The 1st meet was in Sherwood forest at the Major Oak. We waved huge Canadian flags around in the car park and attracted loads of attention from everyone visiting but at least we all met up. The weather was great, about 15 couples & families turned up from all points of the compass and we nattered away all afternoon about our plans and dreams of life in Canada. A few of us stayed in a B & B so enjoyed a few bevvies in the evening too. We felt like we'd known each other years because of the contact on the forum.
The 2nd meet was in Arundel near the castle, again we had a lovely sunny day and the kids played in the playground whilst we chatted the afternoon away. We ended the day with a pizza express meal for 12.
This 3rd one was in Shropshire near Bewdley in Upper Arley, on the river Severn. We went up on Friday evening and set up camp with another family on a campsite with a fantastic view across the valley with the river below.
No, this isn't our tent, just Gadgeteen's 'room with a view', his feet smell and he snores, so we put him away from us all!
Those meeting us for the picnic could hardly miss us.......
Except that 'someone', whom I won't name 'n shame here, forgot which way up a maple leaf goes!
Everyone found us, well, lots turned up anyway....
Some us wandered up to Arley station, though unfortunately the steam train can't run at the moment because the recent storms have caused about 40 breaches to the track.
The river was swollen with flood water too, some of the river paths were submerged, with many riverside trees and bushes underwater. It was flowing extremely quickly as you can tell by all the swirls on the surface.
We had a super-hot day and all caught the sun. It was fab to meet so many others from the forum that we've not met before, one particular family will no doubt remain friends in Canada in the future too. They are heading to Alberta, so not a million miles away and we have a lot of contact on the forum.
The kids had great fun in the field because the grass was so long, we frequently had to go off looking for lost Frisbees, balls and small kids too.
Gadgeteen got himself slightly lost whilst insisting on running back to the campsite ahead of us. The only problem was that he didn't know when to turn away from the river to climb the hill to the campsite, and he just kept walking/running along the riverbank. We got quite worried about him because he didn't turn up for dinner. we went back down to the river looking for him and Gadgetman went out in the car too. Eventually he turned up on foot about two and a half hours later than he should have been, just before dark .....and looking rather sheepish. If he had waited for me and the other mum, we were walking back too anyway, and he would not have had the long walk that he did, but his pig-headedness got in the way as usual.....
I'll post the rest of the weekends photos in flicka
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two and a half hours late just before dark....hmm. Sounds like a pub or a floozy to me. Good for him.
Are you lot off to Brittany this summer?
Hmmmm, I wonder.....
Yep, off to Brittany on the 7th for 3 weeks. Gadgetman is frantically working on getting the trike back together after it's gearbox rejuvenation.
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