Bonfire Party

It's Bonfire Birthday Party time again!!! We had a fantastic party with the traditional Monster Chilli, Bonfire and Fireworks. It was a great way to celebrate my 21st birthday (again!) Training some young pyromaniacs...

Lily is transfixed by the fire...

The fireworks were brilliant. Thanks to everyone for brining such a monster selection. Here's the Catherine Wheel finale. You can watch it on YouTube...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECQmIQ4oD6U

Cheers for all the great pressies and cards. Here's Lisa showing off my new hat, brought all the way from Afganistan.

Yet another great Bonfire Party. Cheers Everyone and see you next year.

Chilli Making

We are getting ready for the Bonfire Party tomorrow. Lisa is helping me make the Chilli. Here she is chopping mushrooms...

Swanage - Old Harry Rocks

A last paddle in the sea at Swanage... Then we drove round to Studland and walked out to Old Harry's Rocks. Lisa cheking out the cliffs...

This is as close as we could get Karen to the edge...

Swanage - Corfe Castle

We took the Steam Train to Corfe Castle... The Amazing Balloon Lady making Lisa's giraffe...

Lisa with her balloon giraffe at the entrance to Corfe Castle...

Picnic at the castle. Great weather for late October...

Joe likes it...

Lisa dreaming of being the princess in the castle...

The station master passing on the mail (the train stopped anyway, but it looks good!)

Me and Joe on the train back to Swanage...

A couple of train spotters!

Swanage - Brownsea Island

Three days in Swanage - Lisa checking out our cottage... Swanage sea front...

We took a trip to beautiful Brownsea Island. My last trip was in 1979 on a Sea Scout camping trip.

We spotted a couple of red squirrels...

And back to our old stome cottage...

Halloween Disco

Two witches off to the halloween disco...

Lisa and Joe

Some late summer pictures of Lisa and Joe. Here's Joe tucking into his dinner on the patio... Lisa wearing some of her birthday presents!!!

Joe loves doing the washing...

Lisa in her new Rainbow outift...

Joe being Joe...