Our first family trip to London

After an early 5am wake up with Eve on Saturday we prepped ourselves and set off for London. We walked through a beautifully sunny Bristol at 8am, taking in all the lovely architecture as we meandered our way across the town towards the train station.

Unfortunately there were some delays on the train, but we finally reached Paddington Station just before midday. My sister Claire, who is 6 months pregnant and her boyfriend Jody met us. We walked down the canal from Paddington to a restaurant in Little Venice.

Little Venice

We started off with drinks in the garden but showery weather moved us inside where we ate lunch. Sam's brother Ben and his fiance Tom met us for drinks and a chat. We had a walk together around the canal and back to Paddington. I enjoyed looking at the floating bookshop - a great idea for a shop on a barge.

Tom, Ben, Claire, Jody and Sam

My very talented brother-in-law Ben will have his first book published this month - to read an interview with Ben about 'The Spring of Kasper Meier' have a look at the link:

http://www.litro.co.uk/2014/06/qa-ben-fergusson-on-the-spring-of-kasper-meier/

See his website for more information:

http://benfergusson.com/home/the-spring-of-kasper-meier/

I am so looking forward to reading his book, such an interesting subject!

Claire and Eve

I really enjoyed catching up with my sister and seeing her and Jody so happy, waiting for the arrival of their baby boy.

It was a real quick day-trip to London, but it was nice to take Eve there for the first time. The train on the way up was a bit stressful as it was jam-packed with people plus the delays. She was happy until the train stopped in the middle of nowhere, then became very restless and bored - just like everyone else on the train!

I felt thankful to have Daddy with me as I had previously planned to do the trip with Eve by myself. We used the baby changing facilities in the train bathroom on the way to London, but on the way back it was out of order and all the other toilets were the old school type. Thankfully we got home without having to change her. The stroller that we had borrowed fit easily onto the train shelf, and on an emptier train on the way home we kept Eve inside it as we found a great seat at the front of the carriage with lots of space.

Eve giving her first Father's Day card to Daddy on Sunday morning