WIZARD OF OZ

Dawn starred in Starstruck's summer project The Wizard of Oz which Nanna, Grandad, Katy and Paul went to see last night.

KATY'S BIRTHDAY

Katy's 36th birthday was celebrated last Saturday in The Lounge Bar & Grill in Driffield which seems to be the regular haunt for birthdays and anniversaries.

MARTIN AND MIKEY SAY BYE BYE DOUGAL

Thursday has come and its time for Mikey and Martin to go home so they said their goodbyes to me and went with Nanna and Grandad to meet Auntie Karen off the train in York. As they had three hours before the return journey everyone went to the Yorkshire Museum and then for a bite of lunch and a brief walk back to the railway station and the train back to Edinburgh. The train was a little late but they all arrived safely home.

BEVERLEY RACES

Nanna and Grandad with Martin and Mikey went off to Beverley races this afternoon. It was Ladies Day and there was a very big crowd which made it difficult walking about. Grandad and Martin managed to find the winner of the fifth race then they left a bit early and went to Pizza Express for their dinner.

MARTIN AND MIKEY VISIT

Martin and Mikey came last Saturday and are staying with Nanna and Grandad until Thursday. They have all been into York today to visit the Castle Museum and then a trip up Cliffords Tower from where you can see all over York. The boys both bought bows and arrows !!

Yesterday they all went to the cinema to see Shrek 4 and then on to Fort Paull to the East of Hull on the banks of the River Humber. Lots of old army stuff and planes. They all had fish and chips on their return to Driffield.

I think I am taking the boys out for a walk tomorrow morning over the fields then they are all going to Beverley races (as long as it doesn't pour with rain).

LUCKY SODS

Nanna and Grandad went to the Hull Truck theatre last week to see "Lucky Sods", the story of a couple who win the lottery........several times !! Very good was the opinion.

BURTON AGNES HALL

Burton Agnes Hall is an Elizabethan stately home situated just 6 miles from Driffield and just over 10 minutes in the car. It is over 400 years old. Nanna and Grandad have season tickets to visit the grounds whenever they want. I like going up there because within the grounds is a Woodland Sculpture Walk of about a mile plus another wood planted in 1998. We spend an hour or hour and a half walking through the trees where there are sculptures of animals on the ground with spiders and other creepie crawlies in the trees. Grandad took me up there yesterday so thats twice in a week. Nice way to spend a warm afternoon.