The Friday photo/speedboat video and all about our holliers to London
Righty ho, so. Moving on, then, after the Dog-gate debacle (insurers were very sympathetic: ‘your dog ate your woodwork madam? (suppressed chuckle) oh dear, we can’t have that, can we?’) I have loads and buckets and tons of holiday reminiscing to get through. Fasten your seatbelts, then.
First up, then, on Friday night we went out with the Disreputable One to a very nice Chinese restaurant, where we seriously stuffed our faces and made inappropriate jokes about Hubby wearing a mankini to the blessing (hope you’re not reading this bit, Rev’d Craig!). Great time was had by all and the food was fabulosi.
Saturday saw us generally sodding about and ended with a scared me and a rather enthusiastic Hubby out ‘on the lash’ with Mad Uncle Alg and a few of his mates. We got to the bar, got our drinks, found a table, got introduced to everyone (‘you know Jav and Wrighty don’t you? This is Tucker, and this tosser is my Aussie lodger…’ ) and I’d taken the first sip out of my pear cider only to discover that the rest of them had already drunk up and we were off to the next pub. Sheesh. I won’t go into the gory details but needless to say I was telephoned the next day by my brother:
Ali: ‘You’re not a boozing legend, Sis’
Me: ‘No, I certainly am not. I couldn’t keep up with you’
Ali: ‘Poor effort, Sis, poor effort’
Me: ‘At least I didn’t get drunk and show everyone my butt crack’:
Alg: ‘Ah, but I am a boozing legend…’
Me: ‘You certainly are’
Sunday saw us off to the beautiful pad of my older brother, Uncle I, the Lycheeni Legend, and his lovely wife L, along with my nephew, budding chef Jackson who often tries out my recipes for me (‘I made a pavlova!’):
…and my niece, the beautiful Madame Turtle (‘I made it sparkly!’):
Along with their ancient and adorable German Shorthaired Pointer, Lottie:
and their mad collection of animals, including several bonkers chickens and these, their second generation of tortoises:
Ah, good times. On Monday we went Wedding Blessing Shopping (oh yes, suits…dress..the works – and we bumped into my lovely Auntie [Moon's Mum] and cousin in a shopping centre – how spooky is that?) and I finally got my longed-for evening out with my lovely girlfriends Tums and Bex – we had a fantastic meal (antipasti, a gorgeous Halloumi and spinach salad with a lovely pear chutney, and a panna cotta with rhubarb….slurrrp) and a bottle of wine and caught up on all the goss (I miss you guys already – see you in September! xxx).
Tuesday saw us off to London for a spectacular ’flight’ on the London Eye:
… and a fantastic ‘Ultimate James Bond London Adventure trip on the Thames, which saw us hurtling up and down the Thames at breakneck speed. It rained at one point and the sensation was akin to being sandblasted, but still, it was amazing and the kids LOVED it. Brace yourself, this video’s a bit noisy:
On the way back we slowed down and did a bit of history stuff – our hosts were friendly and funny (‘if anyone feels sick, just put your hand up in the air. Don’t feel ashamed - you’re letting yourself down and ruining the trip for everyone else – but put your hand up anyway’).
The lovely chaps at London RIB Voyages gave me three 20% off vouchers too, so if anyone is planning a trip to London and wants them, drop me an email and I’ll send them to you.
After all that excitement, and looking somewhat like Animal from the Muppets (note to self, schedule speedboat at the end of the day), we headed to Covent Garden where we obviously had to go and have lunch at the legendary Porters:
… then pop into Patisserie Valerie for a little dessert. Hmmm, decisions, decisions…:
Caught up with my lovely friend Jules on Wednesday (there just isn’t enough time to catch up with everyone) and Hubby and I managed to go out for a curry too (first one in TWO years – it was awesome) and before we could blink, Thursday saw us waving a tearful goodbye to my Ma (who must have thought a whirlwind had whipped through her house and left a trail of destruction in its wake) and whizzing back up to Holyhead and the doggy decimation that was English Towers. Still, nice to be home…
35 Responses to “The Friday photo/speedboat video and all about our holliers to London”
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do miss a decent curry though !
Oh man, the curry was fab – first proper one for 2 years and worth the wait – you could have rolled us out of the restaurant!!
Can I have that puppy too?
I want proper English Mum butt crack photos.
Looks like you had a great trip. A few observations -
The London Eye looks like a bicycle wheel from this angle, but I still want to go on it.
The li’l old Lottie is a sweetheart.
Porters looks fantastic, but I’d have skipped the patisserie and gone for the sticky toffee pudding. (Forget the fruit with natural yogurt .. ).
Ali reminds me of my second son, whose jeans hang around at that level 99% of the time, but at least he has the decency to have his boxers pulled up!
Flippin’ ECK Missus, you DO cram lots into your holidays! Erm… Did I hear you mention you got the Frock? And my Inbox is curiously bereft of Frock Photos. How could that be? See to it please, Missy…
I’d LOVE to pay another visit to London! Must work on Swiddy…
Jen: I was a bit gutted about the plastic drool screen really – otherwise I could have claimed the lot by drooling on it!
Maxi: Haha, you’ll have to make do with Ali’s. ‘Tis not as smooth as mine, but nontheless…
DBM: I should think you were probably traumatised by the whole experience. Yes, sorry, I should have mentioned they were your family too x
Baino: I’m rapidly expanding, believe me!
Jay: I wanted to eat everything in Porters – all the lovely pies…the fish and chips… drool. Must go back and sample the menu again. And yes, Ali has no decency after several pints, I’m afraid. He’s quite normal when he’s sober… Actually, no, that’s a lie… x
Jen: I can’t bloody find a photo online and I got a new camera phone and couldn’t work it…. I’m trying, honest. And please don’t perv at my brother – you’ll only encourage him.
Anyways, could be worse Missus, MY Beer Monster Brother ‘gets his piercings out’ when he’s jarred, if you catch my drift… Ugh!
Great catch-up – and love German Pointers….
Er, nice crack too….hmmm.
So Ali doesn’t have an all over tan then….. x
No, he’s rather white in the erm… rear end department isn’t he!! x
Spudness: I know, isn’t it cute? They’ve got their addresses ‘tattooed’ on their shells in case they get lost!
Towny: She’s adorable. She’s kind of wobbly but just gorgeous. Yeh, we measured Holyhead/home and Pembroke/home and they’re both 4 hrs 40 minutes on the AA route finder. Spooky eh?