Weekend of Olympics and seeing folks.

The weekend consisted of gardening, having hair done, H had his school shirt framed.

We having been watching lots of the Olympics from cycling, gymnastics, Tome Daley in diving and of course following team GB women's football which was an amazing match.

Then today folks came up with Jack who looked so small compared to our dogs and we gave then the hand made cushion made by Fabric & Flowers, to say folks loved it would be an understatement.

If you don't like football look away.

25th July thanks to brilliant Mr H we had the opportunity to see Great Britian V New Zealand at Millennium Stadium Cardiff to watch the first official Olympic Games Women's  football match.

Thanks to British Rail we made use of our family rail card and took the train which I love.  You get to see the countryside roll by with no stress.  It was a lovely journey through Forest Dean stopping at Lydney and on to Chepstow, Newport and ending in South Wales at Cardiff.

The town centre was free of all vehicles which was brilliant as a member of the public, not so good for car drivers or if you wanted to catch the bus as the station was shut!

We were truly blessed with beautiful weather to the point of needing sun cream on every couple of hours.

Now I have to confess I do not follow "a team" and am not a regular to watch football anymore than Master H, although he loves to play, or Mrs B.  However to say we got stuck in on the supporting front would be an understatement! There was alot of "oh's and ah's, but in the second half a MASSIVE cheer erupted around the stadium as Great Britain scored.  The atmosphere was immense such a great moment.

So here is my extensive montage of pictures that I want to share and treasure as an incredible memory with my truly beautiful family.

Mid July weekend

The weekend consisted of starting a new knitting project. Gardening and dog walking so here is a little snippet of the back garden. Oh and a beautiful bunch of roses bought for me by Mrs B as she one some money on a work lottery.

Race for life 2012

After what seemed like months from registering the day had finally arrived for team Sara and Willow to complete the 10k Race for Life at Cheltenham race course.
Thankfully having two dogs that need good excercise everyday ment that I had lots practice.
On the morning my lovely wife treated me by taking Indie out on her own. This ment I made my breakfast, coffee and copy of Country Living magazine and took it back to bed for an hour of pure blissful quiet with Willow.
For lunch Mrs A-B made us eggs, bacon and tomatoes for lunch. 
We got to the race with a couple of minutes to spare.  There was quiet a few people taking part with runners, then joggers and walkers (including team Sara & Willow) at the back.   It is quiet handy as the walk covered albeit alot more windy than we used too a regular walk we do.
We completed the walk in 1 hour 42 minutes which i was pleased with and Willow even got her own medal.
Thanks to lots of generous people we raised over £300!