Dan and Rachel's wedding

This last weekend was a nice long one. We had Friday and Monday off so it was a bit of a luxury, and for a change me and Alex were actually going somewhere! woohoo! Fran and Les had their instructions and were looking after the cat for 3 days, it really helps that Fran is so soft on cats and it also really helps that Pads is quite a friendly cat! If she were a bit of a monster I don't suppose we'd ever be able to go anywhere! Anyway, We followed Cat and Ben through Birmingham onto the M6 where we lost them (that bit was the scariest part of the drive - I still say we'd have been better off staying on the M42 coming from our end, grumble grumble...). We stopped for sandwiches - yes already! - it took us ages to get to Tamworth which is barely outside of Birmingham and we were already ravenous! Btw, we used our juicer for the first time and had a healthy breakfast, we made strawberry and banana yum! Anyway we headed north along the M42, the A42, M1 and finally got to Richmond after over 4 and a half hours. I'd say it was worth it, was gorgeous! The dales surrounded us, Richmond is a quaint Georgian market town, and we had a lovely weekend.

This picture shows you the view from the breakfast room which had floor to ceiling windows, if you can imagine it - it took the breath away. A photo doesn't do it justice. To see it for real book a weekend with the lovely Ralph who'l serve cooked breakfasts and where you'll get a great night's sleep, it's a great b&B! http://www.66frenchgate.co.uk/

The main reason we were there was for Daniel's wedding. Mine and Al's friend Ben was going to be best man and me Dan and Ben all went to Blue Coat School together for 7 years. My how we've grown! (To see how Blue Coat has changed click on: http://www.bluecoatschool.com/ )The wedding was at a beautiful little church just outside of Richmond, then we went to the bride's family's farm where the reception was held in a marquee. There were chickens about! Us city folk were dead impressed!










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