Guernsey, July 2016

Another trip to Guernsey last week to see our grandchildren and, as a treat for me, to see the Val des Terres hillclimb on the Saturday and the Guernsey Motor Festival Seafront Sunday.

Eliza and Edward in the garden on the Thursday just before going out for a meal.....

.....at Crabby Jack's where there's a playground for the children.....

.....but Eliza also wanted to spend some time with grandpa.

On the Friday after the children's swimming lessons we had a 35 minute ride round St Peter Port on the Petit Train.....

.....which Edward enjoyed.

In the evening we took a picnic meal to Castle Cornet for a KPMG Castle Night of music and entertainment. Eliza appears to be thinking: 'The sandwiches and sausage rolls were ok, but where's the cake?'

Edward trying to produce bubbles from one of the bubble blowers they were handing out when we went into the castle.....

..... and Eliza looked singularly unimpressed with mummy's efforts.

On the Saturday morning we went to see the Val des Terres hillclimb on the road at the south of St Peter Port. This is the Ford Escort of Gary Duquemin nearing the finish line at the top of the climb..

Later we had a walk through the pit/paddock area at the bottom of the hill during which Edward needed to take a nap.

Later that afternoon there was a dip in the sea at Cobo Bay.....

.....then fish and chips on the beach,

The next day was the Motorsport Seafront Sunday in St Peter Port with a large number of vehicles on show and also in action on the North Beach car park. This is a Ford Shelby Mustang GT500.

Edward is always getting hold of Beryl's camera and taking photographs with it - usually peoples' feet out of focus and the like. But this was a picture he took of daddy during a stop for a bite to eat. Not bad for a 3½ year old,

Later in the day we had a barbecue in the garden at home.

It was back home to Hyde the next day and here are Edward and Eliza with daddy in the airport lounge just before we left.

Guernsey, February 2016

We spent another week in Guernsey recently and looked after our grandchildren Edward and Eliza on a couple of those days. Edward is only 3 years old and is already competent with iPhones, iPads and what have you, and it looks as if Eliza will soon be following in his footsteps.....

On the Wednesday morning we played with the Play-Doh.....

.....both Edward.....

..... and Eliza,

Then in the afternoon we went to the park.....

.....but by the time we got there they had both fallen asleep......

.....but Edward woke up in time to throw the remains of his lunchtime sandwich (ie the crusts) to the ducks.....

.....and even managed to take a photo of a couple of the ducks (though I had to straighten the picture up a bit so it didn't look as if it'd been taken on the side of a hill).

On the Thursday morning it was again a bit chilly.....

.....but Eliza took me into the garden so she could go in the play house. and later Edward once again got hold of Beryl's camera.....

......to take this 'selfie'.

Later we went to Le Friquet Garden Centre.....

.....where Eliza slept while Edward ate his lunch.....

.....then Edward went in the play area while Eliza ate hers.

On the Friday we went to the 'Bricks in Motion' Lego exhibition at the Guernsey Museum at Candie and here are a couple of the models that were on display.

On the Sunday before we came home we went to Crabby Jack's for lunch.....

.....but Eliza wasn't too happy when this giant crab turned up.....

(.....and is Anna's bottom lip quivering here?)

When we were at the Candie Museum on the Friday Edward seemed to like the sound of his footsteps on the wooden floor in one of the rooms. Here's a little video I took.

Guernsey, December 2015

Another short visit to Guernsey last week for our grandson Edward's third birthday. Both he and granddaughter Eliza were their usual selves.....

.....Edward here showing grandma how loud he could shout.....

.....and Eliza happy and smiling most of the time.

On the Thursday we had Edward for a large part of the day.....

.....we went for a walk in Saumarez Park in the afternoon.....

.....where someone was feeding the ducks.....

.....so Edward had to give them the remains of his lunch.

On the Saturday Edward had his birthday party and his mummy had made him a lovely Thomas the Tank Engine cake.

Very clever of mummy, but Eliza seemed to be wondering what clever mummy was doing wearing a donkey on her head.....

The party was rounded off with a game of 'Pass the Parcel'.

The next day after lunch at Crabby Jack's at Vazon we managed to have a walk on the beach for the only time during our stay there, although it was cold and dull. That didn't seem to bother Edward and Eliza though.....

.....they both seemed to enjoy running around in their wellies.