Category: Family

Tour of Lords

A tour of the headquarters of cricket. So a chance to go in the pavilion, see the changing rooms and admire the collection of players’ pictures. Also to see the successful Kiwis.

More Tate

Another trip but this time to Tate Modern along with Joe. An option to use the membership again!

Some aboriginal art- some with a more modern presentation

Plus some good photos from a Czech including from the Soviet invasion of Prague.

Downpatrick and Prague

The one on the right is the same event I believe from which there is an iconic picture of a woman Pitt a flower in the barrel of a tank. Plus echoes of Tiananmen Square image.

Plus some other notables:

A walk from Le Quillio

I have been to the cycle track on my bike before but this weekend Shaz and I went for a walk along the Hilvern. A calm, peaceful environment with plenty of shade. The latter aspect being very much appreciated on a bright and hit day.

Tour de France

While the race is still on, it did pass through the village, but a little bit ago.

So better late than never.

The village was, of course,busy. A good atmosphere and great to see so much going on. We decided to find ourselves a spot on the vallée road in order to give ourselves a long view of the lads as they came through. We arrived in good time and prepared:

Even the ‘gina’ is branded with the Tour:

The more entertaining aspect was the arrival of the caravan- that is the promotional floats that threw out merchandise to spectators. We were avid collectors.

And then the race came through:

So we saw the racers. Others came through in bunches and slowly. We did not appreciate until we watched the tv highlights that there had been a crash just up the road, out of our view, on exiting the village.

We collected our goodies and walked home and watched the rest of the race on the highlights. The finish up the hill just outside Mûr de Bretagne looked impressive. Maybe next time we will go there. See you in three years?

Hiroshima

Not really Hiroshima but the ‘Bullet Train’ works very well ll over. And the drivers wear proper train driver hats!

An unplanned event was a visit to the baseball. Clearly a big sport in Japan and a great family event on the Friday night.

There were a few north Americans playing. I quite quickly reacquainted myself with the rules and appreciated the skills.

As with the US they like to make a little entertainment in the 7th innings.

I am now a ‘Carps’ fan and have the cap to prove it.

Of course we visited the peace memorial and had a guide to help. It was a stimulating experience, with an explanation of the events and then a visit to the museum to explain and recount events and experiences of the local population.

An historic image of a standing building. Plus a lovely meal.

Graduation Ceremony

Our trip to New Zealand for Joseph’s big day. Great event with the processional entrance, artistic performances, the filing of thousands of of new graduates with all the interaction from the families in the audience.

Joseph looking good and looking proud when receiving his certificate. Loved it all.

Then to the parade:

Children do travel for Christmas

Children number one and three came to stay- with an apparent trying journey via Edinburgh, Paris and to the pick up on Friday evening at Saint Brieuc.

It was good to see them. EQ’s second visit and IQ’s fifth I think. It was a planned repeat Christmas celebration as number 1 was working for the real event.

So we had lots for food, drink and a total of three films. We walked around the local area but squeezed in a walk along the Brest- Nantes canal. Hot choc, food and the company ‘Barry’ the begging bird.