We jumped into the car on Christmas day and headed off for My sister Angela's house in Whyteleafe, Surrey. It took us 1 1/2 hours to get there, a very easy quiet drive, probably because everyone was loosening their belts after Christmas lunch instead of driving anywhere.
My other sister Dianne and her husband had recently moved over to England and are staying with Angela until they find their feet, so it was a full house! 13 people in one house, wow, at least there were two toilets!
We went for walks every day, chatted, went to the South African shop (and the Milo they have there is NOT from SA! How rude!) - because that is what I went there for.
The area is hilly so there were some lovely views on our walks.One of the days we went up to the airfield and had a look at the monument and bomb shelters that are there. Corbin is learning about world war 2 at school at the moment, so he was especially excited to see a real bomb shelter.Angela and Patrick have a bomb shelter in their back garden so there were quite a few of us who went there with him and got the tour and were told all about what people did in them.
It was nice to be there for Patrick's birthday, I hope you enjoyed yourself Patrick.
We enjoyed sitting by the fire and chatting late, late into the nights. Thank you Patrick and Angela for having us in your home, by now we are getting quite good at sleeping in people's lounges.
And an extra huge thank you to Angela for saving up your Tesco club card vouchers, because those are what got us across on the ferry and allowed us to have this great holiday. What a great Christmas Present! Thank you.
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