5RMJ5f0EfNZ3lGodeZ32bBfS2QWdBaQyn4YIAoYMSYSF-a6sVlzGmDZJEIaWoMeVe7IBU28ByOH3sctUpF3Y-2FFColXXbr0FKH34bSmZ6OqyPdgrM/s320/P7010247.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354684919402997282" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This was the view from Dave and Sarah's flat at the school.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohyphenhyphenQ_ZB9jZhesbSjfucKwUckFRo8Gt7VvhYnhJTq8kj7HlfIqD490u3kv74f5tF5KhZQp3797ctnUTpJ-MBENhDeM38FFLQHYDw-zpd-_Kec7gBPhKo3EwjwQHmeFKz20S6qxdjAx5GI/s1600-h/P7010248.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiohyphenhyphenQ_ZB9jZhesbSjfucKwUckFRo8Gt7VvhYnhJTq8kj7HlfIqD490u3kv74f5tF5KhZQp3797ctnUTpJ-MBENhDeM38FFLQHYDw-zpd-_Kec7gBPhKo3EwjwQHmeFKz20S6qxdjAx5GI/s320/P7010248.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354684912857711522" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The school owns all of these grounds including the wood in the picture below.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8Elskfy7dNqdiOoZP3LHvr00-uCZQrCF4v2YdLWhdUwg1CjBYEZin6iiDo4klHXRUtm1-qldZlDSlrAs_uxLFCshW1VuYSLXzUvTiscz6IlklW8PImaocN4FMfXD6SRyV4hNvQyA2V4/s1600-h/P7010249.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8Elskfy7dNqdiOoZP3LHvr00-uCZQrCF4v2YdLWhdUwg1CjBYEZin6iiDo4klHXRUtm1-qldZlDSlrAs_uxLFCshW1VuYSLXzUvTiscz6IlklW8PImaocN4FMfXD6SRyV4hNvQyA2V4/s320/P7010249.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354682215547300738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Nana Viv spent some quality time with the two Daniels.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCAxfiMDVbpRNDbWt8bTS8_1m91FITRDoUOqILSzUvGEmeOCwSeRPuJ059TSFO0jrYOgiVY2K7uyUnyHXHVSqICSOKXAc8NonM20MM12B8VQa1T3T194DYE1gkaVD6VVGgzf6zO0pkHHk/s1600-h/P7010250.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCAxfiMDVbpRNDbWt8bTS8_1m91FITRDoUOqILSzUvGEmeOCwSeRPuJ059TSFO0jrYOgiVY2K7uyUnyHXHVSqICSOKXAc8NonM20MM12B8VQa1T3T194DYE1gkaVD6VVGgzf6zO0pkHHk/s320/P7010250.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354682210184716178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">After lunch Sarah took us out to visit Ashdown Forest, Winnie-the-Pooh country. Joshua was incredibly excited about this as he had just read "Winnie-the-Pooh" while we were in Ireland. During the time he was reading it he even had us all calling him 'Pooh'. He decided that Mommy was 'Rabbit', Aunty Lee was 'Eyore', Uncle Eric was 'Tiger', Daddy was 'Owl' because he thinks he knows everything, and Daniel was 'Piglet' because he eats so much.</div><div style="text-align: center;">We drove by Pooh Corner where the real Christopher Robin used to shop for sweeties. We didn't have time to stop that visit.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh140inkPe97MCHuaAx7s4PFm629l8oHoT27X71vFfIB2TvO63ArQubqZIUyuq3Y0Lq09TtzeWSnmmYXvvmOQpr33Tn5YfM2-gzEgIR8Mz5Aef5u7JPotr_KreWIFEOlOjTj1MQGAcM7N0/s1600-h/P7010251.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh140inkPe97MCHuaAx7s4PFm629l8oHoT27X71vFfIB2TvO63ArQubqZIUyuq3Y0Lq09TtzeWSnmmYXvvmOQpr33Tn5YfM2-gzEgIR8Mz5Aef5u7JPotr_KreWIFEOlOjTj1MQGAcM7N0/s320/P7010251.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354682203520596466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Sarah getting directions to Pooh-sticks Bridge for the SECOND time.... hahahaha.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEI-lcmGNTvhyphenhyphenQqrNbRRJ_UmTl4onlhXpnS1-iRSOCSA0WQCGzo__hxV1jhxNLzWuW72w8y1sWhxg7R7P6GFAWs3HGCYOYMp59FWo-Zx4BGcthc99X2TYNAYqvMJJb0Ta_uqlqj911uBs/s1600-h/P7010252.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEI-lcmGNTvhyphenhyphenQqrNbRRJ_UmTl4onlhXpnS1-iRSOCSA0WQCGzo__hxV1jhxNLzWuW72w8y1sWhxg7R7P6GFAWs3HGCYOYMp59FWo-Zx4BGcthc99X2TYNAYqvMJJb0Ta_uqlqj911uBs/s320/P7010252.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354682195556139746" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua was hoping that we were able to park in 'his' parking lot and low and behold.... WE DID!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbV_u6uTr-C90xD-gTGkmOvCH913Q1sNq6vN-zL_9N5AtfU2lIIONakwf58aOhPcc99lQx2bROysDNa02xw5vxZngppGd4ZlnEjHjJvquPvBeof3qtD2LJiwqCYBXRx1l0Pub_KAfDdkg/s1600-h/P7010253.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbV_u6uTr-C90xD-gTGkmOvCH913Q1sNq6vN-zL_9N5AtfU2lIIONakwf58aOhPcc99lQx2bROysDNa02xw5vxZngppGd4ZlnEjHjJvquPvBeof3qtD2LJiwqCYBXRx1l0Pub_KAfDdkg/s320/P7010253.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354682193283774722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">It seemed like a magical place; almost as if one should actually run into Winnie-the-Pooh at any given moment.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLePuR49SEhm2v1RkaQc1HAXuj6cjtNvQ1buf6ANZqNfZUF9YFHsxkEUor2aUY6UsESe_xYPo057LobYlilUTos21ecyjrUU7xbF7YCyVyVuySXgYDwscUv4RufjPBI04yNjtMiuLROg/s1600-h/P7010260.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYLePuR49SEhm2v1RkaQc1HAXuj6cjtNvQ1buf6ANZqNfZUF9YFHsxkEUor2aUY6UsESe_xYPo057LobYlilUTos21ecyjrUU7xbF7YCyVyVuySXgYDwscUv4RufjPBI04yNjtMiuLROg/s320/P7010260.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354680643428202642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We had a fantastic walk through the Hundred Acre Wood as we searched for Pooh-sticks Bridge.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYhY7pdFZth0N_ooHNlPxNU24G4cqqvPwlBAkY1BELsbZv6vYdN6sM59SFjB311FLfJGsSTJ9eCVn5nXssHzdoXAGWVCQTwGK8-LwnivnL4BEhDv4-cANcIbxd9hnBacYDtXK3E6VYi0/s1600-h/P7010261.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnYhY7pdFZth0N_ooHNlPxNU24G4cqqvPwlBAkY1BELsbZv6vYdN6sM59SFjB311FLfJGsSTJ9eCVn5nXssHzdoXAGWVCQTwGK8-LwnivnL4BEhDv4-cANcIbxd9hnBacYDtXK3E6VYi0/s320/P7010261.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354680632848299202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel had his stick ready to play Pooh-sticks.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4x4v9k9LoU0IZ1PQb3QkvO7t5gr7Tm6xjdlARCAI9NQuI8iZx2nzDghgctok6DlRiErLRLOIjlwn86teovFkjdBgGNCbNo-ROTxnH32xazdfdSBrbuhHKSDNVlUV77so1CZJXLwDZIo/s1600-h/P7010262.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4x4v9k9LoU0IZ1PQb3QkvO7t5gr7Tm6xjdlARCAI9NQuI8iZx2nzDghgctok6DlRiErLRLOIjlwn86teovFkjdBgGNCbNo-ROTxnH32xazdfdSBrbuhHKSDNVlUV77so1CZJXLwDZIo/s320/P7010262.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354680624066197074" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Finally, we reached Pooh-sticks Bridge and were picking out our stick of choice.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pooh-sticks Bridge is the very bridge in which Winnie-the-Pooh created the game of Pooh-sticks. If you are reading this and have never heard of Pooh-sticks, we suggest you read "Winnie-the-Pooh".</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuGOyZhSiwDf7dVJu11Jal5WR9EPscTC72i3jIjZ8YaGhXBJIy73Ymd0kLl7b4GU7DpIiKXWeTWrQvmargSJS6Tsl4EFUP1NmfhzOToHKiAl6jOxTjudGldUu_tWQg76LTCK0y_tYzMn0/s1600-h/P7010264.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuGOyZhSiwDf7dVJu11Jal5WR9EPscTC72i3jIjZ8YaGhXBJIy73Ymd0kLl7b4GU7DpIiKXWeTWrQvmargSJS6Tsl4EFUP1NmfhzOToHKiAl6jOxTjudGldUu_tWQg76LTCK0y_tYzMn0/s320/P7010264.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354680620735744034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua is waiting for his stick, hoping it will come out from under the bridge first.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UNKFxuOL8j5PSuXQ73KQe5otVCAZSxFqniiC6PyhO28UXhymt-O9Nuzw32yDBAkGukL-qIdweO28vrkrehFhagnurqd7QPeeuDSoyEo0JLR9IJ0PiibG0sHjGjjKlRSM9wWNAP3PxG8/s1600-h/P7010265.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-UNKFxuOL8j5PSuXQ73KQe5otVCAZSxFqniiC6PyhO28UXhymt-O9Nuzw32yDBAkGukL-qIdweO28vrkrehFhagnurqd7QPeeuDSoyEo0JLR9IJ0PiibG0sHjGjjKlRSM9wWNAP3PxG8/s320/P7010265.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354680610725025106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel J seemed more interested in the end of the bridge than in the game.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLlaMjdNtDr4oAiFqepIHn_9mk7H75xs60yppCP1n-UGtLrO0w9oV7c-Jn3o2a0SgavazZ8Jf8Jsn6S-ekr0Y-5KePnSs7kFtoJ4VrBjzG9-mapjnXbq4t-KpxD61tnmVSQdELBQirkqc/s1600-h/P7010268.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLlaMjdNtDr4oAiFqepIHn_9mk7H75xs60yppCP1n-UGtLrO0w9oV7c-Jn3o2a0SgavazZ8Jf8Jsn6S-ekr0Y-5KePnSs7kFtoJ4VrBjzG9-mapjnXbq4t-KpxD61tnmVSQdELBQirkqc/s320/P7010268.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354679044946434466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel H didn't want to let go of his stick, but he finally did when we put him on the floor and then he stuck his stick through the cracks, which everyone knows is cheating.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHICxdUpt70Ng4YQP7HslU3Eoku5FjCRYNlIGoP48wCKYy8yHNJViHJ-nNJkwLNUq5MKiKbdeTdNBwxs7k-CAYn0ox34j6W7IHfq4p6ZSo2ZC4ATferC8iwxiWKttu6KuoRMXnKtbgovI/s1600-h/P7010272.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHICxdUpt70Ng4YQP7HslU3Eoku5FjCRYNlIGoP48wCKYy8yHNJViHJ-nNJkwLNUq5MKiKbdeTdNBwxs7k-CAYn0ox34j6W7IHfq4p6ZSo2ZC4ATferC8iwxiWKttu6KuoRMXnKtbgovI/s320/P7010272.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354679041077561458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here we all are after several fabulous games of Pooh-sticks.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyniztplQ3L5zlAIrC67ccikejQyY4utC7f9yzlIJYRhy9AbWmJckkvZUuVXKO3aeYSyz6Ug83J1g_-homP9-xvc6qkWWuMLSLuO_eHeYscVEZ19EwqgQQEBWdyraE9RqOnDZMPUAi44s/s1600-h/P7010275.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyniztplQ3L5zlAIrC67ccikejQyY4utC7f9yzlIJYRhy9AbWmJckkvZUuVXKO3aeYSyz6Ug83J1g_-homP9-xvc6qkWWuMLSLuO_eHeYscVEZ19EwqgQQEBWdyraE9RqOnDZMPUAi44s/s320/P7010275.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354679031070225106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">On the walk back to the cars we passed a Japanese guy several times so when we also passed him in our car Dave felt compelled to stop and offer him a ride. He was in the area all by himself and was checking out all the Winnie-the-Pooh sights, which we found interesting since he seemed to be in his twenties.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">By the time we got back to the school Davy J was there which gave the two Daves a chance to chat some more while Sarah got us all refreshing drinks.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_dJRxyol1trUV6bomnZvVxgUVFxoZz7Z3RsDwNQaAFa-ED5oL7kyOleXW3kiqKMhi-F58lu37_B9lAU4Xl2Z4TmHe8w0vRHxtjCzbcsOhXFupJtbOYBAaiCKSi0GrlxYz3WjqQERq8o/s1600-h/P7010276.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_dJRxyol1trUV6bomnZvVxgUVFxoZz7Z3RsDwNQaAFa-ED5oL7kyOleXW3kiqKMhi-F58lu37_B9lAU4Xl2Z4TmHe8w0vRHxtjCzbcsOhXFupJtbOYBAaiCKSi0GrlxYz3WjqQERq8o/s320/P7010276.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354679022834711538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">As we were preparing supper, the two Daniels played all over the flat.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEwPgcMFWxx4dYLGbQ2Q2RexvMbCw4GMWUAbaIE2lw6mQzwxq-Qe-rTXisjGWJAgJXrF2KfGHowgzQ7LpYbEmYawbTNdtBCq6HfE-qXLscuiTN37uI7qbxEE9iYAisgzsbLbYMYuuf6RU/s1600-h/P7010280.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEwPgcMFWxx4dYLGbQ2Q2RexvMbCw4GMWUAbaIE2lw6mQzwxq-Qe-rTXisjGWJAgJXrF2KfGHowgzQ7LpYbEmYawbTNdtBCq6HfE-qXLscuiTN37uI7qbxEE9iYAisgzsbLbYMYuuf6RU/s320/P7010280.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354679018223890050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The boys found it a little bit cooler to not have on clothes....</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmjNkYT52rdjGZBZH3mddxlPm1KpIdgwveqDs4ifapAAcEgpL9I90C2X9rtCq9N2fVBprf36hTzAtX7QQuRAw41MnXc8V2tmJik3QpYPSXpAVucLoSHkGuphFCxFbDIWaktw5cBGgUF8/s1600-h/P7010288.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfmjNkYT52rdjGZBZH3mddxlPm1KpIdgwveqDs4ifapAAcEgpL9I90C2X9rtCq9N2fVBprf36hTzAtX7QQuRAw41MnXc8V2tmJik3QpYPSXpAVucLoSHkGuphFCxFbDIWaktw5cBGgUF8/s320/P7010288.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354645114870078402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">...but not cool enough so we went down to play in the wade pool.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM68Xh6vZ1V7SsRLQJWslqZAqy4T0_eqysilt3hS4eUa9BibkvtAv_7cuHju-cTj1UKZEyKIg8WCMTiZdxHtSAdMDroEwVPAhYqBhNU1GgEgiNlUQdiQVZi7Jpo_0LtJ-G4KeFDtV8RGY/s1600-h/P7010290.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM68Xh6vZ1V7SsRLQJWslqZAqy4T0_eqysilt3hS4eUa9BibkvtAv_7cuHju-cTj1UKZEyKIg8WCMTiZdxHtSAdMDroEwVPAhYqBhNU1GgEgiNlUQdiQVZi7Jpo_0LtJ-G4KeFDtV8RGY/s320/P7010290.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354645103990928770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel J seemed more interested in his walking toy.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VnjOICJtrmfEqscKKliLSKOIJ6zaELpK51taHgXfOX7WczqpGpre3me7WiuzJBTUKcMhP_YYmbIrKF8Bc6I6GvtUmKNZI1IRJ0M3Tq4Bz7eENe-RWjSn8TsVw22f-YJ1MbMUGqnmuNI/s1600-h/P7010298.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0VnjOICJtrmfEqscKKliLSKOIJ6zaELpK51taHgXfOX7WczqpGpre3me7WiuzJBTUKcMhP_YYmbIrKF8Bc6I6GvtUmKNZI1IRJ0M3Tq4Bz7eENe-RWjSn8TsVw22f-YJ1MbMUGqnmuNI/s320/P7010298.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354645101516878386" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua was more interested in the climbing wall.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zNMWawUcAfBi9lzkZjafZEJ1WNjD-S_ZTG5GMMefDLX0YSIpPN0pi5Q2mdwnT8x4IBtiCN34u4vOw_B05pEgdDzEUt5gbn9IPAyZSKWIkSmqsSaU_bwDn8ZKfuQU8yfoxphXstI24jg/s1600-h/P7010304.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_zNMWawUcAfBi9lzkZjafZEJ1WNjD-S_ZTG5GMMefDLX0YSIpPN0pi5Q2mdwnT8x4IBtiCN34u4vOw_B05pEgdDzEUt5gbn9IPAyZSKWIkSmqsSaU_bwDn8ZKfuQU8yfoxphXstI24jg/s320/P7010304.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354645094107171330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Soon the Handyside three were having a go as monkeys.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWAyce1TXmUi2JIEJPC28bx-fjSjkbqkTxFGJCVTlvfVr2vlre8jUaobckyqYyTqF-LZ7Fc3RwCy4ZFndl487b1ntLNuSdAVQVAgsrhyphenhyphenVNDPymMX94LdSWicQqzGH5HsE7cXfZUP_WXzc/s1600-h/P7010309.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWAyce1TXmUi2JIEJPC28bx-fjSjkbqkTxFGJCVTlvfVr2vlre8jUaobckyqYyTqF-LZ7Fc3RwCy4ZFndl487b1ntLNuSdAVQVAgsrhyphenhyphenVNDPymMX94LdSWicQqzGH5HsE7cXfZUP_WXzc/s320/P7010309.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354645089038339634" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dave thought Daniel needed to cool down so he put him in the pool to wash him with the cool water (or cold, if I'm honest).</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrx8yZudZPKzYF0VA4UqyzolicUNpxUBpSge9Up24a0K4g7loSHZkco_HW7N4HXpspghR7Ub94TSiD69DzD-pv9eyNVP41KFSgIlTSni5w-8btIbUUhIsQH96gkLmfpXWMvwmtaG0FKg/s1600-h/P7010310.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrx8yZudZPKzYF0VA4UqyzolicUNpxUBpSge9Up24a0K4g7loSHZkco_HW7N4HXpspghR7Ub94TSiD69DzD-pv9eyNVP41KFSgIlTSni5w-8btIbUUhIsQH96gkLmfpXWMvwmtaG0FKg/s320/P7010310.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354629354710625394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel H was not appreciative of the frigid water so he was declaring his protest. Daniel J found this incredibly amusing; the more Daniel H cried, the more Daniel J laughed!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXW0iRVq6ySj2T2L7YPXgZ2HTSsukBRjtV7XsOCvlbt_uYtkBbR7cYzFGxI1t5kEWurnhPhrYSyEegegIS8fMEKtzrxudxw0yQC3xMi3L3EZ0kRTvfS6QblMkxjgtpu9UMNym_MaqBR6A/s1600-h/P7010316.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXW0iRVq6ySj2T2L7YPXgZ2HTSsukBRjtV7XsOCvlbt_uYtkBbR7cYzFGxI1t5kEWurnhPhrYSyEegegIS8fMEKtzrxudxw0yQC3xMi3L3EZ0kRTvfS6QblMkxjgtpu9UMNym_MaqBR6A/s320/P7010316.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354629352376853410" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">But, not all was lost; they played together nicely again after the trauma.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyCURMnoK0c532UhbmAsd1K_ZVSPp1-59qmU0R6YJBpBj81RP5Qnz21iYyTZyQlJrRoAzRI-1ibEGr8RRmieAVClY_tvNnRuRp4kbcAOfyaGEeSpe0fPex2Jqa7J5AArCnHM9BbfB-04/s1600-h/P7010319.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyCURMnoK0c532UhbmAsd1K_ZVSPp1-59qmU0R6YJBpBj81RP5Qnz21iYyTZyQlJrRoAzRI-1ibEGr8RRmieAVClY_tvNnRuRp4kbcAOfyaGEeSpe0fPex2Jqa7J5AArCnHM9BbfB-04/s320/P7010319.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354629346793391458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNIPUX3H_-5nKR3XhoB-WBk_mSB0SvNOCYJUQ24C3tYYfa2xBa6noU58tVu1J7sKav7mt8bu2Dcw-YJsUV1HPS4LiN17XnYXJLRI39GDxrDvYxlBRDeZ6cdsaTDBwcidFEBvDPQvUBYQ/s1600-h/P7010327.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNIPUX3H_-5nKR3XhoB-WBk_mSB0SvNOCYJUQ24C3tYYfa2xBa6noU58tVu1J7sKav7mt8bu2Dcw-YJsUV1HPS4LiN17XnYXJLRI39GDxrDvYxlBRDeZ6cdsaTDBwcidFEBvDPQvUBYQ/s320/P7010327.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354629343261730674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_2043XxcyXoBcaimR4p5ER9cIWoAz22b2pQ8cDfbHJ3OOhWl5Xwn9nnw-GaQ9G2wN_C_AmNI5RES4-USWJeUImzWAy6ksAVKSWOoB8vFNBZei4OjPwxEtgBr4EMs9s_W1-30Bj26AnQ/s1600-h/P7010345.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_2043XxcyXoBcaimR4p5ER9cIWoAz22b2pQ8cDfbHJ3OOhWl5Xwn9nnw-GaQ9G2wN_C_AmNI5RES4-USWJeUImzWAy6ksAVKSWOoB8vFNBZei4OjPwxEtgBr4EMs9s_W1-30Bj26AnQ/s320/P7010345.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5354629334458121474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">We left the school soon after that and headed back to London for Peter and Vivian's flat. We stayed up just a short while to chat with them, but were all tired so we went to bed soon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thursday, July 2, Dave went with Pastor Jenkins to a mens Bible study. The speaker was Bill Anstrother, a pastor from Zimbabwe that Dave had known. While they were away, Viv and Amy were able to have a nice chat. Amy especially appreciated her chats and heart-to-hearts with Viv. Soon the men were back from the Bible study and eating the yummy breakfast that Viv had put together; croissants, bacon, cheese and jam. It was wonderful to sit around and listen to Pastor J and Bill and Viv and Dave and Amy talking about the wonderful ways of our Lord. Bill, Peter and Viv soon were praying for Dave and Amy; what a wonderfully, blessed time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Viv had to leave soon, though, in order to attend a Bible study of her own. The Handysides were supposed to be on the road soon after this, but decided to wait a bit to miss the intense heat. We packed up and then just sat around chatting with Peter and Bill. Right as we were about to walk out the door, Viv came home. We were so happy to get a chance to give one last hug.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It took us about 6 hours to get to Newcastle. All in all it was an uneventful trip, which is always a good thing, I think.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Friday, July 3, we slept in and lounged around and blogged the whole day.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Saturday, July 4, we slept in again and lounged around some more while watching Wimbledon and blogging. We made a trip to ASDA in the evening, but other than that, nothing much happened... and we liked it that way.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEJSKCJtpswZ3quqqkc0zfzlzALFWgs6DujNMpp_ya7d32FKhfr86093sZ3vUVBOAEWWejnzzdxeKxoHL1WBl4n4ZBHjh8K5YtJlbooFaezWHbJVvspExtj3QV6jC9Dc_qQm139MHQPS4/s1600-h/P6300209.JPG"></a></div>The Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047377961349994077.post-36467543770499588042009-07-03T15:48:00.003-05:002018-04-18T06:22:15.557-05:00July 3, 2009<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjoBVWhHHJzgyo5zlWWXIB7lsznUj-M5aa6SUChd8ZWslc0ICEjZDwEtsOtT5BsYGSNGWW1B5Sb2ox0NEv1S18ogW7gK4n6R-VOeJyYSox9nVhSLDzGc_cBHVvsYc_BVlAOYo72iz4W_E/s1600-h/P6190136.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><br />
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The evening of Friday, June 19, we walked down to the park near Eric and Lee's house to give the kids a bit of play time.</div>
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Joshua enjoyed being a monkey.</div>
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Daddy and Joshua had fun bouncing one another on the teeter-totter.</div>
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And Daniel decided the slide was the way to go.</div>
