Rule Britannia!!

Thursday 16th July 2009

Well as promised this week's blog is late (although slightly later than intended!) We had a busy final week in the UK as expected and have done quite a bit of travelling this week as well, so here goes!!

We had a quieter day on Friday as Grandma was at work, so we went with Grandad (aka the Yorkshire version of Bob the Builder) round to Uncle Jonathan's as he had some jobs to do which meant we got to see baby Nina (shhh!) again and I had fun running around Auntie Jo's house - she has a great running track through the lounge, hallway, kitchen, dining room and back around to the lounge - great fun. Then in the afternoon we went shopping and had a lovely Chinese for dinner - I had prawn crackers for the first time and they are definitely yummy!!

We had a very long day on Saturday as we headed out to the seaside again, this time to Scarborough. It was really nice and very warm. We played on the beach again, went into the amusement arcades and some fun rides, we had fish and chips for lunch (although i was not that keen, so had banana, yoghurt and bread!), then we walked for ages along the seafront, had a paddle in the sea and then played crazy golf again (which i won - yippee!!! (well with a bit of help from Grandad!)) then we had ice cream (well everyone else did and i just picked whose i was going to steal some from) before we headed home. Wow, exhausting but great fun and i did not go to bed until after 9!!

Sunday we had some more travelling to do as we headed back to Maidenhead and Grandma and Grandad south. I was very pleased to find Mary's Cabin still there and Grandad put the paddling pool up for me as well. On Monday we headed off to see daddy's cousins and auntie which was lovely. Carmels' house was lots of fun as she has two little boys, so there were lots of toys to play with and a big climbing frame in the garden to entertain us whilst the grown-ups had coffee and gossiped!!

Tuesday was shopping again as we had some presents to buy.We went to a lovely shop called John Lewis, which has loads of fab things in it (including toys) and a cafe which had children's food as well as grown ups! Then in the afternoon the Freeman cousins came round to Grandma's to visit and we had loads of fun playing and running around the garden!!

Wednesday was another adventure as we headed into London to see Julia. London was brilliant, it was really warm and very busy with loads of shops and people in suits so I felt quite at home - although it was not quite as busy as Singapore or Hong Kong. We did some shopping and then had a lovely lunch with Julia before heading back to Grandma's on the tube and the train (very exciting!) Then the Freeman cousins came round again with some food that they had made themselves (well dug up out of the ground at the allotment) so we had very fresh potatoes and carrots with our chicken, followed by cake as it was Grandad's birthday!!

Well that brings me to the end of my week and the end of our summer holiday to the UK. We had a great time visiting and loved catching up with everyone that we managed to, apologies to those we did not get chance to see. It is sad to be leaving, but I am looking forward to being back in Singapore and giving my daddy a big kiss and cuddle.

So the end of the week sees me on a big plane, fast asleep heading back to Singapore, tune in next week (well in a couple of days) to find out what happens next......

Love a very British Eleanor xxx