Shame the season didn’t behave accordingly with all the sunshine and balmy warmth but never mind.
There are loads of tent shows going on this weekend and a very local one happened on a green near us so we went along this morning. Of course we have no money to buy a tent with but it was helpful to get into the Kessingland vibe wandering around in fields pitched with canvas while the wind blew a gale and the rain beat a merry tune on the tent roofs 🙄
The green is near a small parade of shops so we had a quick browse round the charity shops and I picked up a little Singer Sewing Machine for £2.50. It works perfectly too 🙂 The children had both been fascinated when Ros brought her’s round last week so they were really delighted to have one to use of their own. I was probably not the most patient teacher trying to show them how to use it but Tarly did really well although Davies decided he’d come back to it another time 😳
We had lunch and then headed off over to Ros’. There was another tent show on the way which was far more interesting and we spent ages there wandering around in the tents trying to decide what we liked and what we didn’t. Again almost entirely academic although I do notice plenty of tents advertised as used once or twice and going at half price in the local paper so I’ll keep an eye out and go begging to my Dad if needs be 🙂
Had a lovely time at Ros’. Sarah and children were there so Davies disappeared with Adam and Joe while Tarly lurked around the grown ups helping us to drink Pimms and playing with Kessie. Ady was happy watching the big screen and Ros, Sarah and I (with a little help from Tarly) drank a bottle of Pimms and enjoyed a catch up. Tony cooked a lovely chilli (I picked out the beans and mushrooms :lol:) and then accompanied us on the piano – perfect! 🙂
When our’s were the only children still visible and audible as all the others were in bed at least if not asleep we headed home. Thanks for a lovely time 🙂
Tomorrow we’re Car Booting Sale – ing in the morning (camping stuff spotting specifically!) and then seeing Chris and Julie in the afternoon.
i think tent shows are good for seeing what you actually want in a tent – height, porch space, window or not etc etc.
Comment by HelenHaricot — 28 May 2006 @ 11:20 am