I had my annual birthday walk on Sunday. Every year my family join me for a local dog walk – those that prefer not to walk join us later for tea. It is usually on the Saturday after my birthday, but thanks to other people’s Easter week arrangements, it was a bit later this year.
This year Simon, Kate, and my sister Pauline and her family joined us for the walk down towards Croft, and then headed off along field tracks and through a “wildlife reserve” and back through the village before walking back up the hill to home. We passed the Heathcote Arms as we walked through the village. Well, it would have been rude not to pop in, and we were joined there by Matt, Chantal and Andree.
Dad joined us after we got back home. After a large chilli, there was a lot of pudding – a birthday cake made Matthew, and cheesecake made by Kate. Perfect.
Traditionally I have organised an Easter egg hunt for the children. I stopped doing this a couple of years ago, and promptly got complaints! And so this year I created a treasure hunt for all 5 children, aged 16 to 27, which they duly followed after dinner. The clues involved following compass bearings – I can confirm that the i-phone compass is superior to those that I was able to download as Android apps. After successfully locating 9 Cadbury Cream Eggs (10 were hidden, but one mysteriously disappeared) they needed significant help to locate the final box of chocolates hidden beneath Chantal’s car.
The day was rounded off with a board game, which I think that my team won. It was a lovely day.
Technically we live in Oaktree House, but sadly the tree had to go.
We now have a thriving Oakstump at the front of the house.
