Christmas 2023

 Dec 21st - Jan 1st

Featuring a second year in a row visit by V & P, driving all the way up with a car full of goodies to create a proper family Christmas experience.   

Train arrives at Darlington Station, AT heading south for the routine Newark pick up.  Gales disrupted the trip, but managed to rearrange meet at Retford with not much loss of time.

Friday V & M to Headlam for pamperage, then a meal out at the Spotted Dog.

Saturday M & V to town for a bit of shoppery.  AT collects at the steps

Pizza for supper, two made.

YMCA all set!

Sunday stroll in South Park before the weather went to pants

V rustles up a chillistastic bean thing.

P gets a dreaded double red line.....  oh dear!

Monday

Happy Birthday Vikki!

Bucks fizz and scrambled egg on the way

Followed by coffee and wild unwrappping

Christmas Day kitchen team in full readiness for a bit of turkey carving action

SERVICE!!!!

Just a few pieces of white meat if you don't mind

Don't want any of that Paxo muck.

Festive

A Beauty

All the way from Brooker Bakery

Tuesday

Enough left over for the inevitable gourmet bubble and squeak breakfast.

Followed by a walk out around Richmond,

Swale in full flow

Wednesday

Shame we missed the Geordies on Wednesday owing to 4 Briar designated plague central

Good session on this weeks go to game.

POPMASTER with Ken Bruce

(board game version)

Vikki sweeps the board

Thursday

Car all loaded and ready for the off!

BYEEEE!!!

Thanks for all the fun!