Retroblogging Big Trip 2011: Week 1 Bristol part a

After an all-too-brief evening with Amy & family, they headed off to France and we inhabited the house in their absence (we being the 4 of us plus my mum).

The main theme of the week was spending time with Dad. I picked him up from his wonderful care home every day and he would spend a few hours with us playing with the kids, watching the tennis and sharing old, familiar jokes.

The Goose:

Matching hats:

We also spent some time in the lovely city of Bristol and took advantage of the gloriously lopsided exchange rate to indulge in a rampant shopping spree – M with clothes and jewellery, me with second hand books and Fopp.

A trip to a city farm:

B1 acquired a new best friend:

SS Great Britain: