We had a lovely day
yesterday (Tuesday) with Sue and Ned. We dropped off Buddy at Jack and Jean’s
house and then drove round the M25 to Cobham. We met Sue and Ned at Old Lodge
Stud and then Julie, Luc and Georgina rode Sue’s
horse Pebble on Bookham Common. Both the children were very confident with Pebble as she is very good natured and gentle in spite of her size. Pebble was particularly good with the
children when they gave her carrots. Luc also fed Sue’s hens that are kept at the stables by
hand.
We had lunch in the cars in
a pretty car park in Weybridge next to Weybridge Sailing Club as the rain
started to fall. It didn’t matter as we all got very wet when we went in the
kayak. Luc, Ned and I all had a turn at kayaking whilst Georgie had a paddle in
the Thames!
The weather was pretty awful
on Monday, but Luc, Georgie and I went crabbing at Benfleet Yacht Club as I
misjudged the tide to do it at Concord
Beach. We only caught 1
crab which Georgie landed. There was a bit of excitement at the club as a yacht was hauled up the slip way for
repairs having been hit by a fishing boat that had escaped its moorings.
In between the showers on
Sunday, Luc, Georgie and I went to what was left of the “Big Jubilee Picnic” on
the green at Labworth. It was meant to be a green full of picnicers but there
was nobody eating as the grass was too wet! The children did get to sit in a fire engine and an old
Southend district bus and we watched some tug-of-war. We called in to see Jack and Jean and watched some of the Jubilee flotilla on the Thames - it was very spectacular.
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