Here are some photo's of the wonderful weekend we had with Ruby. We are Paul, Caron and Tom, plus Fennel the Spinone. Ruby took us away to celebrate Paul's Birthday weekend from 18th Sept to 20th Sept.
Setting off - Dad still in his work clothes having dashed direct from the office. How exciting to be sitting up front! Tom is loving it, can't you tell?! We all noticed that the view over the countryside is great from Campervan height. Everything looks beautiful, or is that just the 'Ruby effect'?
What a cute bottom Ruby! Off we go!We decided that driving Ruby is a bit like driving a boat but the experience is great fun, if a little scary at first...
Settling down for our first evening in Ruby, watching a film on daddy's laptop. What more could a six year-old ask for?It has quickly stopped being weird referring to a vehicle by name and we are already all thinking of Ruby as our fifth family member...'Do you think Ruby would like to go to....?!"
Playing 'Dead man's fall' off of the dunes a Holkam! Don't ask me! Some kind of game which involves throwing oneself off of the dunes in various ways (Obviously, falling like a 'dead' man is one of the styles required, although I'm a bit uneasy with the political correctness of this...). When asked to 'fall' in the manner of his Head Teacher, Tom shouted "Don't forget there is a cakebake in the hall" whilst falling relatively daintily! You'll have to trust me when I say this is reasonably accurate!
Dog and Dad hiding during a game of hide and seek - Daddy, you are going to have to try harder than that!
Sand and water between the toes.
Crabbing at Wells. Please don't lean too far! There must be knack to this, that we clearly don't have!
If you have to do homework, where better than in a bright red camper van? Ruby almost made maths a pleasure.
Daddy's 'Campervan birthday' celebrations. We were very careful with the candles! As you can see from the number of candles, Paul is only six...or is that sixty?!? Umm....
The good bit!
TWO packets of Fizz Wizz from Tom. What a birthday present! Do you remember this stuff? I'm sure it was called Moon dust. I remember sitting at the back of the French class, too many years ago, with it cracking and popping in my mouth. After this picture was taken, we all sat in Ruby popping, cracking and laughing. I could show you photo's of this too, but they involve lots of tongues being stuck out with popping Fizz Wizz on the end and as you can imagine, the pictures are not that attractive.
I brought some indoor sparklers to brighten the festivities but insisted they needed to be lit outside, much to Tom's bemusement. So Tom sat in the luggage rack holding a sparkler, waiting for it to flare into life. However, it was so dark outside that we couldn't see what we were doing and so had to abandon the attempts. Oh well, the sparklers lit beautifully when we got home!
On the road with some reading material and bear for company. It feels very decadent to ask "Would anyone like anything from Ruby's fridge?" whilst being driven along!
Building sandcastles in Wells.
No, he didn't manage to eat it all, but the dog's ice cream didn't even touch the sides on the way down...I really must teach her to lick her ice creams.
About to lose my chips to the dog.
Ruby came home with us on the Saturday night and our eldest cat instantly made himself at home!
On the way to school in a bright red Campervan! How fantastic!
Ruby looked so beautiful on our drive, that I just had to take some more photos. She has the ability make everywhere look cheerful.
...I guess we really do have to take her back....
Thank you Ruby. Oh, and thank you SnailTrail!
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