60th at Llangollen

After Christmas we all packed our bags, loaded up the cars and headed up to north wales to Llangollen (pronounced something like Clan Lock Clan) we were all too shy to attempt it and spent most of the week bumbling our way through it.

It was grandads 60th birthday celebrations and we decided to make it a grand affair and spent the week at Trevor Hall, it was a grand and fitting way to celebrate our lovely grandads birthday, and awesome that most of the family were there and totally swallowed up by the big house.


Bubbles to kick off the celebrations :-)


mum and zara settling in, nb check out grandad in his seat next to the fireplace, making himself right at home


setting out to survey the property, all 80 hectares of it, we were all still pinching ourselves, it was dark when we arrived and we really didn't expect it to be quite so magnificent, what a great place to stay


grandad and uncle seamus setting the pace in the pool room




breakfast fry up aga style thanks to seamus under the guidance of aunty fleur


we went for a walk along the llangollen canals on the 30th dec, stretching our legs before the party begins, the party boy is looking incredibly fresh below :-)





Hanging out with the girls in the "cinema room" no doubt watching dora, in the night garden or hi 5.


Happy Birthday Grandad, you definately don't look 60...... thanks for an awesome party, and for a fabulous week, you should turn 60 more often!!


I got to stay up for the party although admittedly I didn't last very long.... it sounds like i missed a ripper of a party


Nana and Grandad with Dai Chef our "celebrity" welsh chef :-) He has cooked for the All Blacks, Pavaroti, Kiri te Kanawa amongst many others, we were quite humbled have him with us


Nana and Grandad the matriarch and grandfather of the family, and don't they look the part!!


Mum and Dad looking in love as always!!!


Grandad and the uncles.... don't they look dashing in their black ties!!


Grandad with mum and Aunty Amy, he is very lucky :-) to have two such beautiful daughters, well three actually but aunty dossy is in spain because she is having her baby soon xxx


Grandad and THE IMPROVEMENTS










Our last supper in the grand dining room, we did feel pretty special



The grown ups final banquet, courtesy of the punks, apparently it was ol la la!!!


We were rewarded with a snowfall on our last night there, it was such a wonderful way to end the week!


a fitting for finale, nick dempsters' lesmahagow in front of the view from trevor hall...


grandad had maddy and i staging a protest march around the kitchen table, none of us wanted to go home.... "we protest" i was just happy to do what i was told :-)


we had to give big jerry a push, just to make sure uncle seamus actually left the building!!!