Holiday : Dad's 80th birthday bash

Woke up Saturday at 3am with dodgy tummy, so had to go to the toilet... then again at 4am, 5am, 6am.... you get the (not pretty) picture, wasn't all that bad and could eat breakfast OK but feeling a bit tired from the interrupted sleep !

Saturday was hot and sunny. I drove up to Aldeburgh in Wife's car, so was getting lots of useful hints from the passenger as well as the Sat Nav... like when to brake, when to change gear... :-) but got to the destination in one piece in around 3.5 hours so not too bad considering it was meant to be the busiest day on the road for the weekend.

Stayed in the Wentworth Hotel and the staff were nice, room was clean and functional (with HUGE bathroom) so no worries there

The festivities started with Champagne and had fantastic meal, more than enough to drink (although I actually only had 2 or 3 drinks) and fun and games or entertainment. Ethan managed to win the Horse Racing DVD game we played, despite only being there for the first race :-) We had a nice walk back to the hotel which seemed to go ever so quick, maybe because it's mainly down hill !

Although the hotel bed was comfortable, Sea Gulls seemed to be scrabbling around the roof in the early morning so they woke us up with their calls, so hadn't really fully recharged my body with sleep ! Sunday had dawned with lots of rain and wind so when we went to Emma's to see their new additions to the house, we got a bit wet !! Then back to Margarets for lunch. Luckily lots of people wanted to watch the Grand Prix so saw that as well. Went back to the hotel for a well earned rest!! Back to Margarets for dinner, which was less people but much more good food, drink and frivolity. Despite intending to have only a couple of drinks and an early(ish) night, we managed to stagger back to the hotel around 12:30 (we think!)

Monday was a non-day for me as I didn't feel all that great.... had a dodgy tummy again, which was probably to do with over eating and over drinking with less sleep than I needed but managed to drive home in the wind and rain then sit in front of the TV for the afternoon..

It was a very hectic weekend and wasn't 100% fit all the time, but had a great time and seems everyone else enjoyed themselves as well :-)