Hove after the storm. January 2014

No rain today so we headed down to Hove to see what effect the high tides and wind had had on the seafront.It was quite hard to take in how high the tide and waves must have been.                                                                               

            

             

This is where the steps to the beach used to be. Now completely covered with stones from the beach.

Fancy a seat with a sea view.Bit cold for a picnic today though! 

   

 The promenade is quite wide and it was completely covered with pebbles and seaweed. People had made a path through the middle. Goodness knows how they will get it all back to where it should be. 

The groynes were out of bounds today. Not surprising seeing as the sea had taken huge chunks of the brick work away. Couldn't get close enough to take  a photo though. You can just see the gap in the wall.

Remember this place  ladies?

Fish and chips anyone

 

  This is where we had lunch on Vic's hen do. It was all closed up today. I think they were flooded. So much damage. What you don't realise is how big some of the beach pebbles are. Apart from the damage,the noise must have been incredible when they were being flung up onto the prom.

Malcolm's Birthday 2/1/ 2014.

We hardly ever get the chance to be together now so it was absolutely fabulous that my lovely girls and their families were here for Malc's birthday. The children don't get to see each other often but within a few minutes of arriving they were having a whale of a time

     

                          Brilliant fun.

                      

    Magic painting

Marbles

My lovely grandchildren.xx

 

Emma, Vic, please note, three little dogs in the front, two yellow haired dolls in the back.!!

 Madelyn is now too big for her travel cot so for the first time ever she had to sleep in a bed. We were a bit concerned that she wouldn't take to it as it was all just too different. Needn't have worried!

Spot the baby.

She loved it.

The weather was awful the next day but we all needed to get out for a while so we went to Poll Hill Garden Centre for coffee and cake. They have an aquarium there and a tank full of the most enormous carp. Madelyn wasn't sure about feeding them! 

                                               

Hold me tight grandad xx

New Years Eve 2013

As is often the case we spent NYE with our friends affectionally known as " The Centre Parcs Gang"

My turn to host this year. It's quite a long evening so we needed a game or two. I don't have a competitive bone in my body and I particularly don't like games where you have to be quiet, be creative or perform in any way! Jo suggested a team type activity and came up with an activity called The Spaghetti Challenge. Very simple concept, give the teams 10 marshmallows,a handful of uncooked spaghetti and some Sellotape. Then ask them to build a tower that will support, in this case, a golf ball. Tallest tower wins. Simples!

                        

During the meal we gave everyone a 5 minute origami challenge. They were supposed to make a swan, but we had a few dying ducks instead. We also made paper planes but I didn't get a photo of them.  

Can you see what it is yet ??

A good effort I think.

        Our final little challenge was to wrap a parcel as a pair using one hand each. Val and Med steamed ahead, closely followed by the Joneses

                           

               

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A brilliant evening. Lots of laughter with good friends.Perfect way to end the old year and bring in the new