Bank Holiday Weekend

Its a holiday weekend here in the UK, and as you might expect, the weather is pretty bad! Fortunately Saturday was OK giving Siv and I a chance to get out and do some gardening, as well as seeing how some of the plants are coming on.

Here's a little garden guest walking across Siv's gloved thumb.

Luke's EXTREME sandwich

Yikes, this isn't a sandwich for the faint hearted....Its a Basils' Sausage Crunch Melt: Cumberland Sausage, Cheddar, Onion, Crisps, Mustard and Mayo - Phew!

Bye Bye Kev!!

A group of us met at The Guinea Grill in Mayfair last night to see off Kev (and Carole and George of course), before they leave for Australia on 7th July. Having known Kev since I was 9, its going to be strange with him not around! Other topics discussed included PJ's upcoming 40th birthday and what food we were going to order....No Dave, we're not ordering chilli peppers!

Mum and Russell's Birthday

To celebrate Mum and Russell's birthdays earlier this week, we all went out for lunch..

Not sure if Mum's starter was what she was expecting...

Grace and Dad seemed to be in a different world....

Millie was pleased to see us when we got back.

Some bits from our lunch...

Siv's Girlie Day Out

Siv went out with the girlies today, as it was 17th May, she wore the traditional Norwegian '17 Mai sløyfe'.

Starbucks at lunchtime with Luke and Loz

Here we are in Starbucks at St Katherines Dock, enjoying our 'affordable luxury'.

Hytte trip part 2 - Rami's hytte on Aldra

On Saturday, we took a trip out to Aldra to see Siw and Olav's friend Rami and his family. The weather going out was OK, but coming back was a bit extreme! Below are a few photos of the trip to Aldra. All of our photos from our, all the photos from our trip to Mo can be found here:

MO PHOTOS 2008

Here's some video highlights of our time in Aldra:

Hytte trip part 1 - Selnes

We set off to Selnes on Thursday night, and had a few relaxing days there. Even though the weather wasn't too kind, we managed to fit quite a few things in, visiting Konsvikosen ("Kosikosen"), as well as fitting in a fishing trip. Below are a few photo highlights, all the photos from our trip to Mo can be found here:

MO PHOTOS 2008

Here's some video highlights of the time in Selnes...

Concert at Mo Church

Tonight, it was back to Mo Church, for a concert by PK's music group.

When we all got back, Snuski was waiting to greet us!

Liten hytte tur

We took a small trip to Dalselv to pick up a few bits for the hytte trip tomorrow.

PK's confirmation

After an early breakfast, we checked out of our hotel, the Meyergården hotel, and went to PK's confirmation. After the confirmation, we headed off for a dinner with lots of friends and family, where cousin Siw gave a good speech introducing all of the guests to each other.

All the photos are here:

PK'S CONFIRMATION

Arrived in Mo i Rana

We arrived in Mo on Friday night, and had quite a late finish with all of the family at Siw and Olav's house...though the long drive from Oslo had obviously taken its toll on Leif! All photos HERE

Weekend in Westcliff - Sunday

On the Sunday, we all went to The Shagor restaurant in Hamlet Court Road, where PJ had rented a room for a party for his sister Marion and her Daughter Hannah, for Hannah's 3rd Birthday. None of us had seen Marion in about 22 years, so quite a bit of catching up to do!