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Saturday, June 20, Eric and Dave went to watch rugby at a local pub that had the station that was carrying the rugby game. The Lions were playing the Springboks. The Boks won!!! Lee, Joshua, Daniel, and Amy met up with Dave and Eric in the road on the way to the train station. We were all travelling by train to Howth. When we got there we saw they were having a fair; this caused much rejoicing in Joshua.</div>
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We walked on the pier and saw lots of fascinating things....</div>
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The seals were begging for some grub.</div>
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One of the seals was quite small, yet it's eyes were the largest of the bunch. Eric decided this was the 'special needs' seal.</div>
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The view from the pier was fabulous!</div>
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Joshua had the best view.</div>
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Lee was overjoyed at the fun!</div>
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Dave showed Joshua all the amazing sights.</div>
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We found the footstep of King George IV and were surprised at the smallness of it.</div>
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Dave has evidently been job searching while we are in the UK. I think it is rather cheeky of him to proclaim himself 'clever', but I wouldn't mind having him to clean my house.</div>
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Then we walked over to the fair where Joshua, Dave, and Eric had a whirly-twirly time on the Dodge-Ems.</div>
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Joshua, Amy, and Dave got dizzy on the roller-coaster.</div>
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We left the fair and walked down to the fish and chips shop. As we were walking Joshua and Daniel were holding hands the whole way. It was very sweet!</div>
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The father of one of the church members was there from Bulgaria. He didn't speak much English. He gave a lovely farewell to the church members as he was leaving the next day to go home. At the end of the service he came and spoke to Daniel in his native language. I don't have a clue what he said, but Daniel seemed to know. Daniel just kept staring up at him and smiling. Then he reached out his arms to the man and pretended to give him a big hug. (Daniel was strapped in his pram at the time so he couldn't give real hugs).</div>
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After church we walked home and had lunch and lounged around a bit after.</div>
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Mommy hugged on a head someone had misplaced.</div>
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Eric decided ice cream sounded good and went to get us some.</div>
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When he got back we had super-duper banana splits.</div>
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Not long after our super-duper banana splits Ken Jenkins came over for a couple of hours. He had just flown into the country and was to be working in Victoria for 6 weeks. It was great seeing the Doc again. The last time Dave had seen him was in August 2004 and the last time Amy and Joshua had seen him was in April 2003.</div>
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While Dave and Doc were busy catching up Eric was busy firing up the braai.</div>
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Lee was busy preparing the fish for the barby.</div>
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Daniel found it more exciting to spin the wheel on the scooter.</div>
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That night we had a great time playing Carem. Then we put the boys to bed and had more fun playing Settlers of Cattan while drinking tea and eating scones.</div>
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Amy LOVES scones!!!</div>
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Whipped fresh cream, strawberry jam and marg on top of a yummy scone....</div>
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what's NOT to love???</div>
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Monday, June 22, we got up at 4:30am in order to fly back to Newcastle. That day we mainly napped and lounged around.</div>
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That evening Gogs got wet giving Daniel a bath in the sink.</div>
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Joshua wanted to join in the fun.</div>
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Then we had fun tuggling together in bed before entering the Land of Nod.</div>
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Wednesday, June 24, was Rob's birthday. Eric and Lee flew in early that morning. Dave went to pick the up from the airport. When they got to the house everyone was still asleep so the three of them decided to go get breakfast baps from the curb-side diner. Baps are a Newcastle favourite; the bun is kinda like a burger bun - only better- and then it is filled with some sort of meat and the English favourite of brown sauce. The guys brought us all back some.... bacon, egg and onion with brown sauce.... YUM! We spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon wrapping presents and signing cards and having tea with the whole family.</div>
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Later that afternoon, Gramps came over to give Rob his birthday card. Rob was out when he arrived so Joshua kept him entertained by chatting with him in the garden.</div>
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Soon it was time to open presies. You will notice that the card reads "Pete" and, of course, this is not Rob's name. Dave and Michael, Dave's brother, call him Pete Robbie. Evidently, there was a man in Zimbabwe by this name... it is a joke of some sort, but not knowing the man I have no idea what the joke is.</div>
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Then he and Eric spent some quality 'guy time' looking at an electronic catalog.</div>
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Grandpa couldn't wait to get into his gifts! He got lots of fun things from his children and grandchildren... digital photo frame, bible cover, shirt, a frog pot the he and Joshua are to paint together with Basil seeds to plant in it, another shirt, a giant chocolate cake with caramel fudge on top.. YUM!</div>
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Then it was time to chat with Michael and his new wife, Nicola, since they were missing. =(</div>
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While Dad was chatting with Micks, Lee and Eric celebrated with a little dance.</div>
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Here await the hungry birthday crew....</div>
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Dave, Joshua, Eric, Lee, Rob, Liz</div>
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Liz, Gramps, Mark, Louise, Katie, Daniel</div>
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That evening we went to see Uncle John and Aunty Laura. They had been downtown Newcastle for a doctor appointment and had come back with a snazzy new pair of orange sparkly shoes for Aunty Laura. They thrilled us with stories of Dave and Lee's grandmother, Nancy, who had passed away at only 58. Dave and Lee even had a quick chat on the telephone to Janet, John and Laura's daughter, who was at that moment in Spain on vacation.</div>
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We were soon to leave there to head over to Gramp's house. He filled our heads with visions of airplane crashes and attempted to fill Joshua's belly with more yoghurt, but Joshua was not so keen that time.</div>
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We didn't have long to stay at Gramp's because we were due at the allotment to start the braai. Rob, Liz, Eric, Lee, Dave, Amy, Joshua, and Daniel were all there having a good time eating sausages, chicken, sadza, potato bake, and crisps before cleaning up and heading back home before dark.</div>
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Friday, June 26, we spent the morning packing for the camping trip. Daniel spent most of that time in the cooler box.</div>
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Then we were off to Durham to see if their Argos had the gas range we were looking for... THEY DID!! So we had success, but only after being stuck in skinny little back roads for over an hour. We DID go right by Durham Cathedral and Hatfield College, so that made the trip a little more interesting.</div>
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Next we were on the motorway with our destination of Sherwood Forest. We were stuck on the motorway for HOURS!!! We stopped only a short time in York to eat fish and chips at 'The Wetherby Whaler'. The road was practically a complete dead-lock for a long time. What should have been a 2 1/2 hour trip turned into over 5 hours! Once we reached Clipstone and then Sherwood Forest Holiday Park we were more than pleased to get out of the cars and set up camp.</div>
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Joshua was a big help by airing up all of the beds.</div>
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Even Daniel played a part.</div>
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The men didn't like Amy and Lee's ideas of how to set up camp so the women were sent to the naughty chairs.</div>
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Finally, camp was ready and it was not long before sleep came.</div>
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This is how we ended up. Dave and Amy slept in the big tent on the left side. Eric and Lee slept in the big tent on the right side. Joshua and Daniel slept in the small tent and the tarp covered both of them while creating a nice awning for us to sit under during rainy times.</div>
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Saturday, June 27, we had baps again for breakfast; this time Eric cooked them for us. Then we had a wonderful time reading the word of the Lord and praying together before we started our day. It didn't take Daniel long, though, until he was ready to get loaded into the car.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">This giant tree, with a waistline of 35 ft, a height of 52 feet and weighing an estimated 23 tons, has been here for about 800-1000 years. The exact age of this magnificent tree can only be estimated. Its huge size is a clue, and yet at the same time as some oaks grow faster than others, the enormous trunk conceals the real answer.</span><table align="center"><tbody>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Height=16 metres, average diameter=337 cms,
measured by Alan F.Mitchell in 1990, species robur.</span></h5>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Its large canopy, the leaves and branches, with a spread of 92 ft points to it being a tree that has grown up with little or no competition from oaks nearby. This has allowed the large branches and network of leaves to spread out. Its huge trunks forming as the tree demands food, water and structured support which increased during its continued growth, as it still does today.</span></h4>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: "times" , fantasy; font-size: medium;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: "times" , fantasy; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "georgia" , -webkit-fantasy; font-size: 16px; font-weight: normal;">This is not the Major Oak. It's just a jolly, big tree.</span></span></h5>
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We spotted some wheat growing in the middle of the road.</div>
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We spotted those same love birds that we had seen at Ardgillan Castle in Ireland!</div>
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One might think that the man is sitting beside it and the woman is behind it when in fact, the woman is standing inside the tree. Rumor has it that Robin Hood and his merry men would use this tree as a quick hide-out from their enemies.</div>
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This is a close-up of part of the trunk. If you look closely, you just might see the face of the old tree.</div>
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Amy found a big, old tree. Poor thing, it had a goiter!</div>
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We thought we had even spotted the elusive Robin Hood.</div>
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Turned out to be Eric.</div>
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Daniel insisted on walking, but would only do it if someone was holding his hands.</div>
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We came across scaly characters in the town square.</div>
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This one looked as though he had been here for a very long time.</div>
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This guy was just plain SCARY!!!! No telling what he was locked up for!</div>
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Daniel got Eric to walk him around after Daddy stopped.</div>
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We found a lovely spot for a picnic.</div>
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After we ate we found Winnie the Pooh in a nearby tree.</div>
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Eric had a 'restful' lie down with his nephews.</div>
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Wait a minute! Isn't that little Midge in that tree?!?</div>
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We left the Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre and headed over to Edwinstowe's St Mary's Church. We parked near a craft centre so we went in there first. Strange thing... a man running one of the shops knew Dave and Lee's Mum.... Small World!!</div>
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The church had just been used for a wedding. The wedding party had walked across the street to have the reception at the 'Maid Marion Restaurant and Pub'. St. Mary's had a beautiful, old cemetery.</div>
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Joshua spotted a head stone that was really neat to us. Anyone that is a true Robin Hood fan will know who Richard Green is. For those of you who are Robin Hood ignorant, Richard Green was the actor that played Robin Hood in the BBC series in the 50's. This head stone was, obviously, too old to belong to that particular Richard Green, but we found it fascinating just the same.</div>
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The Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047377961349994077.post-65910329138592125322009-06-23T05:49:00.021-05:002018-04-18T06:22:15.594-05:00June 24, 2009<div style="text-align: center;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">You might remember from our last blog a picture of a piece of wood that we saw in St. Nicholas Cathedral. (If you do not remember, now would be the time to scroll down to that blog to read about it). I promised to tell about the neat thing we discovered after downloading the photies. This is the cool thing we saw:</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdV1UbDJmovR2X8qJNWzgJvx-b3s95zG9RgyRI8lcR1DPShbPo1FMKgne-LGwrHyF9CoJn5iSyQevM1Juv7SJTGSLjWLRZXpqKJqcj048-BloNK-yTGBCTdvlGfcQ-KNjwWhrBiplEkBU/s1600-h/P6100106_2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdV1UbDJmovR2X8qJNWzgJvx-b3s95zG9RgyRI8lcR1DPShbPo1FMKgne-LGwrHyF9CoJn5iSyQevM1Juv7SJTGSLjWLRZXpqKJqcj048-BloNK-yTGBCTdvlGfcQ-KNjwWhrBiplEkBU/s320/P6100106_2.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350482949304504546" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">I thought it was very cool that reflected in the glass containing the wood, dating back to a tree that was alive during the time of Christ, was the shadow of a cross. It is as if it is suggesting that the wood could have easily been the very wood used for making the cross of our Lord and Saviour. I also like how the light is in three separate sections: the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Three parts - one Light.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Friday, June 12th, we were busy getting ready for Dave and Rob to travel down to Top Barn Farm in Worcester, near Birmingham. Angus Buchan, a South African farmer Dave speaks of regularly, was the main speaker. There were over 2000 men from various countries at the farm to worship. Dave had a lovely time with his dad. They were both refreshed and revived by the Spirit. Dave was extremely pleased they went as God used that time not only to allow he and his dad special time together, but also to draw Rob to a place of deciding to seek the Lord's face daily and placing Him at the head of his life again. Praise God!!! When Dave and Rob came back from their trip Rob was a changed man! His speech was different, his face was different, and he seemed happier than I've ever seen him before. Dave was tearing up that whole day because he was overcome with joy and gratitude. What a blessed time!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtt5kFezR51zHTG9L2ZXeTDys9jS6jJ3D1Rpkrrm8U9-yth18Jqxe5pn5CCONXIWjeS6S8cxc6yt2zr8DtQedAt6LN-jhuK6QuaBuDkjOgZ5J9-MkK0XkgJaVWs37grl7-ZcPgYPHu4h0/s1600-h/P6130016.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtt5kFezR51zHTG9L2ZXeTDys9jS6jJ3D1Rpkrrm8U9-yth18Jqxe5pn5CCONXIWjeS6S8cxc6yt2zr8DtQedAt6LN-jhuK6QuaBuDkjOgZ5J9-MkK0XkgJaVWs37grl7-ZcPgYPHu4h0/s320/P6130016.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350482943309486642" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wMyL9Hf0BpIQowEknxtWmKG5_MlVRO-Jb8GeBjxfXN7aCnbkRiJHyDjuYyb30LYdo0MvsDV4xA6uu8SjUMHV6QmW3mdm_oMH1jLJbxaZN0oJOnHQWD-FVaUihYTyMWt6O6I_tjS89xU/s1600-h/P6130030.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wMyL9Hf0BpIQowEknxtWmKG5_MlVRO-Jb8GeBjxfXN7aCnbkRiJHyDjuYyb30LYdo0MvsDV4xA6uu8SjUMHV6QmW3mdm_oMH1jLJbxaZN0oJOnHQWD-FVaUihYTyMWt6O6I_tjS89xU/s320/P6130030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350482939714438658" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">As soon as Dave and Rob left on Friday, Joshua, Daniel, and I walked up to a park in Winlaton. We had lots of fun kicking around the ball and playing on the slide. Joshua met a couple of little boys that he had fun with. We walked home and then had spaghetti for supper. (It's one of Joshua's favourites).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Saturday, June 13th, we stayed at home all day. Mark, Louise, and Katie came over for a couple of hours. Daniel and Katie were having a grand time together, of course! Mark kept us entertained with stories of his childhood while Katie kept us in bruises with her tackling. Haha!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The rest of that day Joshua and Mummy watched Animal Planet because they were showing a really cool documentary about monkeys. Anyone who knows Joshua very well knows that he is not really a boy, but a monkey and will understand our enthusiasm in learning more about his family. =) Mummy made some yummy burgers that night which we quickly devoured in order to finish watching the monkeys.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Sunday, June 14th, we wanted to go to church, but Mark was to collect us for the Metro Centre mid-morning... dilemma. In the end, we decided to go ahead and go to church and leave Mark a note explaining where we were. We were really glad we went to church. We attended the same one we had last week. The people were, again, just so lovely. The speaker for that week, as they have no pastor, was preaching about Job. The speaker's main focus was how God brought Job to humility; teaching him that we are all so small and powerless in comparison to the greatness and power of the Lord. I found this to be very interesting.... especially when Dave got home and said that was the focus of the messages they had heard at the farm!