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On Holidays Visiting My Family
Jul. 17th, 2018 02:17 pmI have returned from holiday. I have had a lovely time.
MLW, the Captain and I have done a road trip around our English relatives.
We started with my sister, brother-in-law and niece in CentreParcs in the Lake District. This was fun but not hugely restful. My niece is lovely but at 10 months old still needs constant adult to baby marking.
The Captain and I did some activities together. We had a go on AquaJets (a sort of underwater jet engine for snorkling or scuba diving. We also did some raft building. An excellent raft in fact. Our team are now the holders of the record for one of the time trials in the raft building. He and I also got comped a go on a pedalo. Those are hard work. MLW went on a Segway and visited the spa. We went to the pool everyday.
The Captain was lovely with his niece and she was captivated by him. He taught her how to propose ("enchante") and she's been going around ever since proposing to any animate object she encounters including a small piglet and an owl.
The Captain liked the raft building best. So did I.
We then visited my aunt and her partner in Cheltenham for a weekend. BB came over and we had a barbeque and watched the England - Belgium group game (the one where Belgium accidentally scored a goal, not the one where they deliberately scored two.) Cheltenham was hot (damn hot, you want to know how hot it is, I saw one of those little guys in orange robes burtst in to flames, that's how hot it is). Big cracks in the ground in the park by my aunt's house.
We then motored down to my mum's in Cornwall. Activities included a visit to the Eden Project, a trip to Geevor Tin Mine and the Captain and sailing a two-handed dinghy on Stithians Lake. He was excellent on the boat. It was his first time on a sailing boat or a small boat. I gave him three jobs. Don't get hit by the boom. Move from side to side to balance the boat. Manage the jib-sheet and the jib. I thought he'd struggle with the last one but within half an hour or so he was adjusting the sales as we tacked about without having to be reminded. The boat was one I hadn't sailed before, an RS Feva. It worked okay with the Capatain and I in it. I was unfamiliar with it and it took a while to find the best way for me to sit in the boat. It's pretty responsive. I didn't push the capabilities of the boat at all. I really, really wanted to avoid tipping the Captain and myself in to the water. I'd certainly sail one again but were I buying one I'd go for something a little bigger. We had a lovely time. He wants to go again.
The Tin Mine was fascinating as was the Eden Project.
We managed a couple of trips to the beach. We caught up with our old next door neighbours (who's son has become a squash prodigy).
Mum was a bit over excited because of the football. We watched the semi-final with her. It was sad but probably fair that England lost.
The Captain gave her a big hug which nearly reduced her to tears.
We then drove up to High Wycombe to spend a few nights with MLW's brother and sister-in-law. They have just retired and still in the immediate feels like a long holiday state of mind. We sat in the garden and drank beer whilst the Captain recharged from his exertions by watching television.
On Sunday it was the 21st and 18th birthday parties of the children of one of MLW's oldest university friends so we went to that. By then I was pretty tuckered out with people. I love spending time with my sister and my mum and my brother-in-law but they were all very excited to see us. So I was a bit quiet at the party, which was fine. The Captain and I played ping pong and I took advantage of the social permission to watch the Men's Single's Final and the World Cup Final.
Up early on Monday morning to fly - me to Edinburgh to return to work on Tuesday - MLW and the Captain to Porto to see familiy out there. I rounded off my holiday with an afternoon nap, a curry, a Quentin Tarintino film and doing a wardrobe cull.
MLW, the Captain and I have done a road trip around our English relatives.
We started with my sister, brother-in-law and niece in CentreParcs in the Lake District. This was fun but not hugely restful. My niece is lovely but at 10 months old still needs constant adult to baby marking.
The Captain and I did some activities together. We had a go on AquaJets (a sort of underwater jet engine for snorkling or scuba diving. We also did some raft building. An excellent raft in fact. Our team are now the holders of the record for one of the time trials in the raft building. He and I also got comped a go on a pedalo. Those are hard work. MLW went on a Segway and visited the spa. We went to the pool everyday.
The Captain was lovely with his niece and she was captivated by him. He taught her how to propose ("enchante") and she's been going around ever since proposing to any animate object she encounters including a small piglet and an owl.
The Captain liked the raft building best. So did I.
We then visited my aunt and her partner in Cheltenham for a weekend. BB came over and we had a barbeque and watched the England - Belgium group game (the one where Belgium accidentally scored a goal, not the one where they deliberately scored two.) Cheltenham was hot (damn hot, you want to know how hot it is, I saw one of those little guys in orange robes burtst in to flames, that's how hot it is). Big cracks in the ground in the park by my aunt's house.
We then motored down to my mum's in Cornwall. Activities included a visit to the Eden Project, a trip to Geevor Tin Mine and the Captain and sailing a two-handed dinghy on Stithians Lake. He was excellent on the boat. It was his first time on a sailing boat or a small boat. I gave him three jobs. Don't get hit by the boom. Move from side to side to balance the boat. Manage the jib-sheet and the jib. I thought he'd struggle with the last one but within half an hour or so he was adjusting the sales as we tacked about without having to be reminded. The boat was one I hadn't sailed before, an RS Feva. It worked okay with the Capatain and I in it. I was unfamiliar with it and it took a while to find the best way for me to sit in the boat. It's pretty responsive. I didn't push the capabilities of the boat at all. I really, really wanted to avoid tipping the Captain and myself in to the water. I'd certainly sail one again but were I buying one I'd go for something a little bigger. We had a lovely time. He wants to go again.
The Tin Mine was fascinating as was the Eden Project.
We managed a couple of trips to the beach. We caught up with our old next door neighbours (who's son has become a squash prodigy).
Mum was a bit over excited because of the football. We watched the semi-final with her. It was sad but probably fair that England lost.
The Captain gave her a big hug which nearly reduced her to tears.
We then drove up to High Wycombe to spend a few nights with MLW's brother and sister-in-law. They have just retired and still in the immediate feels like a long holiday state of mind. We sat in the garden and drank beer whilst the Captain recharged from his exertions by watching television.
On Sunday it was the 21st and 18th birthday parties of the children of one of MLW's oldest university friends so we went to that. By then I was pretty tuckered out with people. I love spending time with my sister and my mum and my brother-in-law but they were all very excited to see us. So I was a bit quiet at the party, which was fine. The Captain and I played ping pong and I took advantage of the social permission to watch the Men's Single's Final and the World Cup Final.
Up early on Monday morning to fly - me to Edinburgh to return to work on Tuesday - MLW and the Captain to Porto to see familiy out there. I rounded off my holiday with an afternoon nap, a curry, a Quentin Tarintino film and doing a wardrobe cull.
