The weather forecast for today was lovely. It wasn’t lovely of course, it was windy all day with heavy showers happening from about 2.30pm onwards but it is a bank holiday after all.
So we’d had this plan to go to Devils Dyke for a wander about and my parents had said they’d come too. We headed over there (it’s only about a ten minute drive on a good traffic day) and I was overcome with the nostalgia of visiting the place for my second only time – the first being when I had my first kiss on UK soil with my first real love – Ady was overcome with the beauty and photo opportunities, the children were overcome with the wide open spaces and my Dad was overcome with a fit of mardyness and flatly refused to walk anywhere in ‘this bloody wind’ so buggered off back to his car to wait for us! 😀
We trekked almost to the bottom, then turned around and walked about halfway back up. We drifted up from the trodden path slightly to let some people pass and decided that actually we could probably continue to clamber up the steep bits and rejoin the path at the top. We indeed could, which was just as well cos if we thought climbing up was hard work then trying to scramble down would have been murder! Davies plowed on at the front for most of the journey, closely followed by Mum, followed by Ady in the middle with the camera with me and Tarly at the back – Tarly collecting a variety of small insects and creatures all of which she exclaimed over, carried for a short while, demanded that everyone wait whilst she caught them up and admired and then let go again. We had ladybirds and caterpillars among other things. At one point she asked for a piggyback which I agreed to and then promptly slipped in the mud and fell forward onto my knees, bringing her speedily to a landing on her feet, which she found hilarious 😀 Ady was just sad he’d missed the moment with the camera! We collected Dad from his car and went into the pub at the top for chips and wine (oh we do live well!) and then came home.
Ady and Dad watched and listened to football on the radio / TV, the children by the looks of things ran amok and me and Mum went back out to PC world for me to get a wireless modem router thingy doobrey wotsit (which with only fairly minimal swearing I have gotten working, hurrah!) and to collect a few bits of food shopping for tonight’s dinner.
Home again and I swore at the wireless thing, Ady and Davies did some pyrography using a kit I’d had years ago (Davies wrote ‘Davies’ on a leather key fob for me really nicely with it) and then they all played a game with an audio cassette of various noises to tick off on bingo style photo cards.
Kids went to bed (although have only just gone to sleep), we watched Doctor Who (not bad but no Christopher Eccleston is he 🙁 ) and traditional Easter Eve wine drinking in preparation for drunken mini egg hiding commenced. Which will explain any typos here 😉
Some photos on flickr but here are a couple of my faves:
Some traditional self timers and arms length shots
A particularly lovely one of Davies
No he is no Christopher E, and thank the timelord for that – he is soooo much better. I think I love DT.
Comment by Chris — 15 April 2006 @ 7:54 pm
Do you? I loved CE though, from back in his Second Coming days. DT has a certain something, granted – but I wouldn’t add him to my list 😉
We talked about you and thought geocaching at Devils Dyke would be a worthy pursuit next time you’re down. 🙂
Comment by Nic — 15 April 2006 @ 9:53 pm
C, do you prefer him with or without his own accent?
Nice pics Nic, we particularly liked the one of your arse 🙂
Comment by Alison — 15 April 2006 @ 10:12 pm
With accent.
Comment by Chris — 15 April 2006 @ 10:43 pm
always nice to have one’s arse admired 😉
Comment by Nic — 16 April 2006 @ 8:35 am
You are inferring admiration of your arse…..
Comment by Chris — 16 April 2006 @ 6:09 pm
well I don’t put it out there to be ridiculed! 😉
Comment by Nic — 16 April 2006 @ 7:11 pm
Ahh, I miss DD and the Downs. Begining to foget what proper view is living up here in Flatland
Comment by ChrisF — 19 April 2006 @ 9:20 pm