A Spooky Walk at Bodnant Garden

We thought it would be a good idea to do something a bit different for Hallowe'en this year, so when we saw a Spooky Walk advertised in the Bodnant Garden events list we decided to go.  The boy was thrilled to take his fantastic Maglite torch and as you can see, lots of other people had decided to go too!

 

Woooo, my red hair looks very red!

 

Mum and Daughter.

 

Dad and Lad.

 

The boy's spooky face.

 

Yam's spooky face, love the shadows of her eyelashes!

 

We walked through the park to the Poem, stopped midway to turn off our torches and gazed up at the Milky Way.  We then headed into the Dell and were very pleased to see that the waterfall bridge was in operation after being repointed and we look forward to going back when the scaffolding has been removed.  Maybe in the daytime ;)

 

Toasting marshmallows by the fire.

 

The boy, soaking up some warmth.

 

There was tea, coffee and pumpkin soup to be had but we had better things to do....

 

Like making HUGE shadows on the wall of the mill and getting spooked by the strange red glow in the window.  Yam's shadowdog had me in stitches!

 

One happy (crazy) family.  Well done to Yam for getting us all in the shot!

 

We finished off the evening with a treat at KFC, nomnomnom!

Matt and Eleanor's Wedding

We had a lovely time at Matt and Eleanor's wedding.  We made our way down to Abergavenny on Friday 25th (getting stuck behind every variety of slow-moving vehicle the whole way) and met with Matt and Ian for a cuppa and a bite to eat.  That evening we went for a meal at The Angel Hotel with Matt's side of the family.  The next morning was a bit hectic, with people getting ready all over the place, but we managed to check in at Llansantffraed Court Country House and make the final preparations.  The service was beautiful and so was the food.  After the speeches were all done and dusted we let our hair down and partied into the night!  After soothing our sore heads with a fantastic breakfast the next morning, we had a really decent drive home and were so pleased to see The Boy again after his brilliant weekend at Nanny's.

Just before Eleanor, the beautiful bride, entered the room.

It was a bit hard to get photos of us both together, thanks to Davvers for taking this one!

I felt very honoured to be seated on table number two =D