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As soon as the service was over, I hardly had time to turn around and there stood Mark. Perfect timing! We went to the Metro Centre where we met up with Louise and Katie. We ate at Burger King; I had a peri-peri chicken wrap (something you cannot find at the Burger King in Oklahoma). Then we did some shopping around. Louise is quite the enthusiastic shopper! She was making me laugh at how she had been 'looking for one of these forever'; no matter what it was she picked up. Haha! It wasn't long, however, that all three children were obviously needing to take a nap so Mark dropped Joshua, Daniel, and me back at the house.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We didn't have too long of a wait before Daddy and Grandpa were home!!! YAY!!! Then we listened to stories of their weekend with excitement. The joy of listening to the stories was to be short-lived, however, because washing and packing was to be done as we were to leave the next day for Ireland.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">While we were in the middle of our packing (at about 11pm), Rob calls us from the backyard. This is what we found....</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwNdKkUzXm0LNOprSizABvyNhtrBN3MOAk9CFh6LgFfkp7SnfwfGiX5ZEVOqMi6BRZEavnTl8POs3pGExLeOzZj4LrGFKbyaSIS3vimBT5dBY6ox-EDEE-50sfoBPI5F6coryiB2xgXk/s1600-h/P6140010b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwNdKkUzXm0LNOprSizABvyNhtrBN3MOAk9CFh6LgFfkp7SnfwfGiX5ZEVOqMi6BRZEavnTl8POs3pGExLeOzZj4LrGFKbyaSIS3vimBT5dBY6ox-EDEE-50sfoBPI5F6coryiB2xgXk/s320/P6140010b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350482933720490434" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">For those of you who have never seen one before, it is a hedgehog. We had fun watching it roll up in a ball. Dave reckons it must have been eating slugs because it's face and hands were so slimy. GROSS!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Monday morning, June 15th, had us up early to head out to the airport. Rob dropped us and our plane was out of there by 8am. Through the window on our flight we saw some very pretty things that God made. When we landed in Ireland we grabbed a taxi and headed over to Lee and Eric's house. We were sooooo excited to see Lee!!!!!! It is not that we were not excited to see Eric. He just happened to be at work so we didn't get to see him when we arrived. Dave and I walked down to the nearest shop to pick up some milk and cream while Lee made us some German pancakes... Yummy! After breakfast we all had a lounge around and then we walked to the shopping centre to get some groceries for our stay. Most importantly, we needed some scones! We just couldn't go any longer without some yummy scones with strawberry jam and whipped cream.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">By the time we got back, Eric was at home!!!! Joshua ran to him and jumped in his arms as we were walking our last block.. sooo sweeeet! They soon went to the backyard to play soccer while we all had fun drinking tea and nibbling on our scones.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After supper we just sat around and chatted and chatted. FUN TIMES!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tuesday, June 16th, we stayed at home the whole day. Dave, Joshua, and Daniel played soccer.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM84LGOznYznfBZkskbYHmRT77gUZN8aNBZxwMeArjYaaDSFXPiG9KgVMs6JDBC4RxhaMWHP7toM4rbd7jrvTmBzCFeeH8AooT8sHNugdwhE8ntSX4Lal1XZ4Lshoyvuh-koyc0XKv4PM/s1600-h/P6160019.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM84LGOznYznfBZkskbYHmRT77gUZN8aNBZxwMeArjYaaDSFXPiG9KgVMs6JDBC4RxhaMWHP7toM4rbd7jrvTmBzCFeeH8AooT8sHNugdwhE8ntSX4Lal1XZ4Lshoyvuh-koyc0XKv4PM/s320/P6160019.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350521105067831234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua was wishing Uncle Sesic was at home and not at work.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVSPbTPgn5kF_j0X8OB0pd7sLFaen8ulFAHYfMwGt84wzLz96v2tA5pFW7Rp2_dX93QmMIEeX7C1u-eGOe0z1QYtOrdrI0M96Eh1UN-zMuxbGZLoQH_UmqHSan2yfpdlYcqmzasnBJ_6I/s1600-h/P6160026.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVSPbTPgn5kF_j0X8OB0pd7sLFaen8ulFAHYfMwGt84wzLz96v2tA5pFW7Rp2_dX93QmMIEeX7C1u-eGOe0z1QYtOrdrI0M96Eh1UN-zMuxbGZLoQH_UmqHSan2yfpdlYcqmzasnBJ_6I/s320/P6160026.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350521099372156466" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We just hung out together with Lee all day. Soon Eric came home and we played Carem, a game board that his grandfather had made. It has to do with flicking a shooter at a coloured ring in order to sink it in a pocket. I would say that it is very similar to playing pool... only with your fingers.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Wednesday, June 17th, we had big plans so as we were getting ready Daniel had fun watching Silly Songs with Larry. He danced and danced to 'The Song of the Cabu'.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
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Our first stop was the Nursing and Midwifery campus of Trinity College; Lee is a student there.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXirvEWWiisHX1qFm0B8nEHMFAD48aUxFlaqWo5ozXsz4vNBb2jpkM_VQU564nnjQXCn7k2ykljH_40wUzPwMs9jduNwAL89j_lW6Jx39as8hpfxofXpfSkTVsdxp4veYb0qZZ8mpruw/s1600-h/P6170032.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqXirvEWWiisHX1qFm0B8nEHMFAD48aUxFlaqWo5ozXsz4vNBb2jpkM_VQU564nnjQXCn7k2ykljH_40wUzPwMs9jduNwAL89j_lW6Jx39as8hpfxofXpfSkTVsdxp4veYb0qZZ8mpruw/s320/P6170032.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350532595847654050" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We walked from there over to the main Trinity College campus. It was pretty!</div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYrRsH-yJEwO5uactNXXvoM2wAbF87pGqye1-HVclKU2oqOWvfh2DPMElkzbAp5sf83lsmtSVmuF1AhTf6Slk5ooErjAbqThBkIefq8lOdBbjoeLviHGRV28M4SVMGVqe29oQ5-1i0vM/s320/P6170034.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350532593391792962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkYrRsH-yJEwO5uactNXXvoM2wAbF87pGqye1-HVclKU2oqOWvfh2DPMElkzbAp5sf83lsmtSVmuF1AhTf6Slk5ooErjAbqThBkIefq8lOdBbjoeLviHGRV28M4SVMGVqe29oQ5-1i0vM/s1600-h/P6170034.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"> </a>We walked through the big wooden doors into a vestibule that lead into the courtyard.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaz8AyGJrkeqMW2flLaSeUJjaiLvM4VS-wK_ogEOOtDqKcbA5Q81K6i2nH64t-CjsxvdQIFlzpNKg-K1Mvc2X7mA0_YaiAQFWuFCZRP_GRj5ZOvNAAdGfdXdM2cJj4SCsI3TflUkqhLCE/s1600-h/P6170036.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaz8AyGJrkeqMW2flLaSeUJjaiLvM4VS-wK_ogEOOtDqKcbA5Q81K6i2nH64t-CjsxvdQIFlzpNKg-K1Mvc2X7mA0_YaiAQFWuFCZRP_GRj5ZOvNAAdGfdXdM2cJj4SCsI3TflUkqhLCE/s1600-h/P6170036.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaz8AyGJrkeqMW2flLaSeUJjaiLvM4VS-wK_ogEOOtDqKcbA5Q81K6i2nH64t-CjsxvdQIFlzpNKg-K1Mvc2X7mA0_YaiAQFWuFCZRP_GRj5ZOvNAAdGfdXdM2cJj4SCsI3TflUkqhLCE/s320/P6170036.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350532590283240770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Once in the courtyard, a large structure lead to a lovely park.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHX8gYLyHFV05ckqOvr8Zdzynb-rK1sJvhUP5yCVDMQ8KNqbswhP46LV2KqGQKW3WebkDOHpuKLVIj_BycL2X3jyo5GDrovGB99QzFFeeguGjHi-kJuMObuwT-MGrsS-Jd2_hfAwBjEds/s1600-h/P6170037.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHX8gYLyHFV05ckqOvr8Zdzynb-rK1sJvhUP5yCVDMQ8KNqbswhP46LV2KqGQKW3WebkDOHpuKLVIj_BycL2X3jyo5GDrovGB99QzFFeeguGjHi-kJuMObuwT-MGrsS-Jd2_hfAwBjEds/s320/P6170037.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350532585411279202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a>Our first objective was to find food because we were all hungry since it was already 2:45pm. Once our bellies were full, we were eager to head over to see the Book of Kells. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(1, 1, 1); line-height: 15px; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The Book of Kells is one of the most famous manuscripts in the history of the world and was completed in about 800 AD. The vellum (calfskin) manuscript contains transcriptions of the four Gospels, lavishly illustrated and ornamented. It is the most elaborate manuscript of its kind to survive from the early Middle Ages. The scribes and artists who created the Book of Kells were monks who lived in a monastery on the remote island of Iona, off the west coast of Scotland. The monastery was founded late in the sixth century by an Irish monk, St Colmcille. (bookofkells.com/the-manuscript)</span></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFUQO1VF1umJe56hXEr2cjMJsjvGwdLEW2IMNmP8wFc_G_0PQrzDPgns43HMsmRgFc85VOp3Erv4EKlB-RDKAOVu13BHWFIOtABgC4Ycz9mWeEJOfW1Kpezb0nOJR88d327wWwRCMj9k/s1600-h/kells.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWFUQO1VF1umJe56hXEr2cjMJsjvGwdLEW2IMNmP8wFc_G_0PQrzDPgns43HMsmRgFc85VOp3Erv4EKlB-RDKAOVu13BHWFIOtABgC4Ycz9mWeEJOfW1Kpezb0nOJR88d327wWwRCMj9k/s320/kells.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350538253550050626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 201px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnwOWxFew-yF4bA86lJR4KCxg7_RaEZncfjb_NWa_jMCRuWk_2DPOgkbf3T-gK8QPL3ypXIr7jYC7W6MlqUNJMIspWUOeEQQ08HErv1LOOKN8y1uqwprnTsUjzN_HccIefbDthqq8ArI/s1600-h/kell1bmp.gif"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnwOWxFew-yF4bA86lJR4KCxg7_RaEZncfjb_NWa_jMCRuWk_2DPOgkbf3T-gK8QPL3ypXIr7jYC7W6MlqUNJMIspWUOeEQQ08HErv1LOOKN8y1uqwprnTsUjzN_HccIefbDthqq8ArI/s320/kell1bmp.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350538248057181234" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Wow, that was amazing. Can you imagine being the one who did that???</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After the we walked up to the Old Library. I don't know how many of you like looking at old, old books, but we just LOVE it!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgua8kwHoZ3GGrl6zGaqlAq2XGK1QyjXyGJwLXiaTp1V2zkzaaRyloM3PnzLPnpfhbVxI3Zl571PndHs2sdbWzqBU74K7bpHH6wq-Q2zUJtPycXsmfdOhyedY_zr-TpEUb4W6AG5nmpaL4/s1600-h/longroom.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgua8kwHoZ3GGrl6zGaqlAq2XGK1QyjXyGJwLXiaTp1V2zkzaaRyloM3PnzLPnpfhbVxI3Zl571PndHs2sdbWzqBU74K7bpHH6wq-Q2zUJtPycXsmfdOhyedY_zr-TpEUb4W6AG5nmpaL4/s320/longroom.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350542707570557778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We left there and walked... </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgloccCwX1X8dBFs_JVMA2nphD3MOuiXjHWi83TZL7KkDnw_2fNBmy6tKqkx9BGWcIiljLsC_hpAzjjhgjaxKCY9T0Xc40FyjyZ_VrkbcsGn8ZVwKVp9tV36ODgIfjms2C5W_FTk24ZYCU/s1600-h/P6170041.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgloccCwX1X8dBFs_JVMA2nphD3MOuiXjHWi83TZL7KkDnw_2fNBmy6tKqkx9BGWcIiljLsC_hpAzjjhgjaxKCY9T0Xc40FyjyZ_VrkbcsGn8ZVwKVp9tV36ODgIfjms2C5W_FTk24ZYCU/s320/P6170041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350532574951901874" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a><div>over to Marks and Spencer, a fantastic English department/grocery store. It's like Walmart... only way more upscale. Joshua was thirsty, so he had a small carton of juice.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5MJYqFS1SKP8SuLrjrS1QSEeDJU43D-EcNgpMOzDV3qqCy9L-W8hfYSJpzGogNT24K2CVgGRsPbHSjBG3BjtUenU4JBUBY8WOf3AF4FlV-OsS4n5ILlzehcK72Yi1f8U-lS59ofcS7vE/s1600-h/P6170042.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5MJYqFS1SKP8SuLrjrS1QSEeDJU43D-EcNgpMOzDV3qqCy9L-W8hfYSJpzGogNT24K2CVgGRsPbHSjBG3BjtUenU4JBUBY8WOf3AF4FlV-OsS4n5ILlzehcK72Yi1f8U-lS59ofcS7vE/s320/P6170042.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350526534806193570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a>After that, we walked over to Avoca where Lee got us some more YUMMY scones. From there we went over to the bus stop. Joshua was excited to get on this bus because it was a double-decker.
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5296nYUvCUXbo4lkxsYFjZJIebMqc8l6Cx63j7UjnJFrW7U3Vp_PUxsOthvN9zCpZ-yZP7K05CVP-1PklP-smqCSkOLXjgfC7oQtoU8R8E0IEpvUAEql89wvlLGE12FHom7XzI-_ZJ4/s1600-h/P6170043.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK5296nYUvCUXbo4lkxsYFjZJIebMqc8l6Cx63j7UjnJFrW7U3Vp_PUxsOthvN9zCpZ-yZP7K05CVP-1PklP-smqCSkOLXjgfC7oQtoU8R8E0IEpvUAEql89wvlLGE12FHom7XzI-_ZJ4/s320/P6170043.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350526524023620354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>Eric was at home when we arrived. He and Joshua we quickly out the door for some soccer playing as Lee cooked the chicken and David and Amy settled Daniel for a nap.
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-4_sJXam2QYQAR1jOdoT0bSJZoWSQ9a-fo6YFekJYYrv0OxuFqc4Iwht58yWqgpZGLOybjg-8PvzFozoSpSY2cFLCEz6E3sclcZV4Rz7HJdHJwZYBy1UA6o20ztSGJVvhD7Ha21B1rA/s1600-h/P6170044.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd-4_sJXam2QYQAR1jOdoT0bSJZoWSQ9a-fo6YFekJYYrv0OxuFqc4Iwht58yWqgpZGLOybjg-8PvzFozoSpSY2cFLCEz6E3sclcZV4Rz7HJdHJwZYBy1UA6o20ztSGJVvhD7Ha21B1rA/s320/P6170044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350526519102801314" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>As it was Wednesday night we had home group. We sang lots of songs, many of them were written by Eric. One that we really enjoyed was the creation song (don't remember the real name of it). It was a fun song! Eric played the guitar for us while Joshua accompanied with the maracas.
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<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipzn9VFDOp9dzUuTIpJ9hdonjXAnLudnjRQFuX_c5hGczG9BrJm2kWdEtHRsLpmltzv5D99OVH0oaDXc0nIA3GNALWc5lGTFxrbnolADtpfabuMd8aZM0FRloW1cfHG86YpXnWOR6qfU/s1600-h/P6170053.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgipzn9VFDOp9dzUuTIpJ9hdonjXAnLudnjRQFuX_c5hGczG9BrJm2kWdEtHRsLpmltzv5D99OVH0oaDXc0nIA3GNALWc5lGTFxrbnolADtpfabuMd8aZM0FRloW1cfHG86YpXnWOR6qfU/s320/P6170053.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350526506553956306" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dave read from the Word and we prayed. After that, Lee finished preparing supper while Dave and Eric chatted and Amy went upstairs to have a good cry (she was wishing to be in Oklahoma for her Papaw's funeral). I just LOVE how God speaks to every heart in a different way using the same words!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thursday, June 18th, Eric woke up early to go rent us an SUV so we could do a little bit of site-seeing. While we were waiting getting ready, Daniel had a little bit of a trip and got a good scrape on the noggin. I just knew it was going to leave a huge, ugly bruise, but it didn't discolor a bit.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE7_iSxXvsIT2TIlkkPQMsPvw5R4hz2CjmIBpxntdpicm0Dfgh8LtExg2ylvaOs8LGW02ph2dvx_kag6gWs4MLiu2tv0BU15EXJnuGuvecwJiV0UuQgy9_J6SBPzrQsZoXEmz-na6Ws30/s1600-h/P6180056.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE7_iSxXvsIT2TIlkkPQMsPvw5R4hz2CjmIBpxntdpicm0Dfgh8LtExg2ylvaOs8LGW02ph2dvx_kag6gWs4MLiu2tv0BU15EXJnuGuvecwJiV0UuQgy9_J6SBPzrQsZoXEmz-na6Ws30/s320/P6180056.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350553828763095474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua got involved in 'Winnie the Pooh'. He ended up taking it along in the car.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxwZlKLUNOlZIvpOfY0N9pSI6XTcIZGRaL3dCV0-lJf0cTOfUWamkV068p50BcEMhnLg8XrEHvoqygpQUjdZ9CxZqprQHJ7Om1uEkt_dqO95w9ZrYsn4S5QWu1qb4B5LA9bUFUFW4rL4/s1600-h/P6180059.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyxwZlKLUNOlZIvpOfY0N9pSI6XTcIZGRaL3dCV0-lJf0cTOfUWamkV068p50BcEMhnLg8XrEHvoqygpQUjdZ9CxZqprQHJ7Om1uEkt_dqO95w9ZrYsn4S5QWu1qb4B5LA9bUFUFW4rL4/s320/P6180059.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350553823681558034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>Soon we were off. Lee and Eric's house is in Dublin and we were heading to where I was pointing. We drove through Port Marnock and Malahide on the coast before heading up to Newgrange.
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpKEBy4Lbeivsp3dnpSriPJnuzvLvpm46yVXr2br3TLZ4grYGL94n-ZIjn1CsuOiRFMrypajjL5yu4lHx9jX084NDt3srfT9XcZ74d2qZx9cSddoIIdVvhHcjDhzLYF6j4SN_mSzaZ3qo/s1600-h/P6180065.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpKEBy4Lbeivsp3dnpSriPJnuzvLvpm46yVXr2br3TLZ4grYGL94n-ZIjn1CsuOiRFMrypajjL5yu4lHx9jX084NDt3srfT9XcZ74d2qZx9cSddoIIdVvhHcjDhzLYF6j4SN_mSzaZ3qo/s320/P6180065.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350553817903180898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a>Newgrange was amazing! Older than the Egyptian pyramids. The chamber is in the shape of a cross!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 66, 57); font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The Megalithic Passage Tomb at Newgrange was built about 3200 BC. The kidney shaped mound covers an area of over one acre and is surrounded by 97 kerbstones, some of which are richly decorated with megalithic art. The 19 metre long inner passage leads to a cruciform chamber with a corbelled roof. It is estimated that the construction of the Passage Tomb at Newgrange would have taken a work force of 300 at least 20 years.</span>
</span></li></ul><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRz_MipnCj0yrgBQ08pVrz5iYGlQ7jaYj3fQwL0nAxKT4n8CcpRqay51Q3qUNgKkv1-jAphoQde9L5x1J03ewNCfTNLM0mM5t4XCNeZqx4GKtrgbxCjisK8TN2Tdv0E6vUO5jqaTzQTU/s1600-h/P6180069.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRz_MipnCj0yrgBQ08pVrz5iYGlQ7jaYj3fQwL0nAxKT4n8CcpRqay51Q3qUNgKkv1-jAphoQde9L5x1J03ewNCfTNLM0mM5t4XCNeZqx4GKtrgbxCjisK8TN2Tdv0E6vUO5jqaTzQTU/s320/P6180069.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350553230240846786" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This pic was taken as we were walking to the visitor centre.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Newgrange as seen from our bus.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFp1etxg6rjLGzgh4NkA0MU-ImJZfzDwEcmsiPbqPQBNdDVtFxLZGgJsFsVGN8QU8flhoTmrAQppisYT5L8hC5mAULwoOPjVXynMSsqbM31K2sSXZ6r5cZwAlZrRFr8HRy-nsxS7lAp4/s1600-h/P6180079.JPG"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFp1etxg6rjLGzgh4NkA0MU-ImJZfzDwEcmsiPbqPQBNdDVtFxLZGgJsFsVGN8QU8flhoTmrAQppisYT5L8hC5mAULwoOPjVXynMSsqbM31K2sSXZ6r5cZwAlZrRFr8HRy-nsxS7lAp4/s1600-h/P6180079.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGFp1etxg6rjLGzgh4NkA0MU-ImJZfzDwEcmsiPbqPQBNdDVtFxLZGgJsFsVGN8QU8flhoTmrAQppisYT5L8hC5mAULwoOPjVXynMSsqbM31K2sSXZ6r5cZwAlZrRFr8HRy-nsxS7lAp4/s320/P6180079.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350553224639281330" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The view from Newgrange was just amazing!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-gwXWAr00auaBSnRWz2Lkuf1NO1b9Xqhj-iwlqPbasXPXU-AZyFvArfRfdPB866gkAqU3YZ7lO-Ea53j60sX097li-_MgjRiIJPptQrrrM9NMJ7DZ-xVu_x9_Pm2afmzPuV7oIVwaPg/s1600-h/P6180081.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN-gwXWAr00auaBSnRWz2Lkuf1NO1b9Xqhj-iwlqPbasXPXU-AZyFvArfRfdPB866gkAqU3YZ7lO-Ea53j60sX097li-_MgjRiIJPptQrrrM9NMJ7DZ-xVu_x9_Pm2afmzPuV7oIVwaPg/s320/P6180081.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350553220212156818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>I really Loved the pattern on the stone. This pattern is seen in so many megalithic artefacts, yet one can only speculate as to what it actually means. I like to believe that it symbolises the Trinity - three, yet one.
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPjYy8LCFTRlURTNIyt7InNhGhN0ijAaXqSyt_Jbxp_SVL_OKN1p6kqotzTvFqLhdfgNLJyCba2fJEzMsBuG5LE4_cZYjzZFDWTR12VzYVhoSo9TO5nEkO5_h_h1sNETP1_PqhEVj7tE/s1600-h/P6180087.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGPjYy8LCFTRlURTNIyt7InNhGhN0ijAaXqSyt_Jbxp_SVL_OKN1p6kqotzTvFqLhdfgNLJyCba2fJEzMsBuG5LE4_cZYjzZFDWTR12VzYVhoSo9TO5nEkO5_h_h1sNETP1_PqhEVj7tE/s320/P6180087.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350553218959315538" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>This is the entrance. Even Amy had to stoop a bit to get into the door. The opening above the door is where sunlight will shine through during winter solstice and light up the tomb.
