Not that there isn't the room for the spectators and the tide is huge covering well over 300 metres across the beach. But the English Channel does not really provide the waves. Camber Sands in East Sussex was a great day out on Sunday. Pippa, Anouk and I joined Pippa's cousin Nick and his partner Adka and daughter Kitty for a day on the beach. It was a humid 29 and there was not a cloud in the sky over London. So our 2 cars and the rest of the 7 million inhabit...

The last sunny day for a while, not that we were to know this, but the next day it rained and has been raining ever since. As Pippa, Anouk and I are starting to settle into the Coach House we decided to have a few people over for a BBQ. Jordans, Freemans, Semples, Foresters a Sullivan. i.e. Pippa relatives in London and Amy, our friend from Australia. But as that is basically all the people we know it was a good turn out. I did a budget shop and picked up the o...

Well it has been a while since I, Anouk, wrote an entry, and people are noticing. It is not my fault that Rod and Pippa leave me to 'guard' the house while they gallivant around the countryside. Though I mustn't complain, they do take me to the park 2 or 3 times a day. But on this day they took me to a National Trust park which is a bit special. Morden Hall Park required me to sit in the back seat of the car for about 30 mins. This is a huge length of time for a...

St Martin's - in - the - Field is a church in Trafalgar Square which I have never been inside. However I have descended into the crypt on several occasions since arriving in London. No I have not developed a penchant for the caves under churches that would be a little too Vampire like, though I believe they can be more interesting then what happens in the church, but St Martin's is the place in London for doing brass rubbings. I actually did one years ago in Qu...

This year was Nenna's 40th birthday. She organised a picnic in Kew gardens which is in West London near Richmond. A very beautiful area along the Thames and if you have a spare million pounds Stirling you can by a door step in the area. But for us it is a day trip to the gardens. It was a Simson affair with 3 generations. The Baby Boomers were represented by Katharine (Nenna's Mum), Alice and Tony (Nenna's Aunt and Uncle). The X Gen had the biggest representatio...