Monday, June 23, 2008

Trip to England

Last week we were in England, which will be our last trip there for a while.

We travelled quite a bit of distance in our week there - visiting Newbury, Farnham Royal as well as Oxford and Wolverhampton.

We said a few farewells to some friends, and also had a family get together which was the first chance for Audrey to meet many of her cousins. Sadly time ran away with us in the end and there were a few people who we didn't get to catch up with who we would have loved to have seen before we headed 'down-under'.

We stayed with Garry and Kath in Newbury - whose kindness allowed us to stay in the posh surrounds of Donnington Square. We also said a sad farewell to Robin, Shan and their lovely family.

On Tuesday we journeyed up to Oxford to see Jon and Emma and their beautiful little boy Ben.

We spent the last part of the (somewhat rainy......it's supposed to be summer!!?!) week with Trevor's parents in Wolverhampton. While we were there we visited the Black Country Museum in Dudley which is definitely recommended if you ever find yourself in that part of the World.

Audrey also took part in a photo shoot for the forthcoming Wolves Merchandise Catalogue - which was very exciting - more of this in another post!

Unfortunately Audrey has returned from her holiday with a nasty cold and so we have been trying to comfort her and wipe her nose regularly (nice). We've been pretty lucky though really as it's the first cold she's had since she was a very little girl.

Here are some pics from our trip

The Hickman clan

David and Sam play Uncle Trevor's scalextric!

Alessio and Audrey enjoy a pasty!

Joe, Sam and Robin

Patrick, Shan and Audrey admire themselves on film

Garry and Kath in Kath's lovely flat

Trev's dad and mom with Amy enjoy a trolley bus ride in the Blackcountry museum

Audrey poses in the Molineux boardroom for the Wolves catalogueTrevor and his mom at Himley Hall

Audrey and her Grandma

1 comment:

Lucy Filet said...

What a nice trip you had!

I laughed so hard at the village idiot comment. I have SO been there before.

I never say "tak" when people talk to me since the gas station attendant asked my husband if he wanted windshield washer fluid and he said slowly, like the village idiot, "Taaaak". Yeah, he didn't really want windshield washer fluid and, like a good wife, I laughed for days.