We have had a brilliant holiday. Arrived home exhausted though. I will try and fill in from Shrewsbury. I would have liked to have blog more often while away but quite honestly I didn’t have the time!
On the Sunday in Shrewsbury we spent the day at Alex and Dave’s in their new conservatory with Tricia and Simon, Eric’s parents and Lily. Woody and Katie arrived later bringing Sarah home from a family gathering with their dad, Nigel’s, family. Alex served joints of beef and pork with salads. She managed to cut her finger significantly in her new food processor (it wasn’t on). The worst of it was she did the same thing recently when unpacking it!!
Nieces and Aunties:
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The next day we hit the road again heading for Mark, Cheryl, Myles and Laura in Derbyshire. We know them from our days in Whitstable through Mandy and David. Cheryl and Mandy worked together long ago. Cheryl was always a ‘totally scatty at home but thoroughly organised at work’ person who is a PA to some big wig in investment banking. She is based in London (hours away) and works incredibly hard. Mark works more locally, for Rolls Royce, doing quite what I am not sure, but he seems to be good at it. They are doing major extension work on their house – again. The first time they did this was when we last visited! Now they have built an extension with a kitchen to die for on the ground floor, bedroom and bathroom above and a massive playroom/office in the attic. They had both taken the day off work and we settled on spending the afternoon at Chatsworth House. It is absolutely amazing and I would recommend a visit there if ever you find yourself on that part of England. The kitchen garden was inspirational, the grounds stunning and the detail and architecture of the house breathtaking.
We had a great time. The evening was spent at The Coopers, a very old pub in a nearby village for a carvery. Again, Mark and Cheryl were fantastic hosts and spoilt us terribly. Thank you.
Sadly we departed the next morning. Saying Goodbye to the Cooper-Clarks is not quite so hard as we know we will see them soon. They have visited NZ twice since we emigrated and are due out again in 2008. Next to Leicestershire, to see Mark and Donna. (Eric was at school with Mark), Angus and to meet their daughter Jonty who was born a few days after we arrived in NZ. They have moved since we last saw them. Donna’s dad Dave was also staying at the time. Once again we were well fed and spoilt. Donna and I headed off for IKEA only to find the motorway virtually blocked so headed to Fosse Park in the opposite direction! More clothes shopping on the girl’s part and a coffee before heading home. It was here that we discovered
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