A BIRTHDAY WEEKEND PART II - #FRENCHIEPICNIC

And now for Part II - #frenchiepicnic.            Find Part I Here

After getting home & crashing on Friday we were up and ready for another day. And what a day it promised to be - blue skies and 25°C! We hopped on the train into London and I caught my first Instagram video of Eggs waiting for his tube:


We soon found ourselves enjoying the ambiance of Hampstead Heath and relaxed for hours chatting with friends, drinking summer white wine thanks to our new found knowledge after the Seasons wine evening and eating far too many corn chips & salsa. Giulia even bought along a gluten free cake as a Birthday surprise for Hannah. A summer day to remember! We finished the afternoon with frispee and took in views of the city from Parliament Hill.

MUM & DAD'S ANNIVERSARY

My parents celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on 23rd May 2012 and to celebrate they arranged a garden party consisting of all their closest family & friends with a ceremony to have their vows renewed by the Vicar that married them 25 years ago. They managed to pull this off exactly to the date they got married to make the day even more special.

The entire day was perfect as we had beautiful weather (the first real day of summer this year), wonderful food, amazing company and a ceremony to rival any wedding including speeches from Ben, myself and my Dad's best man from all those years ago.

BOGNOR REGIS

Bognor Regis - the quintessential British sea side town complete with a Butlins just to make it really English

Being a country boy (the home counties no less) I rarely see the sea but I had to travel down south for work one morning and thought it might be interesting to take a look at the sea front in case something had changed over the last few years. I can safely say the sea is still there and Bognor is as miserable as ever!

Since Hannah is a Vancouver girl and has grown up surrounded by water I promised her we'd have a road trip with Eggs to a nice stretch of coast for a relaxed day of picnicking in the sunshine, when we get the sunshine? Maybe? Sometime soon? Please?!

JUBILEE PARTY

Miss Sophie Turner of Pretty Perfect Cakes hosted a little Jubilee inspired party before the long weekend and with the promise of sunshine, barbecue & cocktails Hannah and I jumped at the chance to get out of our little flat as we'd both been suffering from cabin fever since getting Eggs. That little aliment is passing quickly now that he can be in public but Sophie's party fell in nicely with his last injection before being allowed out into the real word.

We grabbed some ingredients for our go to cocktail - the ever delicious Moscow Mule, jumped in the car with all our gear and began the windy drive to Sophie's quaint little house nestled in the Chiltern Hills. Once we'd got Eggs settled in some shade we sat and enjoyed burgers, sausages, Pimms and various other concoctions from the bountiful supply of spirits and mixers.

All in all a lovely day filled with laughs, food and amazing afternoon light. I'm just wishing this weather had stuck around for a little longer!