Phew! That was a hot June 17!!!

June has had its moments of being extraordinarily hot and in a caravan I would share this is possibly one of the worst experiences, as there is no let up and nowhere to go to get out of the heat. We are positioned so we get the full on morning sun which rapidly heats up the awning and an oven is created so as we open our caravan door and are blasted with hot air. At least when it is cold you can do something to warm up. So a hot June in reality has been one to grin and bear! But then conversely we did take ourselves off and escaped to the seaside as the beginning of June was the boy’s school holiday, to Sea Palling. Yep we had the lot ice-creams, doughnuts, fizzy drinks, car rides as well as sandcastles and wave jumping! The specialness of the day was exacerbated as Milo drove us so he enjoyed the opportunity to drive a different and longer than his usual daily short trips. A lot of fun.

Father’s Day was a beautiful day and we spent the day enjoying our respective dads and Pat (as a token dad), in Horning on the broads, sauntering up and down the river on the Mississippi paddle boat. It was an elegantly delightful experience as the running commentary of the soundings and wildlife was pointed out. The ‘icing on the cake’ was when we were met by Milo, who had dashed from work to also be part of the afternoon, meeting us as we slipped into the Swan Inn for a lovely easy going Sunday Lunch catering for all culinary tastes in impressive fashion. If you haven’t been it is one for a leisurely afternoon.

I had a night out with my sisters and their respective daughters. The chaotic nature of the planning phase ended up in an outing to a ‘night-club’.

What night club?  I had no idea until I learned it use to be the old ‘Chicago’s’. Perhaps my ignorance is already palpable! Night clubs never were and continue not to be my choice of evening engagement!!!

We walked into a bar blasting football noise from a variety of screens, was served cocktails in tin-cans, and when we moved to the dance floor were waylay by young men not much older than they were all these years ago I last went into a nightclub. The enjoying part of the intrusion by the men was observing the expertise in which some of the daughters in our group played the men at their own game. I admired the ‘ballsy feminine’ approach.  Quite an experience whilst really pleasant to be out with my sisters as we very rarely indulge our sisterhood.  

A treat for Jerry’s birthday was a surprise trip to Nottingham to see a live show of ‘Mrs. Browns Boys’, a very favourite TV show of Jerry’s.

For those who do not know the show it is about the antics and tomfoolery of an Irish ‘mammy’ called Agnes Brown (a Irish drag persona) and her grown up family, all being blood relatives and friends in real life. A bit crude whilst cheery and fun, although not everyone’s taste!

We enjoyed VIP tickets, being meal, drinks then sitting only six rows from the very front – absolutely fabulous seats at the Motorpoint Arena (National Ice Rink home of Torvill & Dean).

The show was a mix of all the key sketches from most of the TV show episodes, so in essence we knew what was coming having great familiarity with the TV shows being avid watchers of the box set. A really enjoyable trip and very exciting being so intermit with the performance, although not the ‘belly-laugh’ we had hoped with no new material.

Hope you enjoy the snippet enclosed below of the show finale.

The end of June and Milo’s A-Level exams came to an end and he has left school, quite emotional although he is ready to move on in life – to what we don’t know yet but enjoying the moment he is in.

My final picture is Dylan in his office! The WiFi went down for several days and he got so fed-up trying to play his Kindle game he took his little chair and table to the laundry room and played there as that was the only place anybody could get WiFi!