Day out at the park.

Today I psyched everybody up into going out (like, actually outside London) to the park. We called around to some of the family and a few friends and asked them all to go with us for a picnic at Queen Elizabeth Country Park. (It's about 56 miles away!!!) Everybody was up for it, although a few people did question the weather forecast....but it's England, you can't ever guarantee sunshine! We drove through a hail storm but after that it looking pretty bright. We pulled into the car park and the sun was shining down! A few minutes later as we found a picnic spot, the skies darkened...a few minutes later, after we had started dishing out food, there were a few drops coming down....and then I looked up and over to the right of us I could see it coming...hail!!! We threw a blanket over the food, and we threw blankets over ourselves and sheltered from the attack! The only one who wasn't sheltering was Abigail, who was doing a dance of joy....just to aggravate her brother! Thankfully the rain and hail didn't last long and a few minutes later we were sheltering under the back of the van doors, enjoying a lovely English picnic!

The weather brightened up and the sun shone bright and we trailed through some of the hillside, baby buggies and all. It was lovely to be out in some open space enjoying the great outdoors. Unfortunately after so much loading up and unloading I didn't get any pictures of the 'fun in the sun'. Yes, there's lots of 'stuff' to wash now but we had fun doing it!