BACK IN THE MOTHERLAND

Recently I had the pleasure of a flying visit back to the UK so made best use of the opportunity to do a little tourism and visiting friends. Starting with a trip to Greenwich and Blackheath. Then visited London again with the parents though this time slightly wetter. Then finally finished up with a visit to lovely Lincoln to see my friend Tim.
Here's a few snaps from the flying visit.
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Greenwich and Old Naval College

This is the BBC.

A very wet london on the way to The Design Museum.

I mentioned I was going to the design museum which Hannah was fine about missing until I mentioned they had a temporary cycling exhibition with some awesome bikes!

Got no photos of Lincoln itself but enjoyed a classic Charlie Bingham pie (and a very tasty Japanese beer) from Waitrose, oh I miss that place!!

#PARENTS ON TOUR - RANDOM SNIPPETS

The rest of the time that my parents were here was filled with little day trips, a spot of shopping, lots of good food and just generally chilling out. Here are a few random snippets of the rest of their time in California. 

As you can no doubt already tell Macintosh's favourite person to sit with is my dad. He was regularly found snuggling up to him on the sofa. He's such a spoilt dog.
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PS. Mac is no longer allowed on any furniture. That means no more sleeping on our bed or on the sofa. He is less than impressed!

#PARENTS ON TOUR - GRAND CANYON EDITION

The Grand Canyon. I really don't think I'm going to be able to put into words just how majestic this place was. We had two days to explore it and the nearby town of Williams, but I feel like we could have spent weeks at the canyon and still not seen all there was to see. I have to admit it does look slightly fake at first, just because you can barely take in the sheer size and scale of it. 

The first day we were there we started off at the visitors centre of the South Rim and walked along the canyon rim trail. We didn't go as far as we had anticipated but there was a lot of stopping to take photos and the icy conditions made you a little more cautious, especially as there wasn't a lot between you and the edge of the canyon!  

Day two we did more of the Canyon, but from the other end of the South rim, so that we could see the Desert watchtower. Then we spent the rest of the day in Williams looking round the famous route 66 town. There wasn't a lot to do there as most of it was shut up for the winter so we didn't spend long there. We did eat (for the second time) at an amazing little Italian bistro which had a brewery attached. The food was insanely good. 

And of course no trip would be complete without a bear...

There you have it, the Grand Canyon in one blog post. If you ever get the chance to visit it you really should. It's breathtaking. 
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ELISHA JAMES

Now no updates about our trip home would be complete without a whole post devoted to my little nephew; Elisha James. He had turned one before we arrived home and it was amazing to see all the changes in him. He was only a month old when we last saw him, so it was fun to get to know him and learn about his personality. 

I was so eager to establish who Auntie Hannah and Uncle Andrew were before we went home. He speaks to us on FaceTime but it was great for him (and us) to put a real person to the voices. We did take rather a lot of photos of him but here's just a few of my favourites. 

And my favourite of the entire trip...

See you soon little man! 
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MACINTOSH MONDAY

This post is so late in the day coming up that its pretty much Tuesday in the UK. Sorry about that. We just got back from a mini weekend break down to San Diego and as a result things are all a bit chaotic. Mac didn't come with us for this trip, instead he stayed with some friends and had a good time being played with and looked after. 

However I thought it was necessary to share three photos that I took of Mr Macintosh before we left. He was laying on the bed and I managed to snap a few classic Macintosh snaps. These photos, besides ones of him sleeping, capture some the classic Macintosh faces.

He is so funny! I love his bottom lip pout!

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MACINTOSH MONDAY

Macintosh has been mostly well behaved for the last two weeks. I've not had to photo document anything where he's been too badly behaved. Although he did attempt to climb into a friend's dishwasher last week but I was too occupied trying to get him out of it to bother taking a photo. If it had been our dishwasher I'm sure it would have been a different story! So instead of a story, here is a round up of his past two weeks. Photo style!

As you can see, being cute has been his theme. As always!
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