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq66dBTcxPJzbP3NDLppTgpjseUj03ES9TAlmINZp_NRwwtDz7iAik3HInasTkGGUoJFWhx6CO7rIgnDU6Gr2x_ce8_cWN54AAv97lXYIqNBqf0aF8DN2QWK9iTWbhyphenhyphenGLAdh_RNt_is8/s1600-h/P6180089.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHq66dBTcxPJzbP3NDLppTgpjseUj03ES9TAlmINZp_NRwwtDz7iAik3HInasTkGGUoJFWhx6CO7rIgnDU6Gr2x_ce8_cWN54AAv97lXYIqNBqf0aF8DN2QWK9iTWbhyphenhyphenGLAdh_RNt_is8/s320/P6180089.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350553213082724738" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We crossed a bridge over a river between the bus and visitor centre.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4YgiGvpGNBnaH0ICes4ejliHc07OWdcF4J7QudVugdBJPTSfmU4z4ZhIchp4gzpxv4ApScqXKS3v3y16GoHW_s-fyjYnfaWc5cwoWDfVeULLuiTgcltxOZw9nytPFX7fbnq_DCpesyc/s1600-h/P6180099.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4YgiGvpGNBnaH0ICes4ejliHc07OWdcF4J7QudVugdBJPTSfmU4z4ZhIchp4gzpxv4ApScqXKS3v3y16GoHW_s-fyjYnfaWc5cwoWDfVeULLuiTgcltxOZw9nytPFX7fbnq_DCpesyc/s320/P6180099.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350551848982474338" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">After awing at the mound work we hopped in the SUV again to head over to Ardgillan Castle.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">The name Ardgillan is derived from the Irish "Árd Choill" meaning "High Wood". Ardgillan is a large country house with castellated embellishments built by the Rev. Robert Taylor in 1738. It stands on the elevated coastline commanding magnificent views of the Irish Sea. The house consists of two storeys over basement, which extend under the south lawns. Robert Taylor was a grandson of the Thomas Taylor who worked with William Petty on the mid 17th century Down Survey of Ireland. The house remained in the Taylor family until 1962 when the estate to Heinrich Potts of Westphalia. In 1982 the estate was sold to the County Council. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">(dublintourist.com/details/ardgillan_demesne.shtml)</span></p></span></li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The castle was just stunning! You can see in the photo that it is right on the coast of the Irish Sea. Just BEAUTIFUL!!! We decided that if we were to ever live in a castle this would be the way to do it!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlCozH7r2C6fkmMXi4q2A4dwS85VQJ0-LWfJ20OhsHNzSMVgaCe1tnvRrmaeMWvTe20Vsn4CYfk-D2blDQBx_HcfGZxl2p83rW19ePdC4-nLgeoazI23fkk9UQamfLZ1ZzXKG4lL8Jcg/s1600-h/P6180105.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlCozH7r2C6fkmMXi4q2A4dwS85VQJ0-LWfJ20OhsHNzSMVgaCe1tnvRrmaeMWvTe20Vsn4CYfk-D2blDQBx_HcfGZxl2p83rW19ePdC4-nLgeoazI23fkk9UQamfLZ1ZzXKG4lL8Jcg/s320/P6180105.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350551843684883202" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The castle had a huge, beautiful rose garden that then lead to the secret, walled garden.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxB7ZuYVVT5AQKELLMNKcfvu4DGE2-ILjucXeo9F-T0wsusvWDupOU2Ih5TTC2jhgng0VpmTRJMXuE8ZLTxcnFtuGH13rwKzdjmI52inTSv5mmVHrDJEGHJs4o6bPuXLEjTNPQ7ebuSg/s1600-h/IMAGE_045.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxB7ZuYVVT5AQKELLMNKcfvu4DGE2-ILjucXeo9F-T0wsusvWDupOU2Ih5TTC2jhgng0VpmTRJMXuE8ZLTxcnFtuGH13rwKzdjmI52inTSv5mmVHrDJEGHJs4o6bPuXLEjTNPQ7ebuSg/s320/IMAGE_045.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350575956914214658" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 109px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHabWoJed6mbB9EcCsksNJy_uN5imMJpDhMfJcmI1ekVS_aHMLPtNIRu2Pkt0dKcZz6TuOBvc3681b6HCjZjCsn1uD61PCBj4GDidSrq7WU6lj5CbyeMJIOzqtJQ85NVZ3Kcd9inQ4_I/s1600-h/IMAGE_046.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHabWoJed6mbB9EcCsksNJy_uN5imMJpDhMfJcmI1ekVS_aHMLPtNIRu2Pkt0dKcZz6TuOBvc3681b6HCjZjCsn1uD61PCBj4GDidSrq7WU6lj5CbyeMJIOzqtJQ85NVZ3Kcd9inQ4_I/s320/IMAGE_046.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350575950029520066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9Y9-BZ07GTDkIz2b0CBPKt9DB4kNg2eFLVOTRkh1XUgwpVNU3abHK89vN_3NAuRINi1Bd0hNYs3eravbBnR323ajmKbWbxERKjojg1-cWKBt_eSvyqzAvbmRuDU-KYTfQopACv8X6ZA/s1600-h/P6180108.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9Y9-BZ07GTDkIz2b0CBPKt9DB4kNg2eFLVOTRkh1XUgwpVNU3abHK89vN_3NAuRINi1Bd0hNYs3eravbBnR323ajmKbWbxERKjojg1-cWKBt_eSvyqzAvbmRuDU-KYTfQopACv8X6ZA/s320/P6180108.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350551836098591858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We found a cute little door leading into the secret garden.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNbb9jZovP0UNozW4tzMykSF172myg44XRIp0o6Uu2B-RnIPMh-J2pSaCb-3fD_5r-cCa6PLr6v8pqErt9h0NzUlMfXhO0z87wf80gI4AU13cxLHRdz6o9sBA9ADvD15IoPiNt45Zs8I/s1600-h/P6180110.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNbb9jZovP0UNozW4tzMykSF172myg44XRIp0o6Uu2B-RnIPMh-J2pSaCb-3fD_5r-cCa6PLr6v8pqErt9h0NzUlMfXhO0z87wf80gI4AU13cxLHRdz6o9sBA9ADvD15IoPiNt45Zs8I/s1600-h/P6180110.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNbb9jZovP0UNozW4tzMykSF172myg44XRIp0o6Uu2B-RnIPMh-J2pSaCb-3fD_5r-cCa6PLr6v8pqErt9h0NzUlMfXhO0z87wf80gI4AU13cxLHRdz6o9sBA9ADvD15IoPiNt45Zs8I/s320/P6180110.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350551829612570002" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieV3JrF6LqFp9GjaczVMKpX2g9KAygKAtRcWJuC2NWOmfLUDIOJ5cc7MebRVDMCTTEmTaNsJWgdquDD4XTAdo7C64MIG72GJe0aMJP8MfmSuIk2A7BrNUqyspx2DDvk8lDQqq8FoSJv9E/s1600-h/IMAGE_047.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieV3JrF6LqFp9GjaczVMKpX2g9KAygKAtRcWJuC2NWOmfLUDIOJ5cc7MebRVDMCTTEmTaNsJWgdquDD4XTAdo7C64MIG72GJe0aMJP8MfmSuIk2A7BrNUqyspx2DDvk8lDQqq8FoSJv9E/s320/IMAGE_047.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350575947345463346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">We spotted two love birds.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTngPo7oFZBA8fbahe1edMVN8ukCwidvNJlb6ttizE_PFIyJbw_lLEAyR9_NvpWHgVWANVBVx2qs50JmTxvhXNyIzNVB1IXK0ZkU9Nj9ztgeCCQ30DRt6iTqKgcCZ0IFoHD9yQhKRAItA/s1600-h/IMAGE_056.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTngPo7oFZBA8fbahe1edMVN8ukCwidvNJlb6ttizE_PFIyJbw_lLEAyR9_NvpWHgVWANVBVx2qs50JmTxvhXNyIzNVB1IXK0ZkU9Nj9ztgeCCQ30DRt6iTqKgcCZ0IFoHD9yQhKRAItA/s320/IMAGE_056.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350575942611266354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua sniffed the peonies that were the size of his head.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYrntzRBhzw5BQDvK7gl9iowJsaxTSMNxhhDRWv82n0sWcVRSHVkOty-ePnTQT69wYWHwFt31IC6SdPlUAMShZofo1jG_xEt3wF5Nu_G8G-up7bkQxIsgb1ogWxfDwc6dDK6cczZSUlY/s1600-h/IMAGE_057.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiYrntzRBhzw5BQDvK7gl9iowJsaxTSMNxhhDRWv82n0sWcVRSHVkOty-ePnTQT69wYWHwFt31IC6SdPlUAMShZofo1jG_xEt3wF5Nu_G8G-up7bkQxIsgb1ogWxfDwc6dDK6cczZSUlY/s320/IMAGE_057.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350575938447278402" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua and Dave thought they should brush up on their karate chopping skills just in case we ran across any wild beasts in the secret, completely surrounded by wall, garden.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_DRcjRWx8TFtadkANskw1YNBLaTBM908F_uYxeF5lGXAYz5Fs7EAup7soXvyGuC6IreZx5h5t5UEQQw3O7d2nKesPYmfzN-K6G80eb42Rsexifws6gfhwkeK9GFLKBg9aEKDZE5Xa6Y/s1600-h/IMAGE_058.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj_DRcjRWx8TFtadkANskw1YNBLaTBM908F_uYxeF5lGXAYz5Fs7EAup7soXvyGuC6IreZx5h5t5UEQQw3O7d2nKesPYmfzN-K6G80eb42Rsexifws6gfhwkeK9GFLKBg9aEKDZE5Xa6Y/s320/IMAGE_058.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350574960287943666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgebp01tJeNrUdxWxgo2SAq9xL4mY4XjkgIC9-LP1YWdClRjFHr8Acxo8uh51tdJ_c-6PT1AI2OkQjCx1t7y88P8y6v-GjJuCaJ_snAhsOWFNPITQch1M66yNTtTD4rzDcf7s6tjpHr8bk/s1600-h/IMAGE_059.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgebp01tJeNrUdxWxgo2SAq9xL4mY4XjkgIC9-LP1YWdClRjFHr8Acxo8uh51tdJ_c-6PT1AI2OkQjCx1t7y88P8y6v-GjJuCaJ_snAhsOWFNPITQch1M66yNTtTD4rzDcf7s6tjpHr8bk/s320/IMAGE_059.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350574953515790290" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGx0ub70pVNIyV61HWRtfNjbbn8HYATyIjA3dufcLdHTUYs1SitF0VR6IIIyKyYPbKROINY_k78NwXoN3UbKRiLtrHW7j5Z4iP4vnRpdcNCfw3ZebZFCc2jJpBoLpqSKjyYMObJySuC8Y/s1600-h/IMAGE_061.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGx0ub70pVNIyV61HWRtfNjbbn8HYATyIjA3dufcLdHTUYs1SitF0VR6IIIyKyYPbKROINY_k78NwXoN3UbKRiLtrHW7j5Z4iP4vnRpdcNCfw3ZebZFCc2jJpBoLpqSKjyYMObJySuC8Y/s320/IMAGE_061.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350574947121255058" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 109px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are those love birds again.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEBP-23nBrQG0eVn1ICIxBPZ8t73WQqva0LEq1bYbC46nGmAqWrybx3NJSeQvbEkb7Wb7Zc46pxbX8bIvsQ5Wz9VV5CTNmbvEJ7ZoKR9mBDCmZcdSsWikNAxxAHYwOs6Pqazj6lNwhzU/s1600-h/P6180116.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkEBP-23nBrQG0eVn1ICIxBPZ8t73WQqva0LEq1bYbC46nGmAqWrybx3NJSeQvbEkb7Wb7Zc46pxbX8bIvsQ5Wz9VV5CTNmbvEJ7ZoKR9mBDCmZcdSsWikNAxxAHYwOs6Pqazj6lNwhzU/s320/P6180116.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350551821673743666" style="text-align: justify;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Mommy and Joshua enjoy a nice stroll together.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha55Cw4lV_B_YTUlmHNfvqZoNly9R6sdcTObEVEVwQS22h9fM7Z2g4I4x17ij2VctgyKrvhilH8rogzXzJo1SkWuGOeV-7uYBVCIt3d2-2MdwRagd73bHj1ERP5_nWHEaCSE3cXof7pUo/s1600-h/IMAGE_062.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha55Cw4lV_B_YTUlmHNfvqZoNly9R6sdcTObEVEVwQS22h9fM7Z2g4I4x17ij2VctgyKrvhilH8rogzXzJo1SkWuGOeV-7uYBVCIt3d2-2MdwRagd73bHj1ERP5_nWHEaCSE3cXof7pUo/s320/IMAGE_062.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350574944996303042" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We walked around the back of Ardgillan.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigFBAyISkS7hvmJ-hJu08j9E3lBdWgUjBAwKR9T0pKe0XRFG7B6HgdnYcxy8vnFhy420MI6Qh6wS0E4jR-pNIxG6h0NT58iMCi7ni5MrAoDNM7ppaX3PcZUXmAVGc1YhH9hy8E4Jqhyphenhyphen0M/s1600-h/IMAGE_071.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigFBAyISkS7hvmJ-hJu08j9E3lBdWgUjBAwKR9T0pKe0XRFG7B6HgdnYcxy8vnFhy420MI6Qh6wS0E4jR-pNIxG6h0NT58iMCi7ni5MrAoDNM7ppaX3PcZUXmAVGc1YhH9hy8E4Jqhyphenhyphen0M/s320/IMAGE_071.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350574936714236226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">This was the view at our backs.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMzHtJp5NZpxAgqxh0fPT7U5c1ajVEg-5Rnv1QdxNMSTBow8s5_gLWDckyWhTVDBF3v-1wz8L6uJPzeKSg9sCg9tuCY2-aFoG0Y_PF-1OJFhi5ZZOda7bL4l_TQAoAc-DBekG7LersIY/s1600-h/IMAGE_073.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEMzHtJp5NZpxAgqxh0fPT7U5c1ajVEg-5Rnv1QdxNMSTBow8s5_gLWDckyWhTVDBF3v-1wz8L6uJPzeKSg9sCg9tuCY2-aFoG0Y_PF-1OJFhi5ZZOda7bL4l_TQAoAc-DBekG7LersIY/s320/IMAGE_073.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350573987153739714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">When we were leaving the car park we noticed a lovely rainbow stretched across the sea.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7xM4u1DtYSi3nEqxOO5pFRcIy02gFk_RkhGhqSOBfFChn83mwPFUct8omXyW826PUcBYsY8ADYYcr4HENNR2AGELp9AGizKPbBBGLvMUn_vjggiir8HSIrLYw-ac0h03MpkWyBQQSIM/s1600-h/IMAGE_076.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp7xM4u1DtYSi3nEqxOO5pFRcIy02gFk_RkhGhqSOBfFChn83mwPFUct8omXyW826PUcBYsY8ADYYcr4HENNR2AGELp9AGizKPbBBGLvMUn_vjggiir8HSIrLYw-ac0h03MpkWyBQQSIM/s320/IMAGE_076.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350573982405649458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">So we travelled to the sea!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2x9X_t9XjYfK1KZROM0he8JIatoDSqxgWwPBxSCXpDhtGbbAbqT-Aj8bB0y1eWHqtMJXOn8DB7-Ysg0m1qa_QcB3TwSerDioCf7R2bVaT70pdz6RS5JvJNcdMd0E0P8UhnUYwsFfocY/s1600-h/IMAGE_078.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2x9X_t9XjYfK1KZROM0he8JIatoDSqxgWwPBxSCXpDhtGbbAbqT-Aj8bB0y1eWHqtMJXOn8DB7-Ysg0m1qa_QcB3TwSerDioCf7R2bVaT70pdz6RS5JvJNcdMd0E0P8UhnUYwsFfocY/s320/IMAGE_078.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350573978710126642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Where Joshua had a quick frolic in the water.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4HEnJpuyQSv9GbiGR8-ynOS5iccUIkYi-d5TEEPcOFq8YgJpPAwRfQLId1V3nfLlC4C7khCap82qPpvHJi6rl5KaVI-Nuwq1ZM3ORwkdnunJeCi0VzbbFR0yNsnIjHCKfBNXnlR8k4M/s1600-h/IMAGE_081.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ4HEnJpuyQSv9GbiGR8-ynOS5iccUIkYi-d5TEEPcOFq8YgJpPAwRfQLId1V3nfLlC4C7khCap82qPpvHJi6rl5KaVI-Nuwq1ZM3ORwkdnunJeCi0VzbbFR0yNsnIjHCKfBNXnlR8k4M/s320/IMAGE_081.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350573975745399698" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a>Joshua's clothes got very wet from his fun in the sun (or, water, as it were) so he had to ride back home without any clothes on... just his coat. As soon as he walked into the house he ran upstairs to get some clothes on. This is what he came down wearing....
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhljI_e2HJrf_vLO2NwTf-WUsvRT-y4Y5dlI50Qu6EPvLTknu8_NYlMs9DoE3HEfAKc3XA07OyHb_UaWvkz8u8NuB19JLv9jAxzpDE5C03JXI9EZSRwWT1zQ8JgLzK-CUZc2ITk1xZVM/s1600-h/IMAGE_085.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZhljI_e2HJrf_vLO2NwTf-WUsvRT-y4Y5dlI50Qu6EPvLTknu8_NYlMs9DoE3HEfAKc3XA07OyHb_UaWvkz8u8NuB19JLv9jAxzpDE5C03JXI9EZSRwWT1zQ8JgLzK-CUZc2ITk1xZVM/s320/IMAGE_085.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350573968231336626" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">DANIEL'S CLOTHES!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahaha!!! That boy Cracks Me UP!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The rest of that evening was spent eating supper and playing 'Settlers of Catan', a FUN game that Dave and I plan to purchase as soon as we return to the states!!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Friday, June 19th, Eric was back to work so Lee, Dave, and I enjoyed ourselves by just lounging around and playing more 'Settlers of Catan'. When Eric came home he joined in our leisure.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'll stop here and finish with Part 2 in a day or two.</div></div></div>The Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047377961349994077.post-44321214784157669712009-06-20T05:13:00.003-05:002018-04-18T06:22:15.569-05:00Apologies<div style="text-align: justify;">Please forgive us for not posting a blog as of yet. We are currently in Ireland with Lee and Eric and having a wonderful time, however, we did not bring our computer and do not want to monopolize their computer. The connection is also not that great so we would not be able to download photos.
We return to Newcastle on the 22nd. We promise to post a blog either late evening the 22nd or earlyish the 23rd.
Thank you for your patience =)
</div>The Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047377961349994077.post-13914655118325258372009-06-10T18:06:00.015-05:002018-04-18T06:22:15.498-05:00June 11, 2009<div>Sunday after Rob and Joshua returned from the allotment we all just napped around the house. Not much exciting happened that evening.</div><div>I promised a pic of Katie's birthday party and here it is. Louise was getting the bubble machine to work while Katie looked on.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yaCVQpo9LS7gfJlCzhik0WE9_gAUC-h1hOvZVSCDS-9soJPZZDwLYTovzC0t_jrxXr4xaqGEraJ_QYxKfku-W8NrleDAPan_XEnzlR6qqlRv3lB_P8vP_8rhl4AWP5qi0Uch7IVN8pg/s1600-h/P6070002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yaCVQpo9LS7gfJlCzhik0WE9_gAUC-h1hOvZVSCDS-9soJPZZDwLYTovzC0t_jrxXr4xaqGEraJ_QYxKfku-W8NrleDAPan_XEnzlR6qqlRv3lB_P8vP_8rhl4AWP5qi0Uch7IVN8pg/s320/P6070002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345994712223859298" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Monday we rode in Tracey and travelled up the north-east coast to view a few castles. We traveled thru Wansbeck district into the district of Alnwick.</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Our first stop was Warkworth Castle.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The magnificent cross-shaped keep of Warkworth, crowning a hilltop rising steeply above the River Coquet, dominates one of the largest, strongest and most impressive fortresses in northern England. The castle's most famous owners were the Percy family, whose lion badge can be seen carved on many parts of their stronghold.Wielding almostkingly power in the North, their influence reached its apogee under the first Earl of Northumberland and his son 'Harry Hotspur', hero of many Border ballads as the bane of Scots raiders and a dominant character in Shakespeare's Henry IV. Having helped to depose Richard II, these turbulent 'kingmakers' both fell victim to Henry IV: the next three Percy Earls likewise died violent deaths.
Still roofed and almost complete, the uniquely-planned keep dates mainly from the end of the 14th century. It presides over the extensive remains of a great hall, chapel, fine gatehouse and a virtually intact circuit of towered walls.
Half a mile from the castle, tucked away by the Coquet and accessible only by boat, stands a much more peaceful building: the late medieval cave Hermitage and chapel of a solitary holy man. (english-heritage.org.uk)</span></span></li></ul></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSxJz2xPl3yr2j6iF-1x_-uVnq0w7TaYqzYceTXi9WgZJegJJwrgjrk1s3Uy-pT3mFoeeyexB-5xfHLIhXoRjtDqW_Lyad8NlN8u3eFR5Yn9IwW42AOuhhSu2IJOxdd6TZ_uvQ8TX1gE/s1600-h/P6080006.JPG"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSxJz2xPl3yr2j6iF-1x_-uVnq0w7TaYqzYceTXi9WgZJegJJwrgjrk1s3Uy-pT3mFoeeyexB-5xfHLIhXoRjtDqW_Lyad8NlN8u3eFR5Yn9IwW42AOuhhSu2IJOxdd6TZ_uvQ8TX1gE/s1600-h/P6080006.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrSxJz2xPl3yr2j6iF-1x_-uVnq0w7TaYqzYceTXi9WgZJegJJwrgjrk1s3Uy-pT3mFoeeyexB-5xfHLIhXoRjtDqW_Lyad8NlN8u3eFR5Yn9IwW42AOuhhSu2IJOxdd6TZ_uvQ8TX1gE/s320/P6080006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345994705144632050" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoV_Ae7QBS5_tiFN5wPdQOuLP8tOmKmoIusPClgUgh5mwXG6dnsZ5cJOeGDAw-2iWB01ZO5ccBVvzHBmY7pSguIezbmc04uj3LvhrCBDKV4H5MNhjrG6X6sN14MnRQ9BBCKhBni-5ACcs/s1600-h/P6080010.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoV_Ae7QBS5_tiFN5wPdQOuLP8tOmKmoIusPClgUgh5mwXG6dnsZ5cJOeGDAw-2iWB01ZO5ccBVvzHBmY7pSguIezbmc04uj3LvhrCBDKV4H5MNhjrG6X6sN14MnRQ9BBCKhBni-5ACcs/s320/P6080010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345994702742915634" /></a>Joshua and I saw a path that walked down and around the castle and thought it might be fun to explore it. I set off to join the path while Joshua found it more fun to roll all the way down the hill. We followed the path down to the river where Joshua pretended to fall in.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDL6ABXfN5_03bZpXTLG2zRlnwc0zfZb2IYan0BPEDAxCXCVwrKWHSuHRik5sRN47snI6NRUbZraZoiy-afm2Qe8IXwVGrs37bPB5XEd2larmRgtp42eVAUMvJ-4iBPtKW-v66rEts54/s1600-h/P6080012.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDL6ABXfN5_03bZpXTLG2zRlnwc0zfZb2IYan0BPEDAxCXCVwrKWHSuHRik5sRN47snI6NRUbZraZoiy-afm2Qe8IXwVGrs37bPB5XEd2larmRgtp42eVAUMvJ-4iBPtKW-v66rEts54/s320/P6080012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345994698006045330" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">When we walked back up, Joshua spotted a short-cut through the brush that went straight up the hill, of course, he wanted us to take it... so we did. As soon as we reached Dave (who had volunteered to stay at the car with a sleeping Daniel), Joshua wanted his Daddy to see the amazing short-cut as well. Mommy sat with Daniel while admiring the gorgeous cross detail in the stone.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" border-collapse: collapse; font-family:'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alas! and did my Savior bleed, and did my Sov’reign die? Would He devote that sacred head for such a worm as I?.... Thus might I hide my blushing face while His dear cross appears. Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, and melt my eyes to tears." (Ralph Hudson)</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7f9Yz7F0QkRDFGCJKbVCdNPC4akoGnVDKV7Zp8mHew6imsq_XW77maGZiyGSLs24HyhSxd4iHPkX0jkJntNiSyn1OO5TYa8v3x9e_mrP0JYWc3ZZ1zxE17DCAfdYW_ck1rrL4KwuVJw/s1600-h/P6080013.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-7f9Yz7F0QkRDFGCJKbVCdNPC4akoGnVDKV7Zp8mHew6imsq_XW77maGZiyGSLs24HyhSxd4iHPkX0jkJntNiSyn1OO5TYa8v3x9e_mrP0JYWc3ZZ1zxE17DCAfdYW_ck1rrL4KwuVJw/s320/P6080013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345993432823552050" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Tea and biscuits sounded yummy when David and Joshua came back from their expeditions. We had with us a large flask of tea, some bananas, meat pies, apple juice, and pb&js. Daniel ate a whole banana crazy fast! Dave asked, "Was that banana good?". Daniel replied with a british accent, "Nana good".</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once we all had our tummies warmed up, we were off to the next place of interest. On the way, we passed a Spar, which made us excited because we often shopped at the Spar in Zimbabwe.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Our next stop was Dunstanburgh Castle in the small, harbor town of Craster. One must walk well over a mile to reach it because that is how close the nearest public parking is. We were blessed with the parking, though; after we had nibbled on our packed lunch, we were getting out of the car and about to go pay for a parking ticket when a sweet, older couple drove up to us and gave us their full day ticket that they were no longer needing. (Yahoo.... LOVE it when God blesses us in small ways like that!)</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">As we were beginning our walk, we noticed a place one could stop to get tea with fresh scones (YUMMY!!!) so we thought it would be great to get some on our way out.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSc38fTbXa3vSmCOvALs0bt9BDbC3hmaC-bYqV4H1XFhDLqv1WJqpp2zUoPasTWIEbpT6LQkJAl4LWN8UfKw2T2KZBidJvI7T1eaXlFU4vzU-EgYBhRN24VQkEOoFYAGYJfAHH4fEURQ/s1600-h/P6080022.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqSc38fTbXa3vSmCOvALs0bt9BDbC3hmaC-bYqV4H1XFhDLqv1WJqpp2zUoPasTWIEbpT6LQkJAl4LWN8UfKw2T2KZBidJvI7T1eaXlFU4vzU-EgYBhRN24VQkEOoFYAGYJfAHH4fEURQ/s320/P6080022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345993422669611458" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here we are, stopping to overlook the North Sea just before stopping </div><div style="text-align: center;">to get a Flaky ice cream.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWxhuiZ3HNpwqkv6ZlNgadnJGdI4wbAs1b5K-zuWSQxx6pKm-mDU0upR6UgOKDqeKflYNTRwoDFzT7YwUHvoK-DrkCTsUsTDce2f0d3Wd6KG2ZdkjjlVOHot4645Vspej730qjR3h5jo/s1600-h/P6080023.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWxhuiZ3HNpwqkv6ZlNgadnJGdI4wbAs1b5K-zuWSQxx6pKm-mDU0upR6UgOKDqeKflYNTRwoDFzT7YwUHvoK-DrkCTsUsTDce2f0d3Wd6KG2ZdkjjlVOHot4645Vspej730qjR3h5jo/s1600-h/P6080023.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuWxhuiZ3HNpwqkv6ZlNgadnJGdI4wbAs1b5K-zuWSQxx6pKm-mDU0upR6UgOKDqeKflYNTRwoDFzT7YwUHvoK-DrkCTsUsTDce2f0d3Wd6KG2ZdkjjlVOHot4645Vspej730qjR3h5jo/s320/P6080023.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345993419572533346" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">David took some time down near water's edge to contemplate the wonders of his Creator. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7Hvv32F_SVtseNf1cOzyJuUDxGPyI44oFw-rF429ShmjTFqkD7ZY_V0MA-8SQh-8ZYTLinCQ8dJYK5GhYtcQij78ssy7oz30Puv6Y_deJu1bOUYx1eot4vVCcGsqA5fmJ-GwBRKLirg/s1600-h/P6080033.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-7Hvv32F_SVtseNf1cOzyJuUDxGPyI44oFw-rF429ShmjTFqkD7ZY_V0MA-8SQh-8ZYTLinCQ8dJYK5GhYtcQij78ssy7oz30Puv6Y_deJu1bOUYx1eot4vVCcGsqA5fmJ-GwBRKLirg/s320/P6080033.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345993413303919906" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Joshua wanted to have a quick frolic in the sea while David looked on from below and Mummy and Daniel watched from above.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnnKzY8-hWIyAmELteAshEf0e_QjHZz44alGG-h-juc3wJFVH8aHtaShcalRBeivPKeuiwqY2ilT83btYvLkuyIAkZgSMRbDk9ODRZvpi6EQiKl2SBbZfz7u06GXd5L-6nlXXV74dm18/s1600-h/P6080040.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnnKzY8-hWIyAmELteAshEf0e_QjHZz44alGG-h-juc3wJFVH8aHtaShcalRBeivPKeuiwqY2ilT83btYvLkuyIAkZgSMRbDk9ODRZvpi6EQiKl2SBbZfz7u06GXd5L-6nlXXV74dm18/s320/P6080040.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345993408946771762" /></a>
<div>Finally, we make it to within view of the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle.</div><div><div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Dramatic Dunstanburgh Castle was built at a time when relations between King Edward II and his most powerful baron, Earl Thomas of Lancaster, had become openly hostile. Lancaster began the fortress in 1313, and the latest archaeological research carried out by English Heritage indicates that he built it on a far grander scale than was hitherto recognised, perhaps more as a symbol of his opposition to the king than as a military stronghold. The innovative gatehouse, for instance, competed with the new royal castles in Wales.
