We have been getting up to a few adventures over the past few weekends, so I will update them backwards.
Last weekend, IT SNOWED!!!! Yes, it snowed, in London. In fact it was eough to stay on the ground around our area. So, Alex got woken up by an excited Paula jumping up and down. Well, I am not really used to snow...
Picture of our back yard and Alex on the front steps - in the snow (just before he threw a snowball at me...)
Also on that Sunday, we decided to make an effort and go and see the Olympic torch relay. Well, yes, that was a wee bit interesting. Stood outside the British museum ( in the cold, melted snow conditions) and I'm not sure about Alex, but I certainly felt a wee bit unsettled. There were plenty of free Tibet protestors and there were also plenty of people who supported China's point of view. So, the politics were a lot more interesting than the whole 5 seconds of seeing the flame go past, with its entourage of about 40 police and bodyguards. I do have to admit to laughing out loud when I saw the number of people surrounding the flame. It was one of the funniest things I had seen in ages!
can you see the flame??? And some of the free Tibet protestors
Right, well the weekend before that (the 29-30 March) was a fun weekend. We got up early on Saturday and made a mission out to a car hire place. The part that was even more fun, was trying to navigate Alex back to our flat! We made it back safely and set off North to Nottinghamshire for my friends wedding.
Well, yes, the wedding... Just a small church, really... Celebrating its 900th anniversary later this year (it is also going to be on Antiques roadshow, so keep an eye out!) It was fantastic!!! Southwell Minster. Absolutely amazing! And to be able to see a wedding in there was awesome. Especially with Clare's choir singing her up the aisle and performing throughout the service. Very nice. Then there was about a 40 minute drive to the reception in Lincolnshire. This was in a marquee attached to George's parents house. Very nice. :) Had a great time.
On the Sunday, we decided to go back to Southwell (we had found a very nice cafe the day before and wanted to have a wander about Southwell). It was a loverly day, sun shining, not much wind, beuatiful! After Southwell, we drove to Barkston, where Mum and Dad lived for a year when they came out here. We wandered about a bit, parked by the post office (I wonder if it was still the same one Mum used?) and finally found the right street. Wandered down until we found the house that we think Ma and Pa lived in. After that, we deicided to eat our little lunch in the chair on the village green. Very nice. :)
Alex sitting in the village green. Mum and Dad's house (I think...)
The Barkston pub. Is it the same Dad?
Then we headed home and called into St Albans on the way. Had some very nice dinner after deciding that we had seen enough of one cathedral that weekend and we will have to head back to St Albans some other time.
Right. Last interesting thing... Easter... Well... yes... We planned to head up to Suffolk over Easter for a nice quiet, sunny weekend away. However, we did not expect lots and lots of snow... But we got LOTS of snow. 
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