Day 277

I woke up early Saturday to get to Peterborough as soon as I could. I had stayed up late the night before though, so there was no way I was getting up before 7:30. I headed out around 8:30, and arrived at my Nan's at 10.

I went in to speak to her, and shortly after - went to my Aunt's where everyone was waiting for me. Charlie, Anna, the girls, my Aunt and I were all going out for lunch. When I arrived, Charlie called Tom, and he decided he'd come as well. We waited for him, and I then drove the 7 of us to Bourne. Our first stop was "Let's Play" for the girls. They went into the jungle gym type area, and Charlie bought us all a hot chocolate/coffee etc. We caught up a bit and had some laughs, then Charlie went off to play with the girls. He came out with a nose bleed after turning around to find a bar at nose level. I went to play basketball with the girls in the mini court, and after a while, everyone was ready to leave.

We piled into the car, and drove to a fish and chip shop. The first mistake of my visit. I thought about saying no, but ignored my instincts and got lunch anyways. Idiot. We then drove to the town centre, and walked around a few shops. They had to all get out so that I could park, and it was a bit of a process. It reminded us of the commercials you see that are trying to explain just how much space a car has. We agreed people would be looking at us trying to figure out how many people were crammed in the back. When we finished at the shops, we drove back to Auntie Linda's. We sat down to watch some TV, and Layla and I looked at her "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" book, and then I read "Bambi Growing Up" to her. I was disappointed to see they'd changed the story. This was the happy version, and therefore was not Bambi at all.

Auntie Linda made us all entirely too much food. Tom had left, and we sat down to eat. It was a buffet of burgers, chicken, ham, mini sausages, salad, and coleslaw. After our main course, she brought out the ice cream and fruit. - This was where I made my 2nd mistake of the trip. Charlie was talking about how good this ice cream was, so I decided I had to try it. Crap! After he and the girls left, Uncle John, Auntie Linda and I sat down to watch some TV. Auntie Linda gave me chocolate. Dammit! Chocolate and coffee she said, it's like nothing else. And she was right. Mmm it was so good.

Around 8:30, the 3 of us headed over to my Nan's to see her, my Uncle Clifford and my Aunt Jill (who had taken her out for dinner). We sat there talking and reminiscing - which was nice - for about an hour...and all of a sudden my Nan looked at us and said "ALRIGHT, SCRAM!" We couldn't stop laughing. She clearly wanted us out of her house. We talked a little bit more, and then said goodbye. My Uncle Clifford and Aunt Jill drove back to Essex, and we went back to Auntie Linda's. Uncle John turned "Pirates of the Caribbean 3" on, and although I was extremely tired and struggling to stay up as long as everyone else...I ended up being last up because I couldn't go to bed until the movie was done. They went up before. Luckily it was only another 15 minutes or so, and I ended up asleep by 10:30 I'm sure. xx