The earl failed to reach Dunstanburgh when his rebellion was defeated, and was taken and executed in 1322. Thereafter the castle passed eventually to John of Gaunt, who strengthened it against the Scots by converting the great twin towered gatehouse into a keep. The focus of fierce fighting during the Wars of the Roses, it was twice besieged and captured by Yorkist forces, but subsequently fell into decay. Its impressive ruins now watch over a headland famous for seabirds. (english-heritage.org.uk)</span></span></li></ul></div></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2xonSDaQtKAjFFgzGoLp01h3x-VYt_Ir9yimSHGqMJJqP2SCUZzKKllRN8QTVm0Eq_AoNexdNIbTg2YdKMncvVsgHrMpnpleA133WJm6MJtNQ30b503Ja1O_L0RF8K_I6GzBFnuKwF_U/s1600-h/P6080046.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 139px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2xonSDaQtKAjFFgzGoLp01h3x-VYt_Ir9yimSHGqMJJqP2SCUZzKKllRN8QTVm0Eq_AoNexdNIbTg2YdKMncvVsgHrMpnpleA133WJm6MJtNQ30b503Ja1O_L0RF8K_I6GzBFnuKwF_U/s320/P6080046.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345991973245596274" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Joshua bought a postcard with many of the castles we visited or will visit. He is pointing to the picture showing the very castle site that stands behind him.</div></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">He wants to send this to Carston.... Carston, be looking for this in the mail! =)</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYiB7eu2aWa74Nbub9BAcjaoAz54e423m6A2inGoB1QGYuPlAlXyBfretTuJzD7YahOJyIkrxXnVO9lWvRAfhM881sM-GgrXQQedqAWtB2CtA0iuAZbTtFnPSjEHMITvPQstpwSVdOwk/s1600-h/P6080048.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYiB7eu2aWa74Nbub9BAcjaoAz54e423m6A2inGoB1QGYuPlAlXyBfretTuJzD7YahOJyIkrxXnVO9lWvRAfhM881sM-GgrXQQedqAWtB2CtA0iuAZbTtFnPSjEHMITvPQstpwSVdOwk/s320/P6080048.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345991971685026226" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Daniel has become quite the hugger of late. He gives such good ones! He will wrap his arms about one's neck and say loudly, yet sweetly, "I oh you" (that is his way of saying I love you).</div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Here he is giving one of these tight squeezes to David's head!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMM68f_ubAKhpDXoOpehgaeasAshCrV1B_ieQCC38ttCnIGG0LuNlfGhQWCRnfitRalgwsriNwWVIXA4pJsCXqCKciTwVScI-IX8sd01Db01H4k4HYpgxNSyP16ZmIIdCFak3NSmc2ewY/s1600-h/P6080050.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 287px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMM68f_ubAKhpDXoOpehgaeasAshCrV1B_ieQCC38ttCnIGG0LuNlfGhQWCRnfitRalgwsriNwWVIXA4pJsCXqCKciTwVScI-IX8sd01Db01H4k4HYpgxNSyP16ZmIIdCFak3NSmc2ewY/s320/P6080050.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345991964297866066" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">On our way back, we ran into my parent's summer cottage. It faces the North Sea and has a lovely garden just in front where one can sit and watch the sea gulls practice ballet.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvWRNTVpJWoqhEFoENohlP_z42zexjjY6Nas6c2nkL_veZQl45S9x0BlihuOslw7_QvMvp6tIMCTTtDAztKGE5G5mcWAYJwHhyphenhyphencl5oK5-4g493PiuSElyMouvpgvUsI07cdivoX-ZHG0/s1600-h/P6080051.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihvWRNTVpJWoqhEFoENohlP_z42zexjjY6Nas6c2nkL_veZQl45S9x0BlihuOslw7_QvMvp6tIMCTTtDAztKGE5G5mcWAYJwHhyphenhyphencl5oK5-4g493PiuSElyMouvpgvUsI07cdivoX-ZHG0/s320/P6080051.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345991960268199506" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">(ps.... my parent's do not really have a summer cottage)! ...hahaha.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGC_aQBhyphenhyphenVVEZtynFHcBKIsGau3sf-wJGU-7XT1aZvcAc0ywKQ-1gV1sL3OJX6yYvTYQin1-5tGFH64wQtXacIbS9zwG2CxVQEWnUZCyz-G-m0agkHGohxby5d5IJJUgwDSiNiPY-i_z4/s1600-h/P6080053.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGC_aQBhyphenhyphenVVEZtynFHcBKIsGau3sf-wJGU-7XT1aZvcAc0ywKQ-1gV1sL3OJX6yYvTYQin1-5tGFH64wQtXacIbS9zwG2CxVQEWnUZCyz-G-m0agkHGohxby5d5IJJUgwDSiNiPY-i_z4/s320/P6080053.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345991958608079922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We stopped to watch the fishing boat dock. Joshua found this fascinating!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As we walked on and got close to the car park, we noticed that our previous plans of having tea and scones were not to be. The kiosk was already closed! =( Boo-hoo... guess we really didn't need it after all.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, we passed the day ticket on and headed out to Bamburgh Castle.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 13px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, 'Bitstream Vera', sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Home to the Kings of Northumbria this magnificent coastal castle was completely restored in 1900. Collections of china, porcelain, furniture, paintings, arms and armour. It is the home of the Armstrong family, and the building is all in use which maintains a welcoming lived-in atmosphere. A Royal Centre by AD547, the rocky outcrop has been occupied since the prehistoric period. The present fortress is the result of restoration and expansion over the centuries, a building of historic and general interest with the public tour passing through the museum room, grand kings hall, cross hall, armoury and the Victorian scullery. Live archaeology during July and August, complete with children's dig pit, a tea-room and gift shop. (ntopsearch.com/VisitBritain/en-GB/Details.aspx?contentID=122968)</span></span></li></ul></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9cH4s2ej5z0LZz5bEjrIcZ451SN-YFA4Hato8DmcxbdmHWKIFiBAcz4H5z_mkI-mw5quaOPAk4b1WiX27As35ehiMgbSHGZeVowtZclwYLgax7KFbbxVb7QX6yrCG0-WWD2IkmW1HMY/s1600-h/P6080056.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9cH4s2ej5z0LZz5bEjrIcZ451SN-YFA4Hato8DmcxbdmHWKIFiBAcz4H5z_mkI-mw5quaOPAk4b1WiX27As35ehiMgbSHGZeVowtZclwYLgax7KFbbxVb7QX6yrCG0-WWD2IkmW1HMY/s320/P6080056.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345850361788533714" /></a><div>As we were walking down to the castle we passed a famous, English, red phone booth and could not pass the opportunity to take a pic.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PnQEVfZLOCqRVYLMT_OtARXFUUZHIDFScE8BTBt4PW4DjKdele0fwqc_lofJxBKobntjZK5Kt7i5TnnbMKsoYO9K5AcMR1231h4EQhkN4QBQJgGpAinqJCcXnZwSKUmAZpAOdi3srVU/s1600-h/P6080059.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_PnQEVfZLOCqRVYLMT_OtARXFUUZHIDFScE8BTBt4PW4DjKdele0fwqc_lofJxBKobntjZK5Kt7i5TnnbMKsoYO9K5AcMR1231h4EQhkN4QBQJgGpAinqJCcXnZwSKUmAZpAOdi3srVU/s320/P6080059.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345850351055385154" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We also passed a tea room that captivated our attentions and appetites!</div>
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7EUNFIEUDJLO1W17XI5Qfdz_B5Yp31sPwa0cH8ymfzaxBHJlBe49gZo3IOMmMFKDj4Wmscwz7viUua4vlEkXR29XcEF9-psccgQzJPERt9gIXT_dAv_I5-RnW8GzOv4EI7Bnv1kONLuI/s1600-h/P6080061.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7EUNFIEUDJLO1W17XI5Qfdz_B5Yp31sPwa0cH8ymfzaxBHJlBe49gZo3IOMmMFKDj4Wmscwz7viUua4vlEkXR29XcEF9-psccgQzJPERt9gIXT_dAv_I5-RnW8GzOv4EI7Bnv1kONLuI/s320/P6080061.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345850339544764482" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">We walked on to where the cricket ground lays just near the castle. Joshua ran around on the cricket grounds. That boy ran all day, I think.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This cross is placed in the side of the hill where the castle stands (the castle is above the cross). The cross commemorates the men from the area that fought in WWII.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHYs048dm3dkfzGCYbaRNOUltexCaDZ9hScr6SXK8QPDnUt706SkdmImwriPcbi2DXZMm5yK8pZ58EBp2M_aA5w_Wi5L_rINqYi3d4AMPePTDAUDqLL1WAa2VgkcuINyDrPFQZXzhhx_w/s1600-h/P6080058.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHYs048dm3dkfzGCYbaRNOUltexCaDZ9hScr6SXK8QPDnUt706SkdmImwriPcbi2DXZMm5yK8pZ58EBp2M_aA5w_Wi5L_rINqYi3d4AMPePTDAUDqLL1WAa2VgkcuINyDrPFQZXzhhx_w/s320/P6080058.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345850356591020066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dave took it easy as we walked up to the castle.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZkiJQq2YTFU8lzuslXJcVR24WPg9wnNSqRVeFo8KwY8m8JR0Wa16q1JqepdXBtVS0YJClqez8ysp_Zp6VDBSfkRc80P6K3Ktvdvr3YZZK0GZnc3LDqnrqmuc86nz2YqWhjOYoV0vU0io/s1600-h/P6080062.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZkiJQq2YTFU8lzuslXJcVR24WPg9wnNSqRVeFo8KwY8m8JR0Wa16q1JqepdXBtVS0YJClqez8ysp_Zp6VDBSfkRc80P6K3Ktvdvr3YZZK0GZnc3LDqnrqmuc86nz2YqWhjOYoV0vU0io/s1600-h/P6080062.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZkiJQq2YTFU8lzuslXJcVR24WPg9wnNSqRVeFo8KwY8m8JR0Wa16q1JqepdXBtVS0YJClqez8ysp_Zp6VDBSfkRc80P6K3Ktvdvr3YZZK0GZnc3LDqnrqmuc86nz2YqWhjOYoV0vU0io/s320/P6080062.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345850337400538306" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua stood on a cliff ;) as we walked up to the castle.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3UcFWWElV80sSjLOTV6GFoPyhCE_w25DWhp8VavUMMOlkYQwYrsNWmGnqmtzue_Aj1ApDOwE210Wl2BkzLbQfYWEZbBV3HGXHvdsJSR9p0RQ2etho0JAutlJydvTOZMa7jrmjrNSaCc/s1600-h/P6080063.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM3UcFWWElV80sSjLOTV6GFoPyhCE_w25DWhp8VavUMMOlkYQwYrsNWmGnqmtzue_Aj1ApDOwE210Wl2BkzLbQfYWEZbBV3HGXHvdsJSR9p0RQ2etho0JAutlJydvTOZMa7jrmjrNSaCc/s320/P6080063.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345848713312822946" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">We walked around the castle by the sea. So peaceful and pretty; shame we had to leave.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It took us about 45 minutes to drive home from Bamburgh. We could see Alnwick Castle in the distance as we drove home.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">That evening we crashed as soon as we walked in the door. It was a great day!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tuesday morning was a good time to let Daniel catch up on sleep. Dave and Rob went to B&Q to purchase some cement for the braai at the allotment. They came back, after secretly eating some yummy steak and onion stotties, to collect Joshua. All three of them soon headed up to the allotment to finish the work they had begun on the braai.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">That evening we walked to downtown Blaydon to watch the runners coming in from the burn. David and Joshua had visions of running in it themselves while Daniel had more interest in what his Mummy was doing.</div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7m_3pr-ReZ-MHve5_EI2YfIQpCxAazgrslkUacKV5VGu5_zKeQOdR8ejGaO0xvXD4J9Wb9W81PKQJ2p1UP4e4tRWJ0UE-s3mBv3wEty4MYIZV9NaCF_-AJNKLjdFH4HDMKQn_XzKyCo/s1600-h/P6090070.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7m_3pr-ReZ-MHve5_EI2YfIQpCxAazgrslkUacKV5VGu5_zKeQOdR8ejGaO0xvXD4J9Wb9W81PKQJ2p1UP4e4tRWJ0UE-s3mBv3wEty4MYIZV9NaCF_-AJNKLjdFH4HDMKQn_XzKyCo/s320/P6090070.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345848705066519090" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">The runners came from all parts of the globe. Unfortunately, we missed the very first ones coming in, but we got to see most of them finish the race. I tried to convince David to run in it wearing only a Speedo, but he insisted that he was way too fast and didn't want to make everyone else look so bad. HAHA! </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-y07FZistKlZfKLkv_Tgf51zspv2VAHSaithZvoSckXeQK850Cj8WEgNQXeemkkLlfRN23B_JWO_wCk9L_9p87IwO_GSBTd9Fd3A4NwBR7zeTDef1tTben8FxR02JJRAHLuv_pqMaGZ8/s1600-h/P6090072.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-y07FZistKlZfKLkv_Tgf51zspv2VAHSaithZvoSckXeQK850Cj8WEgNQXeemkkLlfRN23B_JWO_wCk9L_9p87IwO_GSBTd9Fd3A4NwBR7zeTDef1tTben8FxR02JJRAHLuv_pqMaGZ8/s1600-h/P6090072.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-y07FZistKlZfKLkv_Tgf51zspv2VAHSaithZvoSckXeQK850Cj8WEgNQXeemkkLlfRN23B_JWO_wCk9L_9p87IwO_GSBTd9Fd3A4NwBR7zeTDef1tTben8FxR02JJRAHLuv_pqMaGZ8/s320/P6090072.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345848699994716274" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Near to the finish line were some fun things for the kiddos. Joshua had a ball bouncing all around the bouncy, trampoline thing. After he finished with that, he was a little hot so Dave treated Joshua to an ice-cream twister.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWXaggMmGwWGCUXrHGBNaUpDb7PWlL_lCfijh4h6lP3rXPrUxwXxGTWxJTeGKRPsmJVnZAcKbME-sL1FXPZ7wixnJ41JC8Y6WN2NB17t_g6HO5k2-LxY9irWcPaGVJL-RVwZtJoPmUBo/s1600-h/P6090084.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWXaggMmGwWGCUXrHGBNaUpDb7PWlL_lCfijh4h6lP3rXPrUxwXxGTWxJTeGKRPsmJVnZAcKbME-sL1FXPZ7wixnJ41JC8Y6WN2NB17t_g6HO5k2-LxY9irWcPaGVJL-RVwZtJoPmUBo/s1600-h/P6090084.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCWXaggMmGwWGCUXrHGBNaUpDb7PWlL_lCfijh4h6lP3rXPrUxwXxGTWxJTeGKRPsmJVnZAcKbME-sL1FXPZ7wixnJ41JC8Y6WN2NB17t_g6HO5k2-LxY9irWcPaGVJL-RVwZtJoPmUBo/s320/P6090084.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345848694361052722" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">We made it home after climbing up Shibdon Bank.... yeesh.... that is one long, steep climb. I am happy to say that my fitness level must be increasing a little, at least, as I didn't have to stop not once and I wasn't huffing and puffing like I was last time either. Of course, I was not carrying heavy packets in my hand.... hmmm... maybe I don't have so much to boast about after all!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Wednesday was a good day to see some Newcastle sights. We hopped on a bus to downtown Newcastle and began our journey by walking towards St. Nicholas Cathedral. As soon as we rounded the bus station we spotted a Starbuck's which Dave and I could not pass up. We shared a Cafe Mocha... Mmmm! Joshua quickly proclaimed his hunger, so we were out of Starbuck's in search for food. As we walked, we passed a band playing some very strange instruments, yet the sound was lovely! Then we found a Gregg's where Joshua got a sausage roll and Mummy and Daniel got cornish pasties.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">With food in our tummies, we were keen to continue our adventure. After a brief walk, we arrived at St. Nicholas Cathedral.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); line-height: 13px; "><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">In 1194, we have the first reference to the dedication of the church to St. Nicholas. The first wooden building was rebuilt in stone towards the end of the twelfth century and was twice damaged by fire in the first half of the thirteenth century but repaired and extended in the following years.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Towards the end of the fourteenth century, in order to allow more light into the church, the walls were heightened and a clerestory inserted. </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Patrons of this improvement work included Nicholas Sabram, three times Member of Parliament, in addition to Roger Thornton who died in 1429, and Robert Rhodes who died 45 years later, two of the greatest benefactors of churches in Newcastle. </span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">By the end of the fifteenth century with the addition of the splendid stone crown and tower, the church was in very much the same form as we know it today. (stnicholascathedral.co.uk)</span></p></span></li></ul></div></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheys9CHf2DxAcLQER6xCDwkFnf9-SwSS47So5UzjY9xXkmhTD4aziM4hmkB5tisyaFicIgxhRXV9yrsvcob25Op8zege-DoqJ2kF_Anl5DN8UeeHg7mQlNuy1qWeXj_lnUbohaDcnKUfw/s1600-h/P6100087.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheys9CHf2DxAcLQER6xCDwkFnf9-SwSS47So5UzjY9xXkmhTD4aziM4hmkB5tisyaFicIgxhRXV9yrsvcob25Op8zege-DoqJ2kF_Anl5DN8UeeHg7mQlNuy1qWeXj_lnUbohaDcnKUfw/s320/P6100087.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345847150168559874" /></a>The church was old, but amazing! We didn't read the brochure about it because we thought it cost more than it should so we did not find out the age of the church or the original size, but as the pews were sitting on old tombstones we assumed it was not always so large.
