On Thursday the 10th of July I picked mum and Nick up from Taunton bus station. Mum had been planning a trip to the UK for a while, but at the last minute, my brother managed to get some time off work (in Thailand) so was able to pop over for a couple of weeks.
I hadn’t seen either of them since February 2006, so it was great catching up having them here to meet their grandson/nephew.
As well as getting to know Galen, we wandered around the farm, walked around Dunster, played some golf, saw Lynton and Lynmouth, had a day in Bath, followed me to cricket, and just enjoyed spending time with each other.
We also played a bit of Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit. After three games of Trivial Pursuit, Nick, Sherry and I had each won two games (playing in pairs). I’ll leave analysis of these results to the reader.
Bath was gorgeous. My favourite part was seeing the curses that people had scrawled onto pieces of pewter and thrown into the hot spring. Some of them were written backwards so that nobody would be able to read them. Ultra tricky crypto.
oT eht norsep ohw elots ym trihs yam eh yaper sih emirc ot uoy ni doolb
They watched me play cricket three times. The first time I scored a reasonably decent 30, including a nice 6 over long off. The next two innings I got out for a third ball duck. Ho Hum!
And then, on Saturday, just after Mum left, I went out and made my first every 100 (100 not out, which included 2 6’s and 14 4’s). If either of them come back for an extended stay, I’ll have to make sure they stay away from my cricket matches.
Sadly, Nick was only able to stay for 10 days. Mum stayed on an extra week and is now touring Eastern Europe. She’ll be back soon for another couple of weeks.
My Handsome Boy
My Smiley Handsome Boy
Trying to lick my hands
The view over Dunster from the top field of the farm
Almost a cricketer
Action shot!
The main Bath in the Roman Baths in Bath
Mum, Nick & Galen
More pics on my Flickr page.
