Visiting Chris and his family

I've spent the past two days Ruth Chris and his family to Tracey Bouvey in dartmoor national park. Chris was my boss / mentor at the London youth games.

He and his kids, twins Martha and Freddy, picked me up on Tuesday from the start shop. We drive to a small village on the way to their house, where Chris and I got a takeaway cream tea and the kids played in the park.

We went back to their house where we enjoyed lunch in the garden. It was a combination of the cheeses I had bought from the shop, fruit, bread and biscuits. It was so lovely to be sitting outside in the garden. The kids played with their many toys, they had a cool summer house (stylish shed with summer seats) and lots of veggies growing.

In the afternoon we headed to Newtown Abby to play on the beach, a beach with actual sand and have dinner at the pizza parlour.

On Wednesday i had the morning to explore the local town of Tracey Bouvey. I walked up and down the street, visited the heritage museum, a factory that made statues for mini golf courses and enjoyed a chicken pie for lunch. I picked up a great book at a local op shop called 'the monuments men' and sat in the park reading. It was fab!

This afternoon we headed out for a drive around the local villages, we went over the Moore and visited a local church before settling on a hotel that was on a hill for a drink.

It had a fantastic view over the countryside and a great grassed area out the front. We had cider and played croquet, a truly English afternoon.

Tomorrow I had back to London for a very busy weekend. But first stop is to the docs to see if he can stop these migraines.

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