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvTGsuhSOsiVsbMFNkLJPZQBxJxkEbTTYdvb2PmGPb2abfFZWJKgn7uLG2ZOCmbQmq3SXDm6HM3uzsMgfFHw2eCqrpj-qRS3EqY-9gaIhPpNv4ysUR-bl7O8js5nLDH31wmEYmixSpeI/s1600-h/P6100101.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvTGsuhSOsiVsbMFNkLJPZQBxJxkEbTTYdvb2PmGPb2abfFZWJKgn7uLG2ZOCmbQmq3SXDm6HM3uzsMgfFHw2eCqrpj-qRS3EqY-9gaIhPpNv4ysUR-bl7O8js5nLDH31wmEYmixSpeI/s320/P6100101.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345847145239260706" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Dave and Joshua took time out to pray together at the altar.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Daniel and Mummy stood in awe at the stained glass windows.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9W0wPqplJpW_eU6JoVWAwcfUL09dW0kgLf4UfSNrH38CCNhUIWwEW7yeVy0SygIrG_CnQGWQVgLENJha0tcqmQwJMOx_ttebRdKa_9fsowSxagnn5Iq8c94kwttYns6_hoYzDfnAzBc/s1600-h/P6100102.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9W0wPqplJpW_eU6JoVWAwcfUL09dW0kgLf4UfSNrH38CCNhUIWwEW7yeVy0SygIrG_CnQGWQVgLENJha0tcqmQwJMOx_ttebRdKa_9fsowSxagnn5Iq8c94kwttYns6_hoYzDfnAzBc/s1600-h/P6100102.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg9W0wPqplJpW_eU6JoVWAwcfUL09dW0kgLf4UfSNrH38CCNhUIWwEW7yeVy0SygIrG_CnQGWQVgLENJha0tcqmQwJMOx_ttebRdKa_9fsowSxagnn5Iq8c94kwttYns6_hoYzDfnAzBc/s320/P6100102.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345847140167772386" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">David spotted a seemingly arbitrary thing tucked away in an unobtrusive spot. At first glance one would think it was merely a block of wood in a frame, but upon closer inspection of the document, one will read that the piece of wood dates back to a tree that was alive during the time of Christ!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMYyEsiIJzf0NZeQTVl5zuvBEsfN1xRw2MGx2EKpXwj4szdZlwcC1UhRgyJuOgZ-RCRGHSEJMfk_rfAcOfGeR6QZ-qLq732byOoqSe8vOdjq0vUxTVYX9LrXFX9MElAAiHwwl3P80qqM/s1600-h/P6100104.JPG"></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMYyEsiIJzf0NZeQTVl5zuvBEsfN1xRw2MGx2EKpXwj4szdZlwcC1UhRgyJuOgZ-RCRGHSEJMfk_rfAcOfGeR6QZ-qLq732byOoqSe8vOdjq0vUxTVYX9LrXFX9MElAAiHwwl3P80qqM/s1600-h/P6100104.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOMYyEsiIJzf0NZeQTVl5zuvBEsfN1xRw2MGx2EKpXwj4szdZlwcC1UhRgyJuOgZ-RCRGHSEJMfk_rfAcOfGeR6QZ-qLq732byOoqSe8vOdjq0vUxTVYX9LrXFX9MElAAiHwwl3P80qqM/s320/P6100104.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345847130735784034" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Amy took a photo of the document. When we downloaded our photos, we noticed a very cool thing about this photo. Can you guess the neat secret????? (the answer will be revealed next blog).</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNCuladk3cBm-Mw9DgH95twKJobdZjWnMC1Fw_zkmBvJgnVNwH8ppETjj6OtGW5dd3W7OhvatnUvgpc88k0fO2UnqgsJAyQMNA63-cxKxk_2CVmSv6zDs68y8Te8m_TAPLvCrAPPrk0c/s1600-h/P6100106.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNCuladk3cBm-Mw9DgH95twKJobdZjWnMC1Fw_zkmBvJgnVNwH8ppETjj6OtGW5dd3W7OhvatnUvgpc88k0fO2UnqgsJAyQMNA63-cxKxk_2CVmSv6zDs68y8Te8m_TAPLvCrAPPrk0c/s320/P6100106.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345847128832266514" /></a>
<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvI2z8Wp-xIiJdNxwFmd9RcgIJQRrMlbRlOF701na6DeDySGShpoomQ5SR_FMX6x6BUSg_a6jpJgy8aLjLw6d_PVDftzjIMhL6tmi2AYdwBsYEGudvMcPlUfQfI5MXKm9uVvvrJChejYY/s1600-h/P6100109.JPG"></a></div><div>Just around the corner from the cathedral is the Castle Keep of Newcastle.</div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The Castle Keep of Newcastle upon Tyne was built by </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Henry II</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> between 1168-1178, it is one of the finest surviving examples of a Norman Keep in the country.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">It stands within a site that also contains: an early motte and bailey castle built by </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Robert Curthose</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">, the son of </span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">William the Conqueror</span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">: an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and a Roman Fort (</span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Pons Aelius</span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">). (museums.ncl.ac.uk)</span></p></span></li></ul></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvI2z8Wp-xIiJdNxwFmd9RcgIJQRrMlbRlOF701na6DeDySGShpoomQ5SR_FMX6x6BUSg_a6jpJgy8aLjLw6d_PVDftzjIMhL6tmi2AYdwBsYEGudvMcPlUfQfI5MXKm9uVvvrJChejYY/s1600-h/P6100109.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvI2z8Wp-xIiJdNxwFmd9RcgIJQRrMlbRlOF701na6DeDySGShpoomQ5SR_FMX6x6BUSg_a6jpJgy8aLjLw6d_PVDftzjIMhL6tmi2AYdwBsYEGudvMcPlUfQfI5MXKm9uVvvrJChejYY/s320/P6100109.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345845247471993522" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSsCE1U1sLCQoju2e4xFwIP5bW-yxsy1fZEW0AOf09SmM0qUryKcQhcjEiHld4kbsTq-2RrSbuihCjUAIXLwtYzkoKZlEdUpnHEo-MjmCM21cPKRFQkV5YYjNJklQv1KBj3RBvkuoPUro/s1600-h/P6100114.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSsCE1U1sLCQoju2e4xFwIP5bW-yxsy1fZEW0AOf09SmM0qUryKcQhcjEiHld4kbsTq-2RrSbuihCjUAIXLwtYzkoKZlEdUpnHEo-MjmCM21cPKRFQkV5YYjNJklQv1KBj3RBvkuoPUro/s320/P6100114.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345845233023538098" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">We found the unfinished stair. It was begun, but the work was abandoned during an attack; the stair was never completed.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdITPdt6AmL6nWINRBrY6cBs-8RPoFGwBZ05VDTDykoCN1uz0ldLyJ5yk6UIc4kIEr8YmsVWbtYiB7MdMLr2WXcAPGo8M6OcHsVDc9rAH_CoLwiTf7Urea37OCMSf2afEghOWiJBqRgA/s1600-h/P6100115.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSdITPdt6AmL6nWINRBrY6cBs-8RPoFGwBZ05VDTDykoCN1uz0ldLyJ5yk6UIc4kIEr8YmsVWbtYiB7MdMLr2WXcAPGo8M6OcHsVDc9rAH_CoLwiTf7Urea37OCMSf2afEghOWiJBqRgA/s320/P6100115.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345845230289389122" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">We also found a little mouse crawling out of the hearth.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXO8NKoaJVH55uPIDS-GTV7mwSmq3en6xfs7DBsH5paaa4MKyIVrAqZgXjQKT2YUCicGMOF-F6Pq0di9DxZXfJt-QJr84O05x4yLE-404VHdErg6UEkNkoBr8jMEmr9D1sdV0naW1YGE/s1600-h/P6100118.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPXO8NKoaJVH55uPIDS-GTV7mwSmq3en6xfs7DBsH5paaa4MKyIVrAqZgXjQKT2YUCicGMOF-F6Pq0di9DxZXfJt-QJr84O05x4yLE-404VHdErg6UEkNkoBr8jMEmr9D1sdV0naW1YGE/s320/P6100118.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345845224178750034" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the well room, Joshua's favourite room. If he doesn't watch it, he just might fall in!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BbJ0IwxHeIi0zuKNRADuai5TCb2nZZ2hMdGlfVri0hMuLB_OqceVIGcNWz47Dtv368EKqPr53KQaikdMP6XI3STi9_21JceHJ1pj6BAs6keAa57kHdJiswSUTipn7JwGCbZVJ2Oi2Aw/s1600-h/P6100119.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1BbJ0IwxHeIi0zuKNRADuai5TCb2nZZ2hMdGlfVri0hMuLB_OqceVIGcNWz47Dtv368EKqPr53KQaikdMP6XI3STi9_21JceHJ1pj6BAs6keAa57kHdJiswSUTipn7JwGCbZVJ2Oi2Aw/s320/P6100119.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345845219303924770" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Unable to take the push-chair up and down the many steps, and also leaving our baby carrier at the house, we had to improvise.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IASfyVscxSMfCnC7J00_-iUB8CioTwn8S9wW8GhzET0sMCYFs-w8t70TYf4YsOzByoFY2HJl_t_DtdVNQ7RwW-EVVP-M9T0RfQEgeh6DERfxafzGtgOxTthPFTaXUe6IIrA6x47SiSQ/s1600-h/P6100120.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IASfyVscxSMfCnC7J00_-iUB8CioTwn8S9wW8GhzET0sMCYFs-w8t70TYf4YsOzByoFY2HJl_t_DtdVNQ7RwW-EVVP-M9T0RfQEgeh6DERfxafzGtgOxTthPFTaXUe6IIrA6x47SiSQ/s320/P6100120.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345843173771089090" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">One never know who one will run into while touring a castle. Here we have just met Sir Talks A. Lot and Lady Froggy Face.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WuxF82kopama462mtWblokNQjXU4LXFP21ZQiiIWuZbp6YIPD63AN2O-vM4WnNzs2B61XaMfQBAzI9u994bamJBj8hLztXEFQjiQswHujTfWhJsnXNZyD5yU4y_UNN9DyEVTgYzKUQ8/s1600-h/P6100122.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1WuxF82kopama462mtWblokNQjXU4LXFP21ZQiiIWuZbp6YIPD63AN2O-vM4WnNzs2B61XaMfQBAzI9u994bamJBj8hLztXEFQjiQswHujTfWhJsnXNZyD5yU4y_UNN9DyEVTgYzKUQ8/s320/P6100122.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345843171118862178" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua displayed the face of constipation on the Queen's lou.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHu2pwFK1hICeHsvJgfCrw1FHw4XVSck70zgF7i1DwQRxcLBdWCaMdvbpn8j-GNsOrKDg4BPu7wSwwROnouJ9Uej13mMWAoJPzobPU2FEQq6FvcVfe77dothnoEdZPKAZ_Y5ok-fXgQk/s1600-h/P6100130.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPHu2pwFK1hICeHsvJgfCrw1FHw4XVSck70zgF7i1DwQRxcLBdWCaMdvbpn8j-GNsOrKDg4BPu7wSwwROnouJ9Uej13mMWAoJPzobPU2FEQq6FvcVfe77dothnoEdZPKAZ_Y5ok-fXgQk/s320/P6100130.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345843169081764146" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">This is Amy and Dave's favourite room... the Chapel. The acoustics in there are absolutely amazing!!! Amy sang 'Agnes Dei', Dave whistled, and Joshua yodeled.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4_c5GebxbXBbRQeTB5ofYX4-nbbbQYY7dq9nFDch7UMIfH9Hbepqzx_ssgEqYwIlrZw3-18dSVcBhtEMYn4CDce1SWX1JkKJIJwptkiO9paxVza3QY63lrYMq1s8-7mYwht_LvrQNCc/s1600-h/P6100131.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl4_c5GebxbXBbRQeTB5ofYX4-nbbbQYY7dq9nFDch7UMIfH9Hbepqzx_ssgEqYwIlrZw3-18dSVcBhtEMYn4CDce1SWX1JkKJIJwptkiO9paxVza3QY63lrYMq1s8-7mYwht_LvrQNCc/s320/P6100131.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345843163866491250" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">We left the Castle Keep and walked down and across a very long bridge in order to cross the Tyne.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWET_i7RdH_k-nD89dcGOpoSrWA1HRjVnK4N9wxogmKIn9VZ7q0LUuVuzTRDRXdiLxwIr5EPZ8vj6PTUODHoc9a0J2KNW1e83Dd4omD5K0FrB56f04SV8lnDQ7Kl4WvzDZFI-7HfGicw/s1600-h/P6100132.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdWET_i7RdH_k-nD89dcGOpoSrWA1HRjVnK4N9wxogmKIn9VZ7q0LUuVuzTRDRXdiLxwIr5EPZ8vj6PTUODHoc9a0J2KNW1e83Dd4omD5K0FrB56f04SV8lnDQ7Kl4WvzDZFI-7HfGicw/s320/P6100132.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345843159529928514" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Once on the other side we passed The Sage Gateshead, which is a music centre. Joshua rolled all the way down this hill as well. (not where the rocks were).</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0Gr2hnG_zKlgRYJWrK_vY4QVSvMqwGcAMvCDwrUbBSdtmkzkH5oJPFj-NHnu3o8fh_Eg_yekLShwuNQ3FWHOj99S5YQN_7fXMDKHsjr63kicOUwDqFIfUkws1ifviP5Ybp-UObQR1VI/s1600-h/P6100135.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP0Gr2hnG_zKlgRYJWrK_vY4QVSvMqwGcAMvCDwrUbBSdtmkzkH5oJPFj-NHnu3o8fh_Eg_yekLShwuNQ3FWHOj99S5YQN_7fXMDKHsjr63kicOUwDqFIfUkws1ifviP5Ybp-UObQR1VI/s320/P6100135.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345840748009100946" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">This is the Millenium Bridge. It is also called the 'Blinking Eye' because it is shaped like an eye and when it tilts it looks like the eye is closing.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XYp32aAp0ojkv3aDYDPWdfrcJ2p0Y8sNkSEXRVjxdCsPexdAUUo0qOJtsjYxyRPjjOezzIebRhhXSqMmXx_fBRdkAfPn2OyHYukk_BJj14boCTFypseF8k17FXdeCg2ljmZOtfvstiY/s1600-h/P6100136.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9XYp32aAp0ojkv3aDYDPWdfrcJ2p0Y8sNkSEXRVjxdCsPexdAUUo0qOJtsjYxyRPjjOezzIebRhhXSqMmXx_fBRdkAfPn2OyHYukk_BJj14boCTFypseF8k17FXdeCg2ljmZOtfvstiY/s320/P6100136.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345840755557991650" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The bridge was supposed to tilt at 6:15 pm so we had time to wait. Joshua and Dave wanted some ice-cream while they rested. Daniel just rested.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj056SulJ73SVOSkKw4GUU378ctyadFN6chbEBTix3VofhqxmSlcYvqsp-lvqfnPXGT5Jbl2ZahZ1xly0jYH1bcKIx656KGDzn_r_eMYovBJ0DLfSjS7t_zCGRxlfSCIf_UPqTPJwAyHOc/s1600-h/P6100137.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj056SulJ73SVOSkKw4GUU378ctyadFN6chbEBTix3VofhqxmSlcYvqsp-lvqfnPXGT5Jbl2ZahZ1xly0jYH1bcKIx656KGDzn_r_eMYovBJ0DLfSjS7t_zCGRxlfSCIf_UPqTPJwAyHOc/s320/P6100137.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345840759424263906" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art was just across the way, so we went to have a looksey in it. They had a neat display using blocks. The kids were allowed to try their hands at making a block structure of their own.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejbUZSY0CJKOuIdTOiPL7x911K_C-iRdkw9kDN-see1slGaxEor1BwdOC0QP2mO4E_z7_84wgNnNzx6Nl18tj_HONolremOBtFBIEx04dw6hp7gVcaKoqzoouzU7a-ZuG2kltQyD3PH4/s1600-h/P6100139.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgejbUZSY0CJKOuIdTOiPL7x911K_C-iRdkw9kDN-see1slGaxEor1BwdOC0QP2mO4E_z7_84wgNnNzx6Nl18tj_HONolremOBtFBIEx04dw6hp7gVcaKoqzoouzU7a-ZuG2kltQyD3PH4/s320/P6100139.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345840762959718754" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Joshua made a beautiful structure!</div><div style="text-align: center;">When we walked out of Baltic we had a sit-down in the middle of the bridge to wait for the tilt.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPenQfp4baiuwbYYs85S2o0Z5szDT2uJ_jah9k6k06UN05yOPpnBjIJQ8wG1kH9yqMwmLFuBF7MN0cunn_NhKYhqj0eoBxxZ_KaCzfamq9keXUlqvCphuo7fNlFnlTUSIvibrhudrTmo/s1600-h/P6100143.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicPenQfp4baiuwbYYs85S2o0Z5szDT2uJ_jah9k6k06UN05yOPpnBjIJQ8wG1kH9yqMwmLFuBF7MN0cunn_NhKYhqj0eoBxxZ_KaCzfamq9keXUlqvCphuo7fNlFnlTUSIvibrhudrTmo/s320/P6100143.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345840764359669938" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div>Unfortunately, they cancelled the tilt (often happens) and we were soon heading back to the bus station. Joshua said his feet was about to fall off because they hurt so much, but he managed to make it to the station with feet intact.</div><div>When we got to the Winlaton Station it was beginning to spit (sprinkle). We walked toward home and stopped at the Spar to get some nourishment before heading back down the hill. As we were walking, we heard someone yelling, "David, David, David". We turned around and saw Lorraine (Uncle John and Aunty Laura's daughter) walking toward us.</div><div>After having a quick hello with Lorraine we were on our way home where we ate and put up our aching tootsies.</div><div>Joshua laid on the blow-up bed with Dave while Amy began blogging, but he was soon to be put to bed along with Daniel.</div><div>Then Dave watched a movie (that he did not see the end of) while Amy continued downloading photies.</div><div>Thursday morning Amy got back to her blogging. That afternoon Dave, Rob, and Gramps went out to purchase a tent. The one we were going to purchase (for only 20 pounds) was sold out so they ended up getting a whole camping starter set for which Gramps generously donated half of the cost. -Thanks Gramps!!!</div><div>Now we are sitting here in the living room listening to Gramps's stories of running as a young lad, traveling to Cape Town for 65 pounds (three people including food), and living in Rhodesia.</div><div>Finally, I am done with the longest blog ever and I am DONE!! So I am not saying another word.</div><div>Until next time....</div><div>
</div></div></div></div></div>The Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047377961349994077.post-13722157896659050272009-06-07T10:17:00.027-05:002018-04-18T06:22:15.486-05:00June 7, 2009<div style="text-align: center;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thursday night Daniel took a long time to settle, but once he finally did the other four of us plopped down in front of 'Jock of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Bushveld</span>'. It's an African movie about a dog named Jock. Evidently, it's a classic?... who knew????
