Time for some payback

Well my parents are over in England and they must have decided to it was time for a little payback as they came to stay for the weekend. The first thing my dad did was go into the bathroom and take the towels off the rack and stuff them back to make it look as messy as possible. I guess I can't complain though. He did have to put up with it for more than a weekend. Actually it was more like 23 years but hey whose counting. Its funny how that you really seem to clean things up when you are paying for your own place.

Anyways they arrived on Thursday night where Megan cooked a great Lasagne which went over very well. Then we went for walk along the Severn River to see the bridges that cross into Wales. Friday Megan and I had to work so my parents walked the path again enjoying the view. That night we drove down to Devon to see my grandmother in a small town called Harberton Ford. It was pretty late when we got there so all just went to bed.

The next morning we went to a place called Cockington which is a great little village of not far from Torquay. All the houses and stores are thatched roof cottages and there are countless gardens and ponds to walk around. We had lunch in one of the cafes in the middle of a garden. Not far away was a man playing oldie songs on the piano in the white Gazebo.

We made our way over to Paignton Pier after this but could not find a place to park. It was just packed. So instead we went to the beach not far away called Goodrington. We watched a few people in the water doing the kite surfing and I decided that this was something I have to try now. It looks like so much fun. There is also a small arcade there where we played the penny games. After about £2 we finally one a token from the games. The prize was a small frog keychain worth maybe 25p but that isn't really the point is it?

We left early the next morning to get back to Bristol as Megan had a photo shoot she had to get to. It went really well and the photos turned out amazing but somehow I don't think I will be posting some of them on the blog. That night we went out for dinner in Wales in a little pub next to Tintern Abby. The food and beer was great and it was nice to spend some time with my parents.


On the way back we stopped in at Chepstow Castle but it was really dark so we couldn't see much of the castle from the outside. We did see quite a few bats around. We drove back to England after that and made our way home. The next morning I was back at work and my parents made there way up to London where my dad flew out the following day back to Canada. I will be up that way this weekend so I will get to spend a little more time with my mum before she fly’s back to Canada on Wednesday.

So now things are back to normal and we don't have any more visitors planning to come over at the moment. I only have .5 days left of time off from work so it will just be a few day trips for the next 2 months. I am sure my bank account will like the sound of that. I will however try and keep things interesting though for the sake of you faithful readers. Cheers.