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Muncaster Fair
Saturday, 25th May 2013 Muncaster Castle, Ravenglass Each year Muncatser Castle holds its fair over the Spring Bank Holiday. The culmination of events ends with the choosing of the fool, a piece of tradition that has eeked out the centuries in thsi lovely part of Cumbria. We decided to go along to see the wonderful…
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Claire’s Party
Saturday, 15th June 2013 This weekend was Claire’s thirtieth birthday and she had a SteamPunk dress party at her house in Morecambe. The house is in Ian’s name, and he pays the mortgage, but Ben has declared it is her house, well he says ‘It is Claire’s House”. Elliott had a jacket on which Leigh…
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Whalley and Spring Wood
Sunday, 16th June 2013 Today we visited the town of Whalley which is situated just below Clitheroe in South-East Lancashire. Whalley is a lovely gen of a market town with a yearly food and craft fair. We went to check out the fair which was small but had great stalls (we bought home baked pies…
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Seaside Frolics
Friday, 21st June 2013 One of the advantages to having a car now is that when Markie picks up Leigh, Ben and Elliott from nursery on a Friday, and the weather is good, he can take the magical mystery back route to Morecambe. This is a pretty clear run (about twenty minutes) to the seaside.…
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L-L-Let’s Go, L-L-LEGO
And the new SeaLife Centre Saturday, 22 June 2013 This weekend we, Mark and Leigh, decided that they would ween Ben from his dummy to see if it was possible. To do this we simply started talking to him about the fact that he was going to be 3 years old ina week and that…
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Paris 2013
15-22nd May 2013 For Nana Keating’s 70th Birthday we took her and Auntie Kathryn (who was soon to be 50) to Paris for a holiday with the kids. They enjoyed it so much that they demanded a re-visit so this year we returned with the intention of staying a few more days and seeing more…
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Auntie Kathryn’s Operation
11th June 2013 Mark’s sister, Kathryn, had a quite serious operation today. She has suffered with a congenital heart issue for years and now it needed an operation to replace part of the aorta. Mark went to see her on the twelfth when she had only just recovered from the operation. The op was a…
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Leigh at the Wedding
8 July 2013 Leigh looking beautiful with her cropped hair and dress at the wedding. This specific post was created using WordPress for Android on a mobile phone. This explains but not excuses any incorrect or unusual typography, brevity or formatting.
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Wedding Days
8 July 2013 We went to a wedding this weekend which was an event for the privilidged few as the people getting wed didn’t want a large occasion. Their wish was to invite a select number of people and Leigh, Markie and Chuck were the only non family at the event. As part of the…
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Oh I Do Like…
7 June 2013 Mark flew back from America this morning and so this evening when he picked up the family he decided that he would drive them to the seaside st Morecambe for s walk in the sand and a fish supper. While there we saw some sabd sculptures being done for charity and Ben…