Monday 18: Sue has the brain tumour removed at last.
August 2005
Thursday 11: Paul and Roger take Philip and Ian to Explore
At-Bristol. This is partly to give the boys a treat, and partly
to give Sue a quiet afternoon. Ian was reluctant to go, but
impossible to drag away. There were some interesting small robots,
and the boys spent ages on the virtual volleyball as usual.
September 2005
Saturday 3:
Day with Sue's university friends, hosted by Paul & Sue
Cockburn. As always, a most enjoyable time.
December 2005
Family trip to Narnia. A much better film than we had feared.
Saturday 24: Being totally unreasonable parents, we give the boys
a choice between midnight mass and the 10:30 service on Christmas
Day. They chose midnight mass, so for the first time we all went
to Woodlands for the 11:30 communion service.
Sunday 25 & Monday 26:
Christmas Day and Boxing Day spent quietly at home. We played
"Risk" as a family, which Ian won; and "Alias", which Paul, Sue
and Philip won (somehow, Alan was teamed up with Ian, which he
graciously accepted).
Tuesday 27 - Friday 30:
Off to London, to stay with Paul's parents from the Tuesday to the
Friday. We went bowling on the Wednesday, and to London on the
Thursday to the Jewish Museum to see the Einstein exhibition. It
wasn't large, but was worth the visit.
On the Friday, we sent Alan and Philip back on the Megabus, and
returned to Bristol with Ian in the car via Guildford, stopping
off to see David Race and the Pryde family.