IT'S HOT

BATH

Had a lovely weekend away in Bath. Sammy, Bess and the Guzzler took the M4. Guzzy did really well. Bess, less so. But alas, we got in and hit a pub where Bess had dinner in the garden with all the other kids of Bath. Finbar finally arrived via train. It took a little going backwards after the train broke down but magically, he got there.

This is what Sammy's evening looked like pre-Finbar's arrival.

Bless whoever invented baby listening. We got to have a nice dinner while Bess was tucked up in bed.

Bath is a beautiful city and we had superb weather. Here's the infamous Royal Crescent. Reminds me a bit of the Long Walk at 'ol Camp Trin Trin.

Saturday was spent seeing the sites and drinking in the pubs. Did I mention Baby listening? Love it. Note to self though: make sure you hang up the phone when you return to your room!!!! Finbar and Sammy drank tea in the garden and read, gasp, books and newspapers. Uninterrupted by a paper-tearing fiend named Bess, it was bliss. Bess was sleeping. She capped off her Saturday in Bath with another dinner in a pub. Yum.

We made our way home on Sunday but no trip in England would be final without a visit to a beautiful village (Castle Combe) or an old landmark, in this case, Lacock Abbey. Beautiful. Oh, and lunch in a pub.

Finbar took the wheel on the way home. It was an eventful drive - a misplaced camper caused a good lot of traffic on the M4. Even the Ferrari had to wait! And of course, Bess started to fret so Sammy climbed in the back seat and we had fun with water bottle and burps!

WARMER WEATHER THAN THE CARIBBEAN, THE MED AND SOUTHEAST ASIA

Move over to our beloved pals in Laos, we're having a heatwave! And we don't have any air-con. Good news is we're all sleeping in the buff (one of us is wearing a bit more, out of necessity!) and we're eating homemade ice pops for dinner - yippee!!!!

THE WEEKEND

The weekend started with a visit to Finbar's office, where Bess crunched some numbers and left behind something stinky (Finbar went to work today and reported back)!

On Saturday night, Sammy and Fin went on an Opera boondoggle in Kent. Got driven there in a phat Merc S (the Guzzy was jealous - but that's another story). Here are Sam and Bess waiting for the sitter - doesn't Sam look smashing? Look closely - Bess has her first fat lip. Crawling accident. Broke our hearts.

Sunday was our pizza / pasta party chez nous. Yum. Then, Fin went to work while Sam and Bess played in the garden and watched Wimbledon. Finbar came home and attacked the ceonothus (aka the California Lilac on Most Wanted posters). Fin isn't much into horticulture, but since this job involved power tools, we let him at it. Good job Fin!