Thursday 31 August 2017

Perfect bank holiday weekend


Our family have just had the most fantastic bank holiday weekend in a Jacobean mansion on the Somerset/Dorset border. Eighteen of us (my children their partners and their children) had a wonderful time playing silly games and consuming industrial amounts of food and drink. Special thanks to Nicola and Cosima for masterminding the Sunday lunch. A real banquet.

The photo is of my two youngest sons and youngest grandchildren on the way back from the pub (no holiday is complete without a pub, right?)

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  1. I'm glad that you all had a great time.

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    1. Thank you, Graham. I felt so sad when it was over.

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  2. Wow... 18 of you! No wonder you needed a mansion to accomodate everyone, and to have a chance for some privacy at the same time. The weather looks perfect, too!

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    1. Everything was perfect, Meike. We all felt very lucky.

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  3. I am glad for you..it sounds wonderful.

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  4. Great family photo Frances and memories to cherish. Hope you snapped one of you altogether as these family occasions don't happen too often.

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    1. I didn't get one of us all together, Maggie, and really regret it.

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  5. That is awful blurry. As long as the memories are good it's all that matters.

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    1. My daughter took it, Adrian. None of us are in your class! I need to ask you a question. In my horse's stable is a swallow's nest with newly hatched young. How on earth are they going to make it to Africa in time? I worry about them.

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  6. Wow, big family. Fun to be able to gather everyone!

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  7. How lovely, Frances - sounds absolutely wonderful!

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