</div><div>Friday morning and early afternoon were spent looking up free things to see around Newcastle while we allowed Daniel to get some good sleep that day. Friday evening saw us head out to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Aunty</span> Mary's house (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Gramps's</span> sister). Shame, she had eye surgery not too long ago and can no longer see out of one eye, but other than that she seemed to be in really good spirits.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSqez7o_Z1QNUe0aTUWqN57Puzy0BEkWjuwxtx2cvJkOVcb3HNQrRU61rfb9HLlsK4usAuiyCHYNe3SUOuxvoH-_agWevOsFT_COVZwL5xa9_EyByGoHxW8WFuDCONBSfAyQ8B8pPDpFQ/s1600-h/P6050008.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSqez7o_Z1QNUe0aTUWqN57Puzy0BEkWjuwxtx2cvJkOVcb3HNQrRU61rfb9HLlsK4usAuiyCHYNe3SUOuxvoH-_agWevOsFT_COVZwL5xa9_EyByGoHxW8WFuDCONBSfAyQ8B8pPDpFQ/s320/P6050008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344609035670922946" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div>I was able to get the boys to sit still long enough to take a quick <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">photie</span> of them with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Aunty</span> Mary. She told us all the latest about her children and grandchildren, mind you, there are a LOT so I won't give all the details!</div><div>We waved goodbye to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Aunty</span> Mary and walked down to Uncle John and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Aunty</span> Laura's as we were to meet them, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Gramps</span>, and Dad there.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik-3oM50lc90CqP7Z2huJVBLieF_0g4MrQjTU0paanpdwsYB4lJpiTkYpz33RVKXAg3baJCDycUHhTRHWdZVlRm1y85mvGZvyAwpHFOQogQPk6ocolMKuVB8-vHGCYokYBM9wvMhhLHyw/s1600-h/P6050010.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik-3oM50lc90CqP7Z2huJVBLieF_0g4MrQjTU0paanpdwsYB4lJpiTkYpz33RVKXAg3baJCDycUHhTRHWdZVlRm1y85mvGZvyAwpHFOQogQPk6ocolMKuVB8-vHGCYokYBM9wvMhhLHyw/s320/P6050010.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344612687467838098" style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is their house. It begins where the hedge begins and goes up to the corner.</div><div>As soon as we walked in the door Dave got a good lecture about being prompt. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">hahahaha</span>. We weren't even sure we were supposed to be there at a certain time! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">hahaha</span>! We had a good time listening to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Gramps</span> and Uncle John tell stories from the good old days while we all munched on <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Aunty</span> Laura's spicy chicken. Well, most of us anyway; Daniel found the spring onions much more to his taste!</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gpW3LvMBWjM6vqRr9-QcPwopJyPDjGGLeZoQ9d0Qhk93uy7TI0dcYq1zEeR0_vJgbpotIzMX0WglCaibk18iITmL4wiEWl4zzkO6o4BlZGm_dIJjS3K3SZHjxtSQvLCcd1UJZVkUO1Y/s1600-h/P6050016.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gpW3LvMBWjM6vqRr9-QcPwopJyPDjGGLeZoQ9d0Qhk93uy7TI0dcYq1zEeR0_vJgbpotIzMX0WglCaibk18iITmL4wiEWl4zzkO6o4BlZGm_dIJjS3K3SZHjxtSQvLCcd1UJZVkUO1Y/s320/P6050016.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344619307349175218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Gramps</span> giving him a yummy one.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEPvrbuR_nl_GMwJmK2ErF4G1Hky4EO7GHTMnzpZl8EDOfQqXWK7M2PIeGT5krQmTbms2u0tWNOHrBQnvDCGUxfDpBZgDrhpNRElq96BxiFmzdYV7AkC0pLqCmF6lfPLcGTYymGEhm9k/s1600-h/P6050013.JPG" style="text-decoration: none;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIEPvrbuR_nl_GMwJmK2ErF4G1Hky4EO7GHTMnzpZl8EDOfQqXWK7M2PIeGT5krQmTbms2u0tWNOHrBQnvDCGUxfDpBZgDrhpNRElq96BxiFmzdYV7AkC0pLqCmF6lfPLcGTYymGEhm9k/s320/P6050013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344619768867204498" style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Uncle John getting some coveted cuddles from the Turn.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrNXaLQ_cCeWJQZWK4TyeCaJJZ8PSBdmp_KHDWiG1Mn6Lp169VJvVKRnO3FAcHropeWKXsW2_BH82Ryk6yek1emzACri1xe3HwVKpmdQHW3jDgIBxcRHGASsq3SKOFb-XzcZxoru66PNY/s1600-h/P6050017.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrNXaLQ_cCeWJQZWK4TyeCaJJZ8PSBdmp_KHDWiG1Mn6Lp169VJvVKRnO3FAcHropeWKXsW2_BH82Ryk6yek1emzACri1xe3HwVKpmdQHW3jDgIBxcRHGASsq3SKOFb-XzcZxoru66PNY/s320/P6050017.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344620824541353442" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Oh </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">YAY</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">!! It seems </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Aunty</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> Laura has forgiven Dave of his tardiness. Dave says all he had to do was turn on the '</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Handyside</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "> Charm' and he was sure to be in her good graces again. (Humility, thy name is David </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Handyside</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">) =)</span>
</div></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdeFZPpUoNKnyrBPGroJP551GjXneRsvlsDudiZxdk4uhE-rpnSbIgWcuUdGZCOsUAB_a_IJgug7hU39WrJvwJbD7oIKwbDVAbt9lyc5V-vx5t_Kg8E1FQRFOlOJOoxkn8BjhJfoNIotE/s1600-h/P6050019.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdeFZPpUoNKnyrBPGroJP551GjXneRsvlsDudiZxdk4uhE-rpnSbIgWcuUdGZCOsUAB_a_IJgug7hU39WrJvwJbD7oIKwbDVAbt9lyc5V-vx5t_Kg8E1FQRFOlOJOoxkn8BjhJfoNIotE/s400/P6050019.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344621979902209138" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">Handyside</span> Men - 4 generations of them!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Saturday we had big plans to meet up with <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Gramps</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Aunty</span> Mary at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Blaydon</span> Festival which started at 1pm. Daniel was in the middle of a nap when the clock struck one, so we waited for him to wake up. He was taking way too long to wake so we decided to just get him up and go. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_uuPCBtEXe4EuZ5OMVm2VmSJFQuqenwFBlVeWPTsHpIcvUE173EtHDhZXSHTJrP9BKKlOfUJf3uwPLWZdeudkkiHWKBhN_Af_lYcGTHGLWD6NzSKlwyBGxUxQ0vobAol03IVjISvSy28/s1600-h/P6060023.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_uuPCBtEXe4EuZ5OMVm2VmSJFQuqenwFBlVeWPTsHpIcvUE173EtHDhZXSHTJrP9BKKlOfUJf3uwPLWZdeudkkiHWKBhN_Af_lYcGTHGLWD6NzSKlwyBGxUxQ0vobAol03IVjISvSy28/s320/P6060023.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344624953306747506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div style="text-align: center;">Here we are walking down to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Blaydon</span>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As we were walking there we took some time to "stop and smell the roses". I've included some of these for your viewing pleasure. </div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGyYw1_ICtT71ON0vTlOkZEl9384cwD-eO9H5uDUfXTja1s1iQC_r1CWTmBncrDgM3_ptAGgDZtAnkPyJh4zgQXo6tjzvNnTGN-ihg-LQykKVeKH1FRlSwCsfYL9PiBeysyWZZ1s1qoM/s1600-h/P6060026.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKGyYw1_ICtT71ON0vTlOkZEl9384cwD-eO9H5uDUfXTja1s1iQC_r1CWTmBncrDgM3_ptAGgDZtAnkPyJh4zgQXo6tjzvNnTGN-ihg-LQykKVeKH1FRlSwCsfYL9PiBeysyWZZ1s1qoM/s320/P6060026.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344627236231518450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY67W3YZsbCdlhH7U01v_mlgZAOyvzXL5AfBK8bEoAL8H2Jbby47mU2Sf0TsFKouSFKn6wrEfSoCijcVGlZeghGOmguUCZBvHqUVlnvPtAQIybPGBjDqXqGXUMt47A-hNZt-gyHS17KsU/s1600-h/P6060027.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY67W3YZsbCdlhH7U01v_mlgZAOyvzXL5AfBK8bEoAL8H2Jbby47mU2Sf0TsFKouSFKn6wrEfSoCijcVGlZeghGOmguUCZBvHqUVlnvPtAQIybPGBjDqXqGXUMt47A-hNZt-gyHS17KsU/s320/P6060027.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344627559759465010" style="display: block; 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margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div>In the end, we did run into <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Gramps</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Aunty</span> Mary at the festival, but they were on their way out while we were just on our way in.</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iXkwCmnTsBB4Ip465gdfLPUWcv7B3w4c4OYm4ZJDPbBKTaj-axY1hIJ5az9Z_iutE89rjgSpRgK1Q6FDATlJYHRvRm5SouYd7n562_Z0oNwJtCkJXD_uorSEbFbxTN8URxMFDepfsNM/s1600-h/P6060033.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iXkwCmnTsBB4Ip465gdfLPUWcv7B3w4c4OYm4ZJDPbBKTaj-axY1hIJ5az9Z_iutE89rjgSpRgK1Q6FDATlJYHRvRm5SouYd7n562_Z0oNwJtCkJXD_uorSEbFbxTN8URxMFDepfsNM/s320/P6060033.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344630178672293346" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">When we first reached the festival we were just a bit underwhelmed.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WHR4C4rTyhB48Gu4iW-3hwbmOk-6_vgsincOfOsg2G5TW1B8Qf2KbmctHZCAWIhhstW7cwmkOYL5qIkxzI3-824saIOGuQhIGxOpXDS51kNE4gB4do2RzL33rKrdByF-wDTgzk4iZvE/s1600-h/P6060035.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5WHR4C4rTyhB48Gu4iW-3hwbmOk-6_vgsincOfOsg2G5TW1B8Qf2KbmctHZCAWIhhstW7cwmkOYL5qIkxzI3-824saIOGuQhIGxOpXDS51kNE4gB4do2RzL33rKrdByF-wDTgzk4iZvE/s320/P6060035.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344632679685993858" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div>We are too accustomed to the 'bigger is always better' mentality of the USA. However, we did have a nice time. The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Blaydon</span> Burn Festival is in celebration of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Blaydon</span> Burn (a run) that has been going on since 19<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">futsac</span>. The festival was geared mainly toward little children. Joshua was given a worksheet that was filled out by walking around and finding the clues posted all over.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQ9a9iYnD6-gkDbzoPYJoCE86FBNsb_QR4Zr6D5ZtOqmjhk6oHQtJp-PAoZk-pjcHjTl2ZRspmNtF061LygNR6nKJGAYBkTAdJzE5oFvywhLFFJ_lheCqOmtNkhbyimM273UtbbfqP_8/s1600-h/P6060040.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQ9a9iYnD6-gkDbzoPYJoCE86FBNsb_QR4Zr6D5ZtOqmjhk6oHQtJp-PAoZk-pjcHjTl2ZRspmNtF061LygNR6nKJGAYBkTAdJzE5oFvywhLFFJ_lheCqOmtNkhbyimM273UtbbfqP_8/s320/P6060040.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344633202199400354" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4h8J7MmitNkVOKtVrZPCHdKfpSJcXsv6KL9RkK2yZQ1zAwY3Vhj2pBrCalLA2RjfRS7aBxIg3GjuLY03kmQnV-mXYTC8GPnEbu9erPHUPWv_BOpYiSwAXJ1BgX4CE94SEf7eKCphMyU/s1600-h/P6060041.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4h8J7MmitNkVOKtVrZPCHdKfpSJcXsv6KL9RkK2yZQ1zAwY3Vhj2pBrCalLA2RjfRS7aBxIg3GjuLY03kmQnV-mXYTC8GPnEbu9erPHUPWv_BOpYiSwAXJ1BgX4CE94SEf7eKCphMyU/s320/P6060041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344634016094378546" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">While he was busy with that, his Mummy was busy investigating the local insects.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYYkwGvkC-69247f4Be9fw8viQWDCmys0b6HoFkAM0VLu-UhSnnlIH-cB5PnQHldEBZqijWBojkovScAF_0UYibkEovLTMMpXAz-0hpmhK7nudtnoaScsg5zqNo1fsOVl9asJo2Ms8Ts/s1600-h/P6060042.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYYkwGvkC-69247f4Be9fw8viQWDCmys0b6HoFkAM0VLu-UhSnnlIH-cB5PnQHldEBZqijWBojkovScAF_0UYibkEovLTMMpXAz-0hpmhK7nudtnoaScsg5zqNo1fsOVl9asJo2Ms8Ts/s320/P6060042.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344634977874003570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The festival only lasted until four and we stayed till the very last minutes. Then we began our walk over to the bus station in order to catch a bus down to Toys R Us and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">ASDA</span>. On the walk we crossed a pathway over the road that gave a great view of St. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Cuthbert's</span> church tower.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAxKHpmM3p_QQfDrnaeZXDc2lzx9cy6IJHc08PLZgj1sul4HY_ygRWYiBDm0BHK-fnSpM_0bqL5k50-kC3XDR1u8KxVbmKxmlAVRjXv3KaZ-BXdeYitwDIWyS9ayn5P3qK8seBrX8pIY/s1600-h/P6060044.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAxKHpmM3p_QQfDrnaeZXDc2lzx9cy6IJHc08PLZgj1sul4HY_ygRWYiBDm0BHK-fnSpM_0bqL5k50-kC3XDR1u8KxVbmKxmlAVRjXv3KaZ-BXdeYitwDIWyS9ayn5P3qK8seBrX8pIY/s320/P6060044.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344636182336253458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div>It took us a bit to pick up the necessaries from the stores; Katie's gift from <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Gogs</span> and Rob, belt for Amy (forgot to bring one), folding <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">umbrella</span>, milk, bread, ginger biscuits, phone card, etc. Then we were out to the bus stop to wait for the bus.</div><div>"We only have about 10 minutes to wait", said David. Forty minutes later, we were still sitting there.</div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDt-55aHZldWW7Stidn_3BzIxwuz6uJyPuU9uMwFKpSthA7SRpS5XXAruZhJ5UO36M0I-pQDgSpsBfibVgGPxCt-fIjjieg-JaGxxYxiXq2zftW_nf9lSl-doQ7QMon5bMFg1ybAYyE4/s1600-h/P6060046.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhDt-55aHZldWW7Stidn_3BzIxwuz6uJyPuU9uMwFKpSthA7SRpS5XXAruZhJ5UO36M0I-pQDgSpsBfibVgGPxCt-fIjjieg-JaGxxYxiXq2zftW_nf9lSl-doQ7QMon5bMFg1ybAYyE4/s320/P6060046.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344638507488045794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a><div>Joshua started speaking in a funny voice to a person that was not there telling him, "We were having a great time on our holiday until we had to wait at the bus stop. We had to wait so long that we just had to come back to the states after that". Dave walked over to the bus schedule again and Amy walked with him. As they inspected the schedule Dave emitted a sheepish noise. "Oh dear!", he exclaims, "I was an hour off". <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Hmmmmmmmmmmmm</span>. We still had twenty minutes to wait.</div><div>Dave phoned his Dad to let him know that we would be later than expected and he graciously offered to collect us. By the time we got home we were all exhausted from the walk about in the cold with the hundreds of people around and we were all ready for a good kick-back and relax. Amy phoned her <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">niece</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Stefani</span>, as it was her wedding day and Amy was very much wanting to be in Oklahoma at that present moment. (Hope you have a GREAT time on your honeymoon no-no!) That evening was rather down as Amy was a bit of a misery guts.... whiny, emotional woman that she is!!</div><div>Praise the Lord that it is a new day!</div><div>Sunday morning, this morning, we decided to attend the church that is just behind Rob and Liz's place. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_34">Soooo</span> glad that we did! The congregation (of exactly 8) was made up of mainly elderly people. They were very friendly and welcoming. One lady, Shirley Clark, seemed to know all about our relatives which pleased herself greatly. Another lady, Brenda, who was celebrating 32 years of marriage with the husband who's name I have forgotten (John??), kept the Daniel entertained with toys. One sweet tiny, little lady of at least 75 kept Joshua entertained by playing basketball!!! (This was after the service, of course, while we were all having tea). I was speaking to one of the ladies, Barbara, and telling her the church had a sweet spirit about it. She got a light in her eye and said, "Aye, and we know God is going to do something here, we are just waiting". How Wonderful!!!! Expectancy is a great place to be no matter what one's location, age, or numbers!!!</div><div>After church we were straight off to Katie's birthday party. Unfortunately, our camera was losing battery power so we only got one <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_35">photie</span> that I can't even download until it gets charged up. Also, we didn't stay a long time either as Daniel needed a nap and all the rest of us needed lunch!</div><div>After lunch Rob and Joshua went up to the allotment for a while.... they just got back. Before they left we explained to Joshua that they would be there for a long time and that he needed to use the restroom and get a drink, etc. before they left, so as not to bother Grandpa once they got there. Rob says that they had been there for about ten minutes and Joshua proclaimed that he needed the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_36">lou</span>... and he could NOT use the bushes for what he needed to do!! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_37">hahaha</span>. I guess he didn't have to go really bad because they were there for at least 2 hours.</div><div>Now here we are..... sitting in the living room drinking tea and watching Daniel jump up in down in Katie's jumper...... entertainment at its FINEST!!!!</div><div>God Bless my family... love you all very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! </div>The Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047377961349994077.post-4453967373145564752009-06-04T10:53:00.021-05:002018-04-18T06:22:15.581-05:00June 4, 2009<div style="text-align: center;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tuesday evening was rather fun. We all played Scrabble. Joshua declared that he had a terrific word and proceeded to spell it out on the board: A-S-U. "What in the world is 'asu'?" we all ask. Joshua proudly announces, "It's what you say when you sneeze. ASU!". Hahahahaha. We all had a good laugh about that one. Soon after Joshua's failed word attempt, Grandpa tried his hand at a word: O-W. "That's not a word", said Joshua. "Oh, yes it is", proclaimed Rob. Dave was sitting near the computer and quickly got onto one of those sites that audibly pronounce the word that one is inquiring about. "OW", the computer sayed in a high-pitched technical voice. "OW", the computer sayed again. Joshua found this to be the funniest thing in the world and continued to repeat the computer for the rest of the evening.
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday, Wednesday, we took it easy in the morning and then had Rob drop us at Uncle John and Aunty Laura's house. We didn't know that they were not aware we were with Rob. They had no idea we were in the country! So as we were getting out of the car and they were standing at the door, they got quite the little surprise. "Aye, what's this?", said in the most Geordie of accents, "It's as if you dropped out of the sky!".</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was really nice to see them again. They seem to be doing very well for two people in the late 70's/early 80's. Aunty Laura made sure we were all well fed, as usual, and Uncle John entertained us with old stories and jokes. Aunty Laura was marveling at how much Daniel looked like Joshua at that age. She also remembered the last time we were here how Joshua kept putting a cinnamon stick in his mouth; she called it his 'cigar'.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We left there and walked the short distance down to Gramps's house. He had just returned from the market and was looking very handsome! He fed the boys some pretend yoghurt (it's made with whipped cream or something like that). Joshua got out a gooseberry first, but then decided it wasn't his favourite so he gave that one to Daniel, who gobbled it up quickly, and got out a lemon. The lemon evidently didn't suit his fancy either because he soon passed it off to me.... lucky me!... it was sooooo yummmmyyyyyy!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We didn't stay at Gramps's long as Daniel was getting a little cranky. In order to get back to the house from Gramps's we had to cross a huge field that also had several levels so there were about 3 big slopes. Joshua thought it would be fun to roll down the first one. He was wearing a bright yellow hoodie that made him look like he was a giant banana rolling down the hill. The next hill Dave suggested that he try rolling head-over-heals, so Joshua somersaulted all the way down and thought it was so fun that he continued somersaulting all the way to the end of the field! By the end of it all he was sick to his stomach with a bit of a headache.... boys ;)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">When we got back to the house, Mark, Louise, and Katie were there. Daniel, already in a cranky state, spent most of the time trying to run away from Katie.</div><div>
</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWCK229eEpl3K-ruAbyTjoblTV7kaHmypA7uP5UqyrDNP3UUQxI3-DtYyxH6YCfzeaMh-y5fwTWtpFGiC97XK9q8sTLdoBKNGug7FZgdbnU8pMUgZIN1Ti_Vj5149iy06d4iRYwCcoGA/s1600-h/P6030003.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbWCK229eEpl3K-ruAbyTjoblTV7kaHmypA7uP5UqyrDNP3UUQxI3-DtYyxH6YCfzeaMh-y5fwTWtpFGiC97XK9q8sTLdoBKNGug7FZgdbnU8pMUgZIN1Ti_Vj5149iy06d4iRYwCcoGA/s320/P6030003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343508228761834562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mark and his family only stayed for a short time since Louise wasn't feeling so well and also they had with them a fellow coworker of Mark's.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">That evening Joshua and Daniel spent some fun time with their Gogs since she was leaving in the morning and they would not see her for a couple of weeks.</div><div>
</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYZOlvceIRa5BBJhZnKgG_-Fl0FahyphenhyphenqD3vI_ZRY2DUYZufRgr8n2OgkH02zWRepMm2CfAvo7MUVGgD1HsxOTftV8yNeWQLMlCnJWEYyh19DA75GBm_kvi3RrQEbszIi38EjkfyoS-YF0/s1600-h/P6030004.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQYZOlvceIRa5BBJhZnKgG_-Fl0FahyphenhyphenqD3vI_ZRY2DUYZufRgr8n2OgkH02zWRepMm2CfAvo7MUVGgD1HsxOTftV8yNeWQLMlCnJWEYyh19DA75GBm_kvi3RrQEbszIi38EjkfyoS-YF0/s320/P6030004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343510096056502418" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here Joshua and Gogs had just finished a game of Ludo and were in the middle of a ticklefest.</div><div>
</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0Oi2inMeJXNuogPg580xYR8KRY9CnhjC3pQJre8lxFTVwQcAfokupGmHTNicOsP8ocQMHtFUJcAUJRDYrvMHu-f8KutTA18J0EHBeQmvst8IVUMyOa746irwjpSTQKXfmLTCFBRAl0s/s1600-h/P6030018.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw0Oi2inMeJXNuogPg580xYR8KRY9CnhjC3pQJre8lxFTVwQcAfokupGmHTNicOsP8ocQMHtFUJcAUJRDYrvMHu-f8KutTA18J0EHBeQmvst8IVUMyOa746irwjpSTQKXfmLTCFBRAl0s/s320/P6030018.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343510721210100034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div>So sweet!!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">While the lovefest was happening, Rob and Dave were hard at work to find us a car. After looking at the prices of car hire versus bus and train fair versus purchasing a vehicle, we decided that the purchase was the way to go. They had believed to have found one, but needed to call the insurance company the next day for the final decision.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dave and I were up late, even until it was time for the prayer to begin at Life Community Church. We were really wishing that we could be there, but we could only be there in spirit. Dave read something to me that is fitting for where we are right now. God takes us to the mountain tops so we can be prepared for when we go through the valley.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I am very much looking forward to finding a church body here of like mindedness. I am realizing that we have been quite sheltered for some time now, but this present moment is not the time for that.... hmmmm..... not sure what I think about that, but I guess God doesn't really need my opinion, now does He?!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thursday morning broke and Rob took Liz to the airport bright and early. After all the rest of us had breakfast, Dave and Rob tried very hard to change the fridge door. Here they are slaving away......</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFaQJwVDXZ-1oKLLwQ3MSVJAflkmoF1ODd-Ob7szNSR9-LbzbNxh7pqOSyhrBYq2HOqmfKAm6hF4wLrEUpT83NMYJEbGQZxfDJbSm4Jn0faP7hRWLOUIQocKO6PGpCPYYUlceyYzmVXs/s1600-h/P6040020.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCFaQJwVDXZ-1oKLLwQ3MSVJAflkmoF1ODd-Ob7szNSR9-LbzbNxh7pqOSyhrBYq2HOqmfKAm6hF4wLrEUpT83NMYJEbGQZxfDJbSm4Jn0faP7hRWLOUIQocKO6PGpCPYYUlceyYzmVXs/s320/P6040020.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343533124773764706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_VxEwMqJcIcF_Cel-rtDaSYptA8Kbsw3bXQ320RhsXAsaEXKVfuUJr9rX_HO72Dug7joHwbaMd_XfElEO6-tAC1uBnZNTWP2dyTzwGdnkK2FRiW706a9cdrpOGc4JA6ccxnnOo-YGMo/s1600-h/P6040021.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_VxEwMqJcIcF_Cel-rtDaSYptA8Kbsw3bXQ320RhsXAsaEXKVfuUJr9rX_HO72Dug7joHwbaMd_XfElEO6-tAC1uBnZNTWP2dyTzwGdnkK2FRiW706a9cdrpOGc4JA6ccxnnOo-YGMo/s320/P6040021.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343533689344828018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately, all of their efforts were in vain because the parts that are supposed to be able to flip and be used both ways were not the universal type and could only be used one way. Sorry Liz!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Soon they packed up their tools and went to purchase the car they had looked at last night.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">While the men were busy with the car, Joshua kept Daniel entertained with a floral hat.....</div><div>
</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYeWoP09RNc78s-XjgiVbAFBAjsPwuI0p20aC0JeR1UeQ2JX9dE0MbsNo6kJ1h0OucGi6-5xj-B4uVCti3-mhCyqUIJjGOqVBa9XHfnGfoCracAB2TSUI7W-WdO80W1aKBHgxi1Ag3eY/s1600-h/P6040019.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYeWoP09RNc78s-XjgiVbAFBAjsPwuI0p20aC0JeR1UeQ2JX9dE0MbsNo6kJ1h0OucGi6-5xj-B4uVCti3-mhCyqUIJjGOqVBa9XHfnGfoCracAB2TSUI7W-WdO80W1aKBHgxi1Ag3eY/s320/P6040019.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343535533199507218" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Soon the men returned with our car. Here is the beauty....</div><div style="text-align: left;">
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20-ojKaw9c8bYw5Nb-lur9btpIZjtCC3dCmPLgMMHW0SMLntLZn0yP6kJ8rJoNpgOVo889kl1f8TB94Bhmn_023pTMJ4xgqHddM5NCsStiWM6DG_CVK2fWHqkTLcaCVE50Fzkk0aVKR0/s1600-h/P6040002.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20-ojKaw9c8bYw5Nb-lur9btpIZjtCC3dCmPLgMMHW0SMLntLZn0yP6kJ8rJoNpgOVo889kl1f8TB94Bhmn_023pTMJ4xgqHddM5NCsStiWM6DG_CVK2fWHqkTLcaCVE50Fzkk0aVKR0/s320/P6040002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343536302685280194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We picked her up for only 250 pounds (that's about $400) which is way cheaper than we could have hired a car for 2 months.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now those of you who know the Handysides well know that we name our cars. Our black car is named Sybil due to her multiple personalities (Kelly Cox can attest to this!). Our former cadillac was named Thomas due to his train engine sounding horn (from the children's tv show, 'Thomas the Tank Engine'). We have yet to name the mini-van, but this car obviously didn't want to be left out because she already came with a name.</div><div style="text-align: left;">
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">a steering wheel.....</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDK_agrv6HE4jFIO8cabil1eprNMxkpDr9KMRNrNgfP4NbcjIrQQLbbn6bTZRO1EM1WzQ1xupiMM_ZijHZjsVSEKSiLatA7VLwIzIKkrG4US6GJw_CpUB7nfxggSvOBkGI1eiZ2P8MFs/s1600-h/P6040003.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQDK_agrv6HE4jFIO8cabil1eprNMxkpDr9KMRNrNgfP4NbcjIrQQLbbn6bTZRO1EM1WzQ1xupiMM_ZijHZjsVSEKSiLatA7VLwIzIKkrG4US6GJw_CpUB7nfxggSvOBkGI1eiZ2P8MFs/s320/P6040003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343539132064466370" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">a sun roof.....</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1i34W0z-gS_tGdp92m3qNyJOfmRnyieGJ3IOCvn7-a70MA_7AokA8N1z2yGzZZf50ow4RtUmckAyymnvWpvvFKD5aiGw3dLscxC0D_PGPyVORed9rxzm5yoUREHpOLW8YyvuDaZf7WwY/s1600-h/P6040005.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1i34W0z-gS_tGdp92m3qNyJOfmRnyieGJ3IOCvn7-a70MA_7AokA8N1z2yGzZZf50ow4RtUmckAyymnvWpvvFKD5aiGw3dLscxC0D_PGPyVORed9rxzm5yoUREHpOLW8YyvuDaZf7WwY/s320/P6040005.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343539776368053394" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and wolverine seat covers...</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vE63tr-tCMtlOD8rn0itNLaJficoEHuyTuppdbcP9wd9ueWHZ97F5QaAw3OyGU79lfKFBcTdn0Utl9fD3-ySPP5yvxQ-tk7P-28Z4dm0646tdT0UaBsEhuCadzgrxtRSaSbnu95sI28/s1600-h/P6040004.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0vE63tr-tCMtlOD8rn0itNLaJficoEHuyTuppdbcP9wd9ueWHZ97F5QaAw3OyGU79lfKFBcTdn0Utl9fD3-ySPP5yvxQ-tk7P-28Z4dm0646tdT0UaBsEhuCadzgrxtRSaSbnu95sI28/s320/P6040004.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343540503715658066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After enjoying the wonders of Tracey, Rob soon had to be off to a student (he is a driving instructor). Our stomachs also began to scream at us so we thought fish and chips sounded nice. "Proper Fish & Chips", says Handyside.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); text-decoration: underline;">
</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbMu8yGzNdPKRW1lcaSz4f_m70Cqsbk6mo8wtcRDLPBtgUOXjROIC0GotZ6vQBvpe3vBFJsRx34ZwIR7-iNBU7CXP6RlmXazf2AbLPOmIi0NI8pOYlpi5tf9tZk1PCrHG7e7bOSUK1-c/s1600-h/P6040002.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwbMu8yGzNdPKRW1lcaSz4f_m70Cqsbk6mo8wtcRDLPBtgUOXjROIC0GotZ6vQBvpe3vBFJsRx34ZwIR7-iNBU7CXP6RlmXazf2AbLPOmIi0NI8pOYlpi5tf9tZk1PCrHG7e7bOSUK1-c/s320/P6040002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343542725013860210" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Yummy, yummy the fish is now in my tummy!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As we were eating I asked Joshua and David to make a face that showed how they felt about the food. It's pretty obvious that Dave is happy about it, but Joshua.... hmmmm.....</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCZLuMO8k1_YI_0GDwkqXf2cHeoUiytQXVIVK3axDvw95JLjtxkoKljJmDrd2flmtUs9hwOxx_K_8yalSYv2102zwp9urOvo8eVdBAVl4RMyA42pGf09UcMkTsGtHJc8B8yHSCbeV0Pw/s1600-h/P6040001.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCZLuMO8k1_YI_0GDwkqXf2cHeoUiytQXVIVK3axDvw95JLjtxkoKljJmDrd2flmtUs9hwOxx_K_8yalSYv2102zwp9urOvo8eVdBAVl4RMyA42pGf09UcMkTsGtHJc8B8yHSCbeV0Pw/s320/P6040001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343543552635225970" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I think tonight we are just going to settle and relax at the house. Daniel seems to be very unsettled today. He's been sleeping a bunch and when he is awake he is pretty much miserable, so we are hoping he will just fall asleep and continue sleeping for the rest of the night.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hope you are all having a nice warm summer... I must admit that today I am quite jealous of the warmth as it is rather cold.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I suppose this is where I'll end for now.... Adios!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div>The Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047377961349994077.post-76054218013537386762009-06-02T10:49:00.018-05:002009-06-02T13:37:50.745-05:00June 2, 2009<div style="text-align: center;">
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<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeZ5M2Rj4Zy1XfmApD2HJVAhYojmJLeyOkzENumHd0-ti0G0Af_Y8sh-Dz1Gmn9_u2H0L7OISZHruyL0YilAeK3d6LxujTq4-DlSooiQjNoL6EoV9-osczbyYJY8E0RE_DxHLO9yCLSz0/s1600-h/P5290001.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeZ5M2Rj4Zy1XfmApD2HJVAhYojmJLeyOkzENumHd0-ti0G0Af_Y8sh-Dz1Gmn9_u2H0L7OISZHruyL0YilAeK3d6LxujTq4-DlSooiQjNoL6EoV9-osczbyYJY8E0RE_DxHLO9yCLSz0/s200/P5290001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342762025303751986" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;">(May 29) This is in the Atlanta airport in the baggage claim area. I had never noticed it before, but leave it to Joshua, nothing gets by that boy.
