I don't know what it is, but it seems that whenever I attempt to shop, my entire day becomes one big comedic joke! Ganey thoughtfully suggested I leave earlier for my tour of Highgate Cemetery so that I could stop in at Crouch End to continue the hunt for the dress. Great idea I thought! I won't go in to detail, because I'll probably start to cry, but needless to say the day did not run so smoothly. After no joy with the shops, and 4 buses (many of which were m...

Thanks to the kind generosity of Jules' parents, who gave us their membership pass, today we made the 2hr trip via bus and overground train to Hampton Court to see the Tudor House of King Henry VIII and his 6 wives... Having read The Other Boleyn Girl (which of course is an exhaustive account of what happened back then!) and having watched Eric Bana in the movie (purely out of patriotic duty!) I was really excited to see the actual place where all of the royal d...

Our Sunday began with a sleep in (yay!) followed by Mitch giving daddy his UK Father's Day pressie (a hoodie from The Gap - great taste Mitch). So yep, that's right, Chris will get 2 father's days this year :) To continue the celebrations, Bernie put on a feast (I contributed something that only slightly resembled my standard Tolmie potato bake with chicken noodle soup - must have been alright though because I still had seconds) and invited the Noutches, Manns a...

Today the boys went to the cricket club (in hideously gusty conditions) to see NLCC 1sts win and the 2nds tie. I, on the other hand, took the opportunity to go down to Oxford Street to get a dress for the wedding. After 4hrs, came up short. Very disappointing :( thankfully I still have 3 weeks to find something. Absolute highlight of my day though was catching up with Pete. It's been a couple of years since he's been home but he looked great. We had a very quic...

Spent today re-grouping at Bernie's. Lots of washing, sleeping and eating... Did a quick walk down to Dalston Kingsland for some clothes for Ganey (rain held out) and then back to Manse Road to get ready for our night out at the Noutches. Was fantastic to see Chris, Ian and Matty again (after 5 years), and in typical Greek/English fashion, they put on a feast. There were about 30 people there to watch the England v Sweden football match (thankfully England won,...