another trip to the Severn Valley Railkway? NO! we're still stuck in 2008!

 Jun's 5th Birthday, the widest handlebars ever fitted to a kids BMX? I think so.

 Seems like it rides OK, but my accidental spill of silicon spray on the brake surfaces made the downhills a bit exciting!

 The birthday party, Sally Squigle entertains the

 Izzy helps Sally do some magic.

 Do the locomotion all the way to the lunch table

 Lunch

 Cake!

 Dancing

 Balloons!

 which leads to:

 Sword fighting..

 Jasmine & Chiara squre up to battle!

 Back at the house, a plastic cup of vino for Paul, Valerie, Fiona & Jose.

 Did we do the same cake twice? or did we have two?

 Zampia & Andreas chat to mum.

 Off to Kew gardens to see Ollie, Sally & Ellie.

 Jun makes friends with an excitable peacock.

  Ollie, Sally and Ellie at Kew's Japanese shrine.

 Jun's 1st sports day.

 a great deal of fun, but not a lot of sport!

 Next door's tortoise found its way into our garden.

 Jun wanted to keep him.

 Yes, I think it's safe to say our beloved Canon camera is slowly dying...

 Jun with a frog he found, shame about the camera trouble.

 Paul cooking a tiny barbecue, in cycling gloves?