Trip to England
We were hoping to write several blogs during our stay but we had no access to the internet. In
fact, we had no access to a phone either so we were more or less cut off from civilization as we know it. It was kind of nice.
The main purpose for the trip was the wedding of my youngest daughter, Lizzie, to Ric on April 26th. The ceremony took place in Arundel, which is a wonderful town in West Sussex just five miles from the coast. Right in the middle of the town is Arundel Castle, which is the home of the Dukes of Norfolk, and it is everybody’s ideal castle. The River Arun flows through the town and a walk along the banks is beautiful at this time of the year, especially with all the little ducklings.
It rained the day before and the day after the wedding but on the Saturday it was warm and sunny. Lizzie was a radiant bride and it was a wonderful day. Lizzie and Ric are now on their honeymoon in Orlando, Florida.
We managed to get a lot done in the week we were away. On the Monday we drove to Taunton to visit my mother, brothers and sister (plus their spouses/partners) and stayed overnight. Wednesday we drove to France with my son Rob. How can you drive to France, I hear you say. Well you drive to Folkstone in Kent and then drive the car onto the train, which then transports you through the Eurotunnel to Calais. On Thursday we visited the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum in West Sussex which was amazing and on the Friday we drove to Guildford to have an evening pub get together with our friends. Early Saturday we were on our way home.
May 21 2008 06:12 pm | Further Afield
Lizzie on 15 Jun 2008 at 12:39 pm #
It was the best day of my life and just wouldn’t of been the same without Mum and Tom there. We were extremly lucky as Tom agreed to take our wedding photo’s and did an absolutley fantastic job of it, 10 gold stars for you Tom!!
As Mum mentioned, we were very lucky with the weather it was stunning and so was the location. We held the wedding reception at the Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust in Arundel, which is a truely magical place to visit. The staff even provided all the guests with special bags of duck food as I really wanted to feed the ducks on my wedding day! Everyone had a wonderful day, even the ducks!!!
Our honeymoon was ace and we are already saving to go back to Florida!