Mark Dalton

I was sent the link to these awesome pictures of sand sculptures via Twitter today and just had to share them.

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Today was a gorgeous day and one that called for some form of out door activity, so Dad and I set off just after 09:00 this morning for Abinger Common for a walk taking our cameras with us. Dad recently purchased a Canon G11 that he is getting to grips with, while I have the older Canon G9, so it was a good opportunity to do both.

Here are a couple of shots I took, but for the full set check out the Photo Gallery or Flickr.

So last weekend was one of those great Bank Holiday weekends where we get that extra day that make a weekend feel like a real break. Unlike other Bank Holiday weekends however the sun was out and so were the BBQ’s. Saturday was pretty much a standard day spent shopping and catching up on household duties however Sunday was a real treat! Not only did we all get together for a BBQ at Mum & Dad’s house, we were joined by Lisa, Andy, and the new arrival, Sam.

Lisa had brought William a sports day set, that included bean bags (for balancing on your head), ties (three legged race), sacks (sack race), and plastic eggs and spoons (for the breakfast race). Well, William wouldn’t let us sit still and we all had to play, of course there was only one rule, William had to win. This wasn’t a problem however as we had all had a drink or two. I caught the whole thing on the HandyCam so keep your eye’s peeled over the next week.

Dad did a wonderful BBQ and Mum ensured all the trimmings were available and everybody had a fantastic time, but by the end of the day I think we were all totally shattered and a little red from the sun. Monday I joined Mum, Dad, Lisa, Andy, and Sam for a roast dinner. It was another hot day but it’s the first roast dinner I have had in a while and I wasn’t going to turn it down. It didn’t disappoint!

I didn’t take an awful lot of photo’s (70 odd) as I have been trying to play with the HandyCam more, the one’s I did take can be found over on Flickr.

So we have two new additions to the family/friends circle this week. Lisa gave birth to a beautiful baby boy who has been named Sam, and Anna Birkett gave birth to Molly. Congratulations to all!

Saturday afternoon I met up with Dave Birkett and had a few pints to welcome Molly into the world. A good time way had by all, and I decided to be sensible and call it a day about 17:00 waking up this morning felling great. Going by the various FaceBook posts however I am not so sure everybody else faired as well.