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</div><div>Here we are playing a game of Spite & Malice. I believe Amy won this game!!! Daniel is pushing his car around as usual.</div><div>
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</div><div>This was at the braai that Mark had at Rob and Liz's. On the far left is Dave's Gramps, next to him is Rob, Dave's Dad. The other couple is Dirk and Pip. Dirk is from Holland and Pip is from Newcastle. Dirk likes to talk about current affairs and Pip likes to jump out of planes.</div><div>
</div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPB9xtSC8COPJmqR1U6oEz8-SMB3DFhFYmgg5IEGzaVgZWMdufrzilErzj713tcn6cKFbWI3icFYTsMCgoTLDoQh_J1aHUoF5Ts0qdbQS0ucK4KRF_NtbWmO7KnIN44ZCLNe8Ze9Q4vdU/s1600-h/P5310012.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPB9xtSC8COPJmqR1U6oEz8-SMB3DFhFYmgg5IEGzaVgZWMdufrzilErzj713tcn6cKFbWI3icFYTsMCgoTLDoQh_J1aHUoF5Ts0qdbQS0ucK4KRF_NtbWmO7KnIN44ZCLNe8Ze9Q4vdU/s400/P5310012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342767532545266482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I just love this pic of Gramps and Rob.</div><div style="text-align: center;">
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9lppPmIQj_FylckcCa5jDfRCyrWk9SE6fprgBGpjPVCVtnLQ55QWJyUNbRl58jvyamSeWxUfPdX-JLKgsUs9hmOpST7Aeijd_gUtAzAymBnpP7RTIJ1IBBTZ81AdMElspvBIGXTwrFs/s1600-h/P5310009.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB9lppPmIQj_FylckcCa5jDfRCyrWk9SE6fprgBGpjPVCVtnLQ55QWJyUNbRl58jvyamSeWxUfPdX-JLKgsUs9hmOpST7Aeijd_gUtAzAymBnpP7RTIJ1IBBTZ81AdMElspvBIGXTwrFs/s320/P5310009.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342768799123006770" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is Katie. Her first birthday is in just a few days. She and Daniel played like great friends. Katie is a bit rough for a girl, so she is just perfect for Daniel! Katie is the daughter of Liz's son, Mark. Her Mum is Louise; she is a sweet, lovely girl.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrKg5VF5-0rUX5rfTtVRCQ3N0UG_cITvkzPS8K8EYUDbOfcGaWxmGssE_qoEkUp6t_VvWeTNW0EAyXy-Uh59parVbM2Famlm8fYfsD2MhFkh3A0o-MFP66nk7KCNX-GEIp_XjOVWWBcw/s1600-h/SDC10463.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrKg5VF5-0rUX5rfTtVRCQ3N0UG_cITvkzPS8K8EYUDbOfcGaWxmGssE_qoEkUp6t_VvWeTNW0EAyXy-Uh59parVbM2Famlm8fYfsD2MhFkh3A0o-MFP66nk7KCNX-GEIp_XjOVWWBcw/s320/SDC10463.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342777415559927618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is Louise with Katie.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtXTEgWS9WFo64Kx0vkZ93C0K2upr1GoNgdv_ewMSxh27FvR2isUInYwziA8-pmdTQNhwMIWmmcVSUoImxprK-TjhVMzF34ZMJpdmHQkX4KMf2_7QVzYaZBSuCUfXQKoFlYJbeEfxlTI/s1600-h/P5310013.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqtXTEgWS9WFo64Kx0vkZ93C0K2upr1GoNgdv_ewMSxh27FvR2isUInYwziA8-pmdTQNhwMIWmmcVSUoImxprK-TjhVMzF34ZMJpdmHQkX4KMf2_7QVzYaZBSuCUfXQKoFlYJbeEfxlTI/s320/P5310013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342769967761039666" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is Robby, Nakita and their son Jack. They were at the braai. Jack is 18 months old and has cerebral palsy. Such amazing people, the outlook they have on life! Jack is very sweet and entertained us with his trick of rolling from tummy to back... sweet laugh!!! Nakita went to school with Louise.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0TH45iYgpGD1tzfY-wU50g5Ve-2TEbxdF79RdL5wyw9bzYonMqpuJ5dpNtmbKem6F2khR7S4FQPTR2Zdzedho1vly75jik3ZpPtEZblh5uiWYA1t4NmL2ZNc3pM9KHw4sKA1TsOlmHY/s1600-h/SDC10478.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0TH45iYgpGD1tzfY-wU50g5Ve-2TEbxdF79RdL5wyw9bzYonMqpuJ5dpNtmbKem6F2khR7S4FQPTR2Zdzedho1vly75jik3ZpPtEZblh5uiWYA1t4NmL2ZNc3pM9KHw4sKA1TsOlmHY/s320/SDC10478.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342779077495524130" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 318px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Daniel really enjoyed his bath in the sink. Rob and Liz only have a shower, but Daniel doesn't seem phased. Although, by the look on his face, I am wondering what he is up to????</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjilEBnpVNUdYglwMaf5PkNmKws95uGw1CbsvU3owRjtlEUGNBIYEpKUD2-hzfsmXm1sbIulw21m2ZHJkmD8aQeG29RJ0j4kFXuinNRLKdS_eOjrw2NZ0U_7uQPT-JXYNjnuSUefi0uQ/s1600-h/SDC10482.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtjilEBnpVNUdYglwMaf5PkNmKws95uGw1CbsvU3owRjtlEUGNBIYEpKUD2-hzfsmXm1sbIulw21m2ZHJkmD8aQeG29RJ0j4kFXuinNRLKdS_eOjrw2NZ0U_7uQPT-JXYNjnuSUefi0uQ/s320/SDC10482.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342780046887949186" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Grandpa is just in LOVE with his little boys!!! They are all having such a blast together... what a special time!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBLZ1gTNnevZm8oQXsfdCyfQoN-dyIFf0yOdHQvIAVTRI1AfqkM53vZtF1hnhcEjvOUguyJiQnodSSgCIBmOpT57DNxo8WDORrDXZzbBz-5qWsvJAQU9RdCtDRME9r5S4TjBo_MNpD74/s1600-h/SDC10474.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOBLZ1gTNnevZm8oQXsfdCyfQoN-dyIFf0yOdHQvIAVTRI1AfqkM53vZtF1hnhcEjvOUguyJiQnodSSgCIBmOpT57DNxo8WDORrDXZzbBz-5qWsvJAQU9RdCtDRME9r5S4TjBo_MNpD74/s320/SDC10474.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342780591816109778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dave and his Dad walked down to the corner store, which is literally half a block away, to collect some rolls and I snuck behind a car to capture this pic.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yesterday, June 1st, Dave and I went to ASDA (the English Wal-mart) to get some necessities such as Daniel's juice, bread rolls, gift for Katie, prize for Joshua (he won the Quiet Game and therefore was given a 1 pound gift), ingredients for dump cake, scones, jam, and clotted cream... etc. We had a fun time catching the bus and walking around the English shops. On the way home, however, we couldn't find the bus that we needed to bring us all the way back up the hill just close to where we are staying, so we took one that would bring us to Blaydon bus station instead, which meant we would have to walk all the way up the hill ourselves.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">YIKES....... am I UnFiT!!!!!! Of course, we were carrying some packages as well, but, man, that was a looooooooong haul! After we had gone straight up, for what seemed like at least a mile, we walked across a couple of streets to catch our breath,.... well...., to catch MY breath! I felt like I was going to puke! Maybe after walking that road all summer I will be fit as a fiddle!!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">When we made it back home we were informed that Gogs (Liz) had a time with Daniel while they and Joshua were out for a walk. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Evidently, Daniel had messed his diaper in the most explosive of ways and it had gone all up his back and everything. The closest place to go was Aunty Mary's house (Gramps's sister). So they made their way over to Aunty Mary's an gave Daniel a bath.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Today, we have just lounged around all day. We were planning to go to Uncle John and Aunty Laura's house (Gramps's sister-in-law), but they were not up to taking visitors today and requested that we come tomorrow instead. So... looks like tomorrow we will go-a-callin'.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also today, I am thinking very much about my niece as she is getting married on Saturday. I hope she isn't too busy and is able to really enjoy her wedding week. *LOVE YOU STEF*!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">God bless!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We're still finding it difficult to get to sleep at a decent hour and wake at a reasonable time, but I'm sure this will come eventually.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
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</div>The Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047377961349994077.post-48618223153814810632009-05-31T19:05:00.006-05:002009-06-02T13:46:00.856-05:00May 31, 2009WE MADE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<div style="text-align: justify;">Just after noon on the day I posted the last blog we made our way to the hotel lobby to check out and wait for the shuttle to the airport. The couple previously mentioned (our fellow amoeba) were also in the lobby so we had a good chance to chat with them. She is from Oklahoma (works in the district attorney's office in okc) and he is from Colorado (works for an airline that partners with Delta). They met about a year ago online.... what a fun story. We had a lot of fun with them while waiting for the shuttle as they were quite funny. As I had said before, they were on their way to Zurich where her sister, brother-in-law, and their children live. They are only going to be their for a little over a week so we Really hope they made their flight!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We made it to the airport without a hitch and then went to check on the luggage situation. All of our bags had made it to the airport and were waiting for us to catch a plane. The only hitch was that they were not able to forward them on to Newcastle so that meant hauling them around Manchester, but all in all.... we were very happy to even Have luggage =)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We stood in line for check-in (only took us an hour and a half) and David chatted with this lovely old man that was on his way to a medical mission in Africa... very sweet. I spent the time rocking the push-chair back and forth to keep Daniel happy and guiding Joshua while he was playing his game-boy (he left his DS at his Pia and Mia's house).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once we were all checked in we went through the security check point.... which, by the way, is a MUST DO with a stroller!.... One gets to take the short-cut with a stroller!!! Then we went to our gate to wait in a cozy little spot just perfect for a family of four. There was a table at our spot where we played Swipe and Spite & Malice. We took a few walks as well to keep the circulation working. On one of these walks Joshua and I passed the smoke room and he reckoned that an airport smoke room must be the smelliest place on earth and if he had to wait for a plane in the smoke room he might just be dead before the plane got there.... HAHAHA!!! (that boy cracks me up).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Happy, happy, joy, joy.... the lady that was helping David with gate check-in was from Ivory Coast and was incredibly pleased to be helping a fellow African. We got on the plane and were all sitting together. The boys really didn't sleep much on the flight and Dave and I didn't sleep at all, but, hey.... who can complain when one is on their way to EUROPE FOR TWO MONTHS!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We landed without a hitch (always nice on a flight) and made our way down to baggage claim to claim all 3 of our bags. After our bags were collected and strapped together we began our marathon over to the train station.. I say marathon because I'm sure it was at least 26 miles away. (ok, not really, but it sure seemed far with no sleep, bloated tum, and an upset baby).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Train tickets...... check.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Call Dave's stepmom....... check.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Hop on the train...... check.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fall asleep...... hmmmm.... well, 3 out of 4 is not bad.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Joshua liked taking the train from Manchester to Newcastle, but he did not sleep a wink even though he was sooooo tired. Daniel did fall asleep for about an hour or so... happy about that!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Next stop...... Newcastle!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">LOVED hearing that!!!!! </div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So we get off the train with the help of some lovely lady that lives in Durham coming to Newcastle for the afternoon only to realize that in all the business of leaving I had completely forgotten to get the directions from the train station to Eldon Square (where we were supposed to meet Dave's Stepmom and Dad for the surprise arrival). The lady was standing there as this realization hit us. She said that she just happened to be on her way to Eldon Square... "and He will make thy path straight". She was just too lovely. She pulled two of our carry-on bags all the way as she lead us through the jam packed streets of Newcastle. On our way we saw an African Gospel singing group. Dave reckoned they were from Africa somewhere, but I'm thinking they must have been either from the states or at least in the states for a long time due to the Americanish accent they displayed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We made it to Eldon Square and waited. And waited. And waited. And waited. (in reality it was probably only 30 minutes, but when one is working on no sleep it seems much, much longer). Finally, we decided that a phone call to Liz was in order. Good thing we did because she had not received our message we left from the train station and did not even know we had made it to the country yet. Luckily, her son happened to be at her house so he came to collect us.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We hauled our bags over 2 city blocks to Mark's car where a taxi was also sitting.... good thing because we needed a taxi as well to hold our luggage.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We finally arrived at Dave's Dad's house at 2pm. It was great to see Liz again (a really sweet woman). Rob was at work and would not be in until 7pm. So we had a nice cup of tea and let Daniel play with Katie (Mark's daughter). They hit it off really well. Katie turns 1 next Sunday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Finally, Rob came home. Here is the result.......</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Needless to say, he was INCREDIBLY pleased to find us in his kitchen that day!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We had supper together and chatted and chatted and watched the final of Britain's Got Talent.... YAY Diversity!.... and then fell asleep before they even announced the results. Daniel woke up at midnight and was really upset. Turns out he was just starving! After he ate, played, and messed a diaper we laid him down between us thinking this would help him stay asleep. Our thinking proved correct and he stayed asleep until well after 10.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The next morning, this morning, we slept in and had a lazy breakfast. After that we walked up to their allotment (a plot of land used for gardening). Dave, Rob, Granddad, and Joshua were already there and working hard by the time Daniel woke and Liz and I made it there.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Lovely, yummy garden. Liz picked some rhubarb to make us a rhubarb crumble later. Joshua took a couple of the giant rhubarb leaves, stuck them in his pits and said they were his hang gliders. hahahaha!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We were not long at the allotment as Mark was giving a braai (cookout) at Rob and Liz's place and he was to arrive at 3:30.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Yummy food, fun friends, sweet babies.... I must tell about this another day... I'm tired! It's 2:30 in the morning... mind you, that's only 8:30pm OK time, but I also woke up at 10am which is 4am OK time.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Nighty-night,</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Amy (Dave & the little 'uns)</div>The Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047377961349994077.post-62669527328260543912009-05-29T09:09:00.006-05:002009-05-29T09:54:16.275-05:00May 29, 2009<div>We arrived at the airport yesterday at 9:30am and finally were able to catch a flight out at 6pm. The airline attendants told us that all their flights were overbooked and it would take a miracle to get on one as a standby passenger.... especially our standby status as we are basically the lowest of the low (David said we are the amoeba)! </div><div>
</div><div>Well, PRAISE GOD.... one of the flights we were hoping to get on was delayed and because of that some people chose not to take it. (I will never again complain about being on a delayed flight because one never knows what God is working on another's behalf!!!)<div>
</div><div>However, because we only landed in Atlanta around 9:30pm we were too late to catch the first flight out to Manchester as they only have one flight to Manchester per day and it is at 7:30pm. So we are hanging out in the hotel until 12noon when we will head over to the airport to hang out there until flight time in hopes that we will be able to get on it. (Praise God again... we slept in a bed and NOT on the airport floor).</div><div>
</div><div>When we went to pick up our luggage we were told that 2 of our 3 bags were somewhere in the airport, but no one seemed to know where. The other 1 of our 3 was still in OKC. One might think that this was a problem, but we were actually feeling really blessed by this because it meant that we did not have to cart 3 large bags all over Atlanta. Delta also told us that because it was their mistake they will probably be able to reroute them to Newcastle. We are very excited about this..... we are landing in Manchester and then taking the train to Newcastle where we will meet our peeps to eat before heading to Dave's Dad's place. So if we do not have to lug our baggage all over everywhere then we will be all the more pleased!!!! Isn't God lovely???... He really does think of everything!!</div></div><div>
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<div>We are soooo pleased that we did not have to sleep at the airport, but as you can see, hanging out in a hotel is not all it's cracked up to be. Let us all pray that we can get on tonight's flight so we do not have to spend another night in the hotel and start all over with the waiting process.</div><div>
</div><div>*while at the OKC airport we were entertained by a 5 yr girl named Alysia. We ended up on the same flight where she kept coming to visit Joshua and Daniel. Then once we arrived in Atlanta she kept popping up everywhere we were... very cute and funny!</div><div>*some of our fellow amoeba on their way to Zurich left on a flight before ours from okc. We ran into them this morning at our hotel while having breakfast. I trust that we will see them again once we get to the airport. They seem a lovely couple.... maybe we will have a chance to find out more about them this afternoon.</div><div>
</div><div>Until next time (hopefully from Newcastle!!!),</div><div>Amy, David, and the little two</div>The Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5047377961349994077.post-70315524086075901212009-04-14T19:16:00.005-05:002009-04-14T19:32:51.664-05:00The Beginning<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWFTLHeWQlbfGQ9u9SuicQ3kSJlcMKxl8D3UNfi4TCkHSx4k2rgksOcVExvmBxS8ugTitS8EC3HyLmooXh4Xv7VH-kkybgQGSEUS_sErC0JHsZNBwFxW0lUbVO1DCAQrPH3w-RXVGiOM/s1600-h/Family+Pics+10-2008+to+1-2009+224.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWFTLHeWQlbfGQ9u9SuicQ3kSJlcMKxl8D3UNfi4TCkHSx4k2rgksOcVExvmBxS8ugTitS8EC3HyLmooXh4Xv7VH-kkybgQGSEUS_sErC0JHsZNBwFxW0lUbVO1DCAQrPH3w-RXVGiOM/s320/Family+Pics+10-2008+to+1-2009+224.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324709080194482338" border="0" /></a>
Today is April 14, 2009. We have set up the blog and I will attempt to add pictures and what-not. Hopefully, one day soon we will be ace bloggers. Let us see how this works out!
At present, Joshua is 7 and in the first grade. Daniel is soon to be one and stays home with me. David is teaching at Southwest Covenant and soon to be taking over as pastor of Life Community Church here in El Reno. We live in El Reno, Oklahoma where the wind comes sweeping down the plain. Mostly, we are probably boring to others. We live a quiet (well, hmmm.... maybe not 'quiet' if you know the boys... ALL of them) life. We have fun together and we love Jesus.....
What else could one ask for???!!The Handysideshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06475998967232498352noreply